So many awesome links this month—enjoy!
♥ Pets interrupting at-home yoga sessions. The struggle is real.
♥ Elise's post on time spent creating vs. consuming is great, and goes right along with one of my personal mantras: "Start every day as a producer, not a consumer."
♥ An interview with Caroline of the blog Un-Fancy about her capsule wardrobe and process. I was just introduced to Un-Fancy this month (thanks to Kathleen) when I saw her pop up on Into Mind, a blog I already follow.
♥ Awesome! Emma Watson was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women, working for the Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. I love that lady.
♥ How clutter affects your brain (and what you can do about it): "While clutter has been shown to negatively effect your performance, it is your perception of clutter that matters, not someone else’s. [...] You should seek to create spaces that make you feel at ease."
♥ A discussion about how the beauty industry uses the concept of "creating new needs" to sell the latest cream/product/serum/oil/lotion/etc. and encourages us to look at whether the product actually fulfills a need in our life before we make a purchase.
♥ Cup of Jo's series about parenting in other countries is always fascinating, but I particularly enjoyed this profile of an expat mom living in Berlin, Germany. It seems to me that the culture of many European countries supports parenting and family life in a much more comprehensive way than the U.S.A. does.
♥ Accurate: What I Instagrammed vs. What Was Really Happening, Or My Entire Life is a Lie.
♥ This American Life is launching a new podcast! It's called Serial, and each individual podcast will be a part of a longer story, like the chapters of a book.
♥ Oh, for the love of Sir Patrick Stewart, this post from The Bloggess is great: Women who are ambivalent about women against women against feminism.
♥ Looking for some new reading suggestions? Here is The Millions' roundup of upcoming releases for the rest of 2014.
♥ A music video for the song Elysium from the band Bear's Den, with a powerful and tragic story behind it—the video ended up capturing a group of real life friends dealing with the aftermath of a friend being shot in a Seattle school shooting (be sure to click 'Read More').
♥ One of my favorite healthy living vloggers discusses Non-Toxic Cleaning {video}.
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July Podcast Loves:
♥ Call Your Girlfriend, any episode. I mentioned CYG once before, and I'm still loving it. Smart ladies discussing both current events and pop-culture topics. Thumbs up.
♥ After the Jump, Episode 80: Jealousy. Grace's solo episodes are my favorite. This time she talks about how we can use jealousy as a source of motivation.
♥ Elise Gets Crafty, Episode 19: Keeping it Real with Cathy Zielske. It was interesting to hear two bloggers talk about about to stay authentic online, particularly when they often have to deal with negative comments.
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