Britany Ederveen's Blog

Have you ever been in a yoga class and the instructor says, “We will spend the next five minutes in a silent meditation where you can be alone with your own thoughts”, and you think you must be broken, because during those five minutes,the “meditative” thoughts that come up include (but are not limited to): […]

I don’t know about the rest of you, but the thoughts occupying my mind during the COVID-19 pandemic certainly have not been about “creating my 10 year plan to be a self starter” or about “the 10 resolutions I’m pleading to take to live a healthier lifestyle” or honestly, even how I can learn to […]

In an ever-changing world that asks us to read and think more diversely, I’ve tried to make an effort to select books written by more diverse authors, and thus, The Henna Artist appeared to be a perfect addition to that reading list. Set in India during 1950’s, the book tells the story of Lakshmi, a […]

Every year, instead of setting a New Years’ Resolution, I set a sankalpa (you can read about why I set Sankalpas here). In short, rather than setting a goal that I am doomed to fail at, setting a sankalpa allows me to explore a concept or an intention–to understand how it impacts my world, to […]

Deficit: the amount by which something is too small  When all of this CO-VID 19 stuff starting coming out, and things started shutting down and getting cancelled, the general reaction seemed to be, “I’ve been robbed of MY vacation”, “MY birthday has been taken from ME”, “The concert/festival/conference has been unfairly confiscated from ME”. While […]

Growing up is like playing a game of Super Mario.  We land on one experience, test it out for a while, learn to defeat it, and move on. We pick up gear that equips us, so that when we encounter that particular level again, we can confidently say, “Oh, I’ve been here before, here’s how […]

I’m currently reading Gone So Long by Andre Dubus. What is that book about?, you may be tempted to ask. Well, I could say that the book is about a guy who murdered his young wife out of jealousy and, now on his own deathbed, is trying to reconnect with this adult daughter. But, I feel […]

I’ve been debating whether or not I wanted to write something about COVID-19, mostly for the mere fact that I feel, since the whole world is closed, the only thing we talk about, read about, think about, see about IS Coronavirus, and it seems that EVERYONE has their own little thing to say about it–“I’m […]

A strange thing has happened to me in the last six months as I’ve approached 30. I’m not sure if anyone else has had this experience, but I’m often awakened at night, dreaming of a situation that occurred, or as I’m going throughout my day, a flashback of a situation drifts into my mind, or […]

A few months ago, as my boyfriend and I were moving out of our apartment, and we found our fridge barren, we decided to use one of those coupon codes to order a box of Hello Fresh. You know, the kind of meal service which promises to replace the inconvenience of selecting recipes, trekking to […]