About Us!

Welcome to our blog!

Whether you meant to find this blog, or just stumbled across it, we’re glad that you’re here. Our names are Mariana and Heather, and we’re two seniors studying at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. We’ve lived together for the past two years and have finally decided that we like each other enough to commit to creating a blog together. This blog came about primarily because we noticed that health and wellness blogs are all written by professionals who are already extremely healthy and fit and well, unusually hot… like really hot. As two regular girls, not in the professional health industry, we couldn’t relate to their stories, nor did we have the time to implement their advice, so the journey to health and wellness felt nearly impossible.

*Enter Pour Some Matcha On Me*

Our blog differs because the advice and tips come from us! Two ordinary, regular girls! While our health hasn’t completely fallen off the wayside, we’re also not nutritionists, fitness models, or yoga instructors (or professionals of anything, let's be honest). We go to the gym (most days) and practice self-care (less often than we want). We enjoy feeding our bodies wholesome, nutritious meals during the week, but also really enjoy stuffing ourselves with poutine at 3 AM on the weekend. Here you'll find everything from recipes to lifestyle tips - all vetted by us! At the end of the day, we’re just two girls trying to live our best lives, and we want you to join us!

Have we convinced you to want to be our friend yet? We’re still trying so read on:

About Mariana

Hi, I’m Mariana! Am I qualified to be writing a blog on health and wellness? Probably not, but I am obsessed with researching what 4 Foods That Help Heal Acne and reading about 9 Productive As Hell Things You Can Do Before 9 A.M. Everyday, so I think that makes me an expert in something. I’m all about trying to be a better person, but I get that its hard. Like really f*cking hard. Especially when there’s deadlines to meet, friends to catch up with, boys to wheel, parents to make proud, and delicious junk food to eat. So while I’m no expert on any of these topics (except maybe the last one), I truly am trying to improve myself constantly and I’m sure you are too, so I think we can help each other out!

Instagram: @mariana_uemura

Best Habit: Waking up early, like 6 A.M. early.

Guiltiest Pleasure: Cookie dough, Ben & Jerry’s Cookie Dough ice cream, and chicken nuggets.

Current Goals:

1. Make my bed every morning (It’s hard sometimes ok?)

2. Read more books (Currently: The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler)

3. Find a post-graduation job (If you know anyone, HMU)

Favourite Thing About Heather: She likes to spontaneously burst into my room to tell me random facts/gossip/life questions.

About Heather

Hey, I’m Heather! Welcome to our blog! Like Mariana, I am not an “expert” on anything unless you count superiorly timed dad jokes and a vast knowledge on Harry Potter expert qualities (which I mean, you should). And I am definitely not a professional in the health department but as a university student, I manage to live a pretty healthy life, even though it can be quite hectic at times. I love candy and a good Netflix binge but I also enjoy eating a (for the most part) healthy diet which yes, includes poutine and pizza and I stay active through gym workouts and yoga. Because life is all about balance right? But what’s on the spectrum of that balanced scale? Well, that’s what we’re here to help you figure out. Two regular girls sharing our tips, tricks, and random thoughts on how to be a (at least moderately) healthy human, or how 5 iconic figures would put it, "how to spice up your life". Enjoy!

Instagram: @_heatherbrownlee

Best Habit: Getting my butt to the gym most days of the week

Guiltiest Pleasure: Pick and mix candy stores

Current Goals:

1. To drink less coffee & more tea (I feel like my blood is 80% coffee most days… yikes)

2. Start meal prepping my meals again (would save lots of time & $$)

3. Get back into painting :)

Favourite Thing About Mariana: She never turns me away when I spontaneously burst into her room to tell her random facts/gossip/life questions.

Even though we're with each other every day, we have very limited photos together... How does that work? Clearly something we need to work on. A goal for the two of us haha.