Welcome friends!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I am here to share with you, A Wellness Thing, which was developed from all the things that shape and inspire who I am. As I continue to discover and nourish my own personal growth, I have learned the meaning and importance of embodying a wellness approach to my life.

Having to manage my own fears and anxieties surrounding around life and career distress, wellness became essentially a priority. I shifted my focus to prioritize my energy on optimizing the essence of wellness and strive for a higher quality of life by applying mindfulness practices, self-care routines, physical activity, social connectedness, and ultimately altering my presence centered around traveling, all which directly impact my mental health. Traveling has become such an important aspect in my life. Not only has traveling nurtured my self-growth, and expanded my empathy, it has also shifted my perspective in life.  All, while enjoying and understanding other cultures, and learning the meaning of relationships. Traveling has gifted me the sense of adaptability, mind flexibility, appreciation, and gratitude.    

I live in Los Angeles, California. Inside a city called the San Fernando Valley. It’s a fast-pace and time-oriented kind of city to which what’s next matters. Los Angeles is an impressive and yet dramatic city, filled with endless opportunities and glamorous ventures. Yet, it can be stressful to navigate our personal, social, and professional life demands. Therefore, making room for us becomes irrelevant. To help calm the noise of the city, I cultivate my energy embodying a wellness lifestyle to reach my pursuits.

I have a Master of Arts in Psychology. Along with my educational pursuits, I have longed to pursue blogging. For the last ten years, I have had the desire and ambition to create a lifestyle blog that would have focused on skin care, as I continuously struggle with acne-oily skin problems ever since my early teens which really negatively impacted my self-esteem and confidence. I felt that blogging could have been an outlet and a platform that unites a community together to share difficulties and challenges we face in our life due to problematic skin.  However, fear of judgement and complacent issues paralyzed me.

But here I am, 10 years later, starting this blog and chasing after this thing called goals.

So welcome to this place. I am appreciative that you are here, engaging with me. In this space, I will share my findings on skincare favorites plus travel experiences. I hope this space brings you motivation, inspiration and it encourages you to find your own unique sense of self, to help embrace your qualities and create a healthy and wellness lifestyle.       

With Love,

Melissa