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Meeting Disappointment with Friends, Gratitude, and Apple Pie
I’m grateful this Thanksgiving for another opportunity to learn from disappointment, to appreciate my friends around the world, and to celebrate another day in a place I love with the man I love (who also happens to make a mean pizza).
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When Olive Trees Smile: How Living in My Ancestral Village Changed My Life
As the car wound its way up the two-mile serpentine hill, I smiled to myself, daydreaming about how I would feel when, within minutes, I would be the first in my family in nearly 100 years to breathe the air, walk the narrow streets, and step inside the churches of my great-great-grandfather’s village in Calabria, the toe of Italy’s boot.
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Aligning Mind and Body Through Yoga Practice
In order to properly care for your whole self, you must move — and yoga is a great way to align your mind and body.
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Practicing Mindfulness & Saying No to Multitasking
Mindfulness and saying no to multitasking has helped me appreciate Water Day in the orchard.
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The Intersection of Paradise & La (Agro) Dolce Vita
By moving here, I put myself in an environment that has enabled and enriched my personal search for identity, tranquility, and simplicity, but it’s important to remember that our emotional well-being doesn’t necessarily depend on where we’re located. Why? Because of one simple truth: Paradise is not a place; it’s a state of mind.
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Michelle Fabio is an American attorney-turned-freelance writer living in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, Italy and savoring simplicity one sip at a time.
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