Kendall Getzi

healing.

By: Kendall August 6, 2019March 31, 2020

a Spotify playlist curated & arranged by yours truly, with love. Fly away… Growing up, music has always been central to my life. From putting on piano recitals for my grandma to dancing to Elvis records with my Omi to picking up the drums in high school – music fascinates me. I tend to look…

body | one.

By: Kendall April 22, 2019March 31, 2020

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body image & autoimmune disease: a journey into the healing process. part one: skinny does not equal healthy. From high school tennis to running track and then to working out excessively during my freshman year of college, I was extremely fit. I will not say healthy because my heart was filled with sadness and my…

free.

By: Kendall January 28, 2019November 24, 2019

Blog, mind, soul1 Comment

what does it mean to be free? This simple question was at the center of my mind, body & soul throughout 2018. In January, I was recovering from a really heartbreaking end to a relationship and I was severely depressed. It was one of the few times in my life I have hit rock bottom……

debt.

By: Kendall January 28, 2019November 24, 2019

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starting my journey to that #debtfree life. I’ll start this out with a bit of honesty – I have never been good with managing my money. I’ve been working since I was 16 and I don’t have much to show for it. Besides paying thousands of dollars for school, I can’t exactly place where all that other money went. My mom…

walk.

By: Kendall January 28, 2019November 24, 2019

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a photo exploration. Below you will find a short series of photos I took with my iPhone on my recent vacation to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ⁣Ever since I was diagnosed with Celiac disease (in 2015), walking has been immensely healing for me – somewhat of a constant when it comes to what my body…

shame.

By: Kendall January 28, 2019November 24, 2019

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I dedicate a block of time every Sunday night to mentally & emotionally prepare for the week. This usually consists of working on my planner, setting goals, meditating and cleaning my room. Tonight, I picked up my iPad – connected my speaker & blasted my favorite worship songs. I sat on the end of my…

patterns.

By: Kendall December 27, 2018November 24, 2019

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The fresh air. The sunshine. The water. The Earth is one of the greatest healers. This past year I’ve realized that spending time outside is something my soul needs. It is essential to my healing process – my growth. Spirituality is the foundation of my life and the natural world is a place where I…

those things.

By: Kendall December 3, 2018January 28, 2019

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an exploration in photography. Below is a photo series taken on two separate trips: one cross-country road trip from Chicago to California & another road trip from Chicago to Florida (and back). These photos represent moments of freedom from these trips taken throughout my college years. Both trips happened during a huge transition period in…

showing skin.

By: Kendall April 14, 2020May 5, 2020

Blog, body4 Comments

A short story on being a woman and having a body… I was looking through old photos when I came across this video of me playing piano on a short weekend trip to NYC. My friends and I were exploring the city when we came across this piano in a park next to a beautiful…

trust, patience & strength

By: Kendall March 3, 2020March 31, 2020

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Hello again my friend 🙂 It’s great to be back… After writing about the passing of my grandfather last month, I have been struggling as to what to write about and how to express certain things I’m dealing with. I’ve been going through a period of instability as well as uncertainty. Honestly, I just haven’t…

a grieving heart.

By: Kendall February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing. At other times it feels like being mildly drunk, or concussed. There is a sort of invisible blanket…

living in fear.

By: Kendall January 14, 2020January 14, 2020

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I’m not sure how to start this post or how to put into words some of the things that I went through… all I know for sure is that I am ready to tell my story. I’m ready to tell my story because I realize that my story is also the story of many other…

the year of the butterfly.

By: Kendall January 2, 2020July 9, 2020

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metamorphosis + spiritual freedom + feminine energy My spiritual journey has taken me many places. I’ve learned that each time a door opens or closes – certain symbols follow or proceed. Throughout the past couple of years, I have noticed butterflies coming across my path. If you look at the photo below you can see…

lana del rey.

By: Kendall December 14, 2019February 3, 2020

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How Her Music Defined My Decade It feels like a lifetime transpired between 2010 to 2020. From a little girl – to a teenager – to the young woman I am today: I had so many “firsts” during this time period. My first time in high school, my first time playing tennis, my first kiss,…

the pill.

By: Kendall November 27, 2019January 2, 2020

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Last year, when researching the topic of womanhood and feminism for my senior design project, I never expected to discover the things I did. I knew woman’s issues stretched over hundreds of years and touched on many topics. What I did not know was how much health + wellness affected women. While combining my passion…

body | two.

By: Kendall October 31, 2019November 24, 2019

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Dieticians, body image, intuitive eating & set point. Yesterday I spent the day at the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine meeting with a Celiac dietician through the Center for Digestive Diseases at the University of Chicago (wow, that’s a lot of important sounding words). This was a big appointment for me because I had only…

in the clouds.

By: Kendall October 18, 2019February 3, 2020

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back again w/ another spotify playlist : this dreamy mix is a concoction of surf rock, bedroom pop & retro bops… these are tunes to chill you out & get your head in the clouds. sensual & soothing. day dreaming in solitude Music is one of my many forms of therapy… these particular songs have…

daily dance.

By: Kendall September 21, 2019November 24, 2019

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From ballet to daddy daughter dances to high school homecoming to my first zumba class … dancing has come in and out of my life since I was a little girl. With every passing year, I start to become more in tune with my truest self. With that personal growth comes a lot of hard…

Kendall Getzi

back in my body.

real talk.

lessons from the west.

Health at Every Size (HAES)

four years.

expectations.

from the wind.

gratitude in uncertainty.

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healing.

body | one.

free.

debt.

walk.

shame.

patterns.

those things.

showing skin.

trust, patience & strength

a grieving heart.

living in fear.

the year of the butterfly.

lana del rey.

the pill.

body | two.

in the clouds.

daily dance.