Month: August 2022

Easy Recipes

Plant-Based Cinnamon Raisin Banana Bread

Corie Muldoon


What ya need:

  • Oven, baking sheet, parchment paper, big bowl
  • 12 ripe bananas
  • 8 cups of oats
  • 8oz of almond butter
  • raisins
  • cinnamon

What to do:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350.

Step 2: Set up parchment paper on baking sheet.

Step 3: Mix ingredients in a big bowl.

Step 4: Scoop out mixture onto baking sheet and form a loaf.

Step 5: Top with raisins and cinnamon.

Step 6: Bake for 30 mins+ until the outside is crispy golden. Use a fork to test the moisture of the loaf as it bakes. When it’s ready, nothing should stick to the fork.


How to eat:

  • By itself
  • In a bowl with plant-based milk
  • With plant-based yogurt / ice cream

Store leftovers in refrigerator in air tight container (lasts about 5 days). Delicious warm or cold. You can also reheat in the oven.


PS – wow this is soooo good I had two giant pieces with a little soy milk & am full af 🤣 it hit that sweet tooth craving too win win!

Movement

5 Breaths Per Pose

Corie Muldoon

Tight muscles? Have thought about doing yoga or some type of stretching for a while now but don’t know where to begin? Want to get back into a yoga practice?

A great place to start is 5 breaths per pose.

For each pose you do, whether it’s basic stretching or a yoga sequence, hold that stretch for 5 deep belly breaths.

Fill up your lungs – all the way in, all the way out.

Feel your muscles and nerves relax with each exhalation.

Move onto the next pose.

Movement

Morning Movement Routine: Boost Your Energy with These Exercises

Corie Muldoon

If you’ve been feeling low energy lately – here’s a tip that most definitely will help: morning movement.

With morning movement, you’ll be feeling all types of good early on, and that good will ripple into the rest of your day.

Here’s a basic structure for your reference…

  • Upper body: arm circles, arm lifts
  • Lower body: leg kicks, squats
  • Chest: push-up variations
  • Back: downward dog, hang from a bar
  • Abs: leg lifts, sit-ups, russian twists

Set a timer (10-60 minutes) and knock these out shortly after you wake up in the morning.

How many reps to do? Feel it out. Go until you feel it burning and then some. Switch up the exercises as you please. Throw on some music and roll with it.

Stay active my friends and keep your energy flowing 🙂

Healthy Habits

Get to know your plants

Corie Muldoon

We have about 20 plants in our apartment right now and I absolutely LOVE them. They teach me so much and love unconditionally 🙂


Mondays are watering day; also a day I like to send good vibes to my plants to help them grow.

Me singing to my plants:

“Everybody keep growing … you are loved … and you are blessed!”

~ realizing I could use some lovin too ~

Me singing to myself:

“Keep growing Cor … you are loved .. and you are blessed!”

Plants teach us how to love ourselves and others. You can get to know your plants by focusing on one at a time and learning how to care for it properly. Add to your plant collection once you feel like you know your plant(s) and what they need to thrive.

Other lessons from plants:

  • Plants teach us that each of us are VERY particular with our unique combination of likes, preferences, and viewpoints.
  • Plants teach us that some may eat more than others and that’s okay because it’s what’s right for them.
  • Plants teach us that we all thrive in a specific environment. Ie. some of us love sunlight and water… while others could do without the light and/or water all together (crazy to me but true!).
  • Plants teach us that something we may do often, others may hardly (if ever) do at all.

Plants have this unspoken language about them ~ universal language ~ that we can pull lessons from to help us live a healthier, more compassionate, and emphatic life.


What kind of plants do you have at home? How do you care for them? What have they taught you? Let us know in the comments below!

Movement

Daily Mile Minimum

Corie Muldoon

Hey friends! I just finished up day 199 of daily mile minimum 🙂

My current fitness goal: run/walk/hike 1 mile a day (minimum) – 365 days in a row.

A daily mile puts me at 10-25 minutes a day depending on if I’m running or walking…

Which in reality isn’t much time at all!

Lace up and get to stepping.

Daily mile minimum is a great mental challenge and a perfect example of an easy to do, easy not to do activity that we touched on a few days ago.

Movers! Do you vibe with the daily mile minimum / these type of fitness goals? What are you currently working toward?! Comment below!

Last summer I completed cycle outdoors 100 days in a row and found tremendous value.

Challenge yourself to do new things in a fun and realistic way. Need help coming up with a goal? Hit me up or comment below!

LOVE Y’ALL ♡

Healthy Habits

Ask more questions

Corie Muldoon

Feeling stuck? Asking more questions can help give us clarity.

What do you see for your life?

Who do you want to be?

Who and what do you need to surround yourself with?

What kind of energy do you want in your circle?

Are you going with what others want?

Are you living for other people, trying to please their expectations?

Are you challenging the “norm” and doing things differently?

Are you asking questions, trying to make the best life for yourself?