Blog — Amanda Blair

Silk island

Humans, I failed. I learned a big lesson from it though so, that’s what matters. What I learned is properly researching sites/destinations is very important to avoid potentially unethical practices. I’ll explain...

WildAmanda BlairOctober 19, 2017Silk Island, Silk, CambodiaComment

The Cambodia Genocide

On Tuesday, Paul my tuk driver/guide, took me to the Toul Sleng museum and The Killing Fields. Both were heavy but, so important to visit and understand the dark history of Cambodia.

WildAmanda BlairOctober 18, 2017Cambodia, History, Travel, Cambodia GenocideComment

Phnom Penh

As I mentioned in my previous post, I went to bed Monday night at 8:30pm. I was too exhausted to try and stay up later and I gave in to an early bed time. My concern was I would wake up at 3am and be ready to start the day and would then continue a weird sleep cycle. But, when you haven’t slept in 35 hours, reason quickly gets chucked out the window for sleep.

WildAmanda BlairOctober 17, 2017Phnom Penh, TravelComment

Cambodia- Day one

Well, I made it to Cambodia. I arrived in Phnom Penh at 1:05pm Monday afternoon, about 4 hours behind schedule. My flying experience was incredible, albeit very long (it was 35 hours or so), because of Singapore Airlines.

Portal to the past

As I get ready to leave on Saturday for my four month adventure (!), I've been reflecting on my journey in New York. One of my favorite things about this city is when I'm walking down a street, see a certain stoop, corner or spot, I am instantly transported back to a past version of me.

Full moon in Aires

Happy full moon in Aires friends! This is my moon and I have been feeling it lately. Have you? What first started bubbling up for me was anger. When I get energy work done they always tell me I am holding on to a lot of anger and I used to think they were full of shit. After this summer and the intensity of the moons/eclipses, I know they are right.

Holistic LivingAmanda BlairOctober 6, 2017full moon, Aires, Aires full moon, full moon rituals, Amanda Blair

Running- a love story

I have run my whole life but, never considered myself a runner until recently. I've been running since I was 12 when, my then Step Dad told me I was fat and needed to lose weight. I wasn't fat but, the insensitive comment sent me down the "eating disorder" spiral for a long, long time. It also got me obsessed with work outs that would make me skinny. Running and yoga seemed to fit the bill. And so my journey with with working out began.

Wild, Holistic LivingAmanda BlairOctober 4, 2017running, training, nyc marathon, self lvoe, self worth, self love

Closing doors

Have you ever been a situation not serving you and you stayed anyway? Me too. Actually, I have spent far too long in most situations that don't serve me. I have stayed mostly out of fear and lack of feeling worthy of more. I was fearful to walk away and close a door because what if another door never opened?! I would stay and stay and stay, camped out at a door half open and beg for scraps. And the thing about scraps is you can survive on them. So, I would stay longer because I was being fed something. Never mind that I felt miserable, low, sad or half crazy. I was surviving.

HonestAmanda BlairOctober 2, 2017October, closed doors, highest self, self worth, self love, fear, low self worth, sober

The perfect breakfast for adrenal fatigue!

Adrenal fatigue is a stress condition that occurs when your adrenal glands, pituitary glands and hypothalamus are all underperforming. This is caused from long term physical and/or emotional stress. When adrenal fatigue is occurring it leads to a lower number of hormones and neurotransmitters in the body, that will affect the body in a myriad of ways.

Holistic LivingAmanda BlairSeptember 29, 2017adrenal fatigue, loni jane, feel the lean, burcha cup, woman code