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Goldfish Kiss

A RAD BLOG BY REBEKAH STEEN.

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  • As much as I like to

    November 27, 2017December 12, 2018

    As much as I like to sing praises to strong coffee and multiple espresso shots, the best way to wake up is to get up and move for a bit. It works. Promise. So figured

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  • Today was one of those “Holy

    October 19, 2017December 12, 2018

    Today was one of those “Holy cow I’m tired, I can’t think, and feel off” kind of days. Which makes me want to curl up in a ball and binge watch This Is Us, but

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  • I love me a plank hold

    September 28, 2017December 12, 2018

    I love me a plank hold. Or any type of variation of that beloved move. So I was goofing around on the beach yesterday and ended up doing this little five minute plank/core workout. Levi

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  • I got to do something I

    August 13, 2017December 12, 2018

    I got to do something I have’t been able to do in a looooong time: go on a big, barefoot, hot and sandy beach run. The more I think about it, it’s one of my

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  • Beach Workout Time

    July 22, 2017December 12, 2018

    Well, I’m down in Miami for a few days of Swim Week, which means…beach workout time. Hallelujah. It’s hot and super humid. And I love me a good sandy sweat sesh. So, I came up

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  • The I Don’t Want to Workout Workout

    June 28, 2017December 12, 2018

    I confess. I woke up today and felt a bit on the extremely crappy side – energy wise. Coffee didn’t even help. My brain was fried too. So, when the opportunity arose to get a

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  • Another 100 ladder

    June 3, 2017December 12, 2018

    Ok. Yesterday was gorgeous, our patio was sunny, and I just felt like a good /ol sweat session. I’d usually do the 100 ladder during such an occasion, but have been wanting to figure out

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  • The Tabata Circuit

    April 14, 2017December 12, 2018

    Tabata workouts have saved my butt over the past six months of craziness. Ever since I got hooked on this workout, I’ve implemented these quick l’il intense sweat sessions into my training regularly. Sometimes as

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  • Legs. Make ‘em burn.

    February 17, 2017December 12, 2018

    Yesterday at the gym, a man politely told me that he’d be scared to run into me in a dark alley, because I looked like I could totally kick his butt. I gave him a

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  • The 100 ladder

    January 11, 2017December 12, 2018

    I talk a lot about fitting in a workout at odd hours, or in small places. Well, here is one that has been on heavy rotation the past few months. I mainly do it when

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  • The (Beefed up) Weighted Ladder workout

    November 3, 2016December 12, 2018

    I just did this one and was so pumped to share….that I’m posting before I have a chance to shower.  It was just that good. And worth the stink. Remember the weighted ladder workout from

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  • Bum Builders

    August 22, 2016December 12, 2018

    Bum. Bootie. Butt. Derriér. Rump. Whatever you call it, it’s a good thing to have. And an even better thing to work on. So, I figured I’d share some new and old moves that are

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  • Weighted Ladder workout

    May 24, 2016December 12, 2018

    Workouts that are under 30 minutes seem to be my jam lately. And what I can realistically commit to doing 5 days a week. Like this little gem I did today. It woke my butt

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  • My Home Gym: A Work in Progress

    March 22, 2016December 12, 2018

    I firmly believe that the easier you make it for yourself to workout, the more likely you are to suck it up and actually do it. And do it regularly. And stick to it. Which

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  • The Levi & Me Workout

    March 2, 2016December 12, 2018

    Well it’s about time I made a workout video. So, here you go…. It’s just a fun little 5 minute workout I started doing last week when I was back on Kauai with my little

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    Finally nailed the messy hair one eye covered shot Finally nailed the messy hair one eye covered shot…then of course, took six days to get the nerves to post it. 🖤 #goodlighting #mermaidshag
    My husband and I decided to go on a hike to do som My husband and I decided to go on a hike to do something special for our 15th wedding anniversary yesterday, and nature dished up some glorious conditions. ❄️☀️🏔️ Cheers to hiking, and if there’s snow and sunshine, consider it icing on the cake. ❄️💚 #whataday #rattlesnakeledge #pnwonderland
    Here are a few painting to (hopefully) brighten up Here are a few painting to (hopefully) brighten up your scrolling today. Zoom in for the details - that’s the fun, messy, watercolor is so cool, couldn’t do that again if I tried, part. Yay art. 🎨🧡☀️ #goldfishkissart #watercolor #livecolorfully goldfishkissgoods.com
    I rarely read my poems out loud. But there’s one I rarely read my poems out loud. But there’s one I did read to myself after I finished it and couldn’t make it through without getting choked up. Well, it took about five tries to do this voiceover without a voice crack. But…mission accomplished. It’s the second poem in my book, and is called “if you ask me”  Hope you like it. 

Kind of impressed how the captions picked up almost every word correctly in spite of my tendency to mumble. 

#sunnythoughtsforsaltysouls ⬅️Google the title “sunny thoughts for salty souls” to find the book online. Or the link is in my bio, too. #poetry #poems #goldfishkisswriting
    We all wear so many different hats these days, got We all wear so many different hats these days, gotta love when one of them involves flowers. 🧡🌴 #itsametaphor #thinkwarmthoughts
    So, I published a book. It was a big goal of mine So, I published a book. It was a big goal of mine last year to finally take all of my favorite poems that I've written over the past decade or so, and compile them all into a book.

I started the "project" in May, and finally hit publish on December 14, 2022. 

The whole goal was this: I really wanted my poems, paired with some favorite photos and illustrations together in one tangible spot before they got lost in the noise of the internet and social media world. Which is getting noisier and more abyss-like by the day. And I think it all came together at just the right time. I still want to try out 30 more cover design options, but my husband reminded me it's the inside that counts, and after flipping through it one final time, he was right.

Self-publishing is a trip, one I definitely am grateful I took.

Sunny Thoughts For Salty Souls: Poems, Thoughts, and Photos for a Quick Escape or Word hug. By Rebekah Steen. (Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million and hopefully more and more independent bookstores, shops, and beach boutiques soon.) 

Felt really good to type that. Yay books. ☀️🌴🧡

#sunnythoughtsforsaltysouls #selfpublishing #poems (I used @ingramsparkbooks so hopefully it’s easy for you to get a copy of it anywhere on the globe - just google the title.)

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