Maria Ermides

Elephant Journal • 27th January 2024

What Getting a Matching Tattoo with my Ex Taught me about Love. | elephant journal

Here is something I’m not proud to admit. I got a matching tattoo with a guy I was dating. I know, I know. Technically, I should have known better.

Elephant Journal • 2nd January 2024

Dating Apps & the Art of Knowing what you Bring to the Table. | elephant journal

I hate online dating. I know, therein lies the most unoriginal of thoughts, repeated time and time again. But there it is.

FLUFF • 31st May 2021

Tik Tok makes me anxious

TikTok was doing it right. I thought it was a more real, safer place to scroll. But I just watched a Mum in America ‘taste test’ two cakes made for her Birthday on camera and face plant into them while her daughter looked on in horror. Why? Why...

18th May 2021

Can We Please Talk About PMDD? – Ramona Magazine

Thinking back over the last 10 years, I can recall being consistently at peace and content for a period of only about 2 months. It’s weird writing that because I realise despite the inconsistency that life can sometimes bring, it’s not a normal...

elephant journal | daily blog, videos, e-newsletter & magazine on yoga + organics + green living + non-new agey spirituality + ecofashion + conscious consumerism=it's about the mindful life. • 13th March 2021

The Magic of Finding what’s Real—My Year Without Sex. | elephant journal

You can’t make love without being in love. You need to feel it’s real. These were the words spoken by Miguel, our taxi driver, on our trip to Cuba back in 2018. His words of wisdom followed a warning he had given us about Cuban men and how some can...

Paradox Activewear • 2nd March 2021

Copy- Paradox Activewear

When it comes to Activewear, we don't believe in a one-size-fits all approach. In fact we're all the kind of gal that can't be put into any kind of box. We love the woman who owns her style, her own rhythm and the skin that she wears proudly.

Ramona Magazine • 2nd March 2021

The Balancing Act

So there’s a woman whose marriage breaks down, and she goes to Italy, India and Bali in search of pasta, spirituality and romance. You might be familiar with this story line, as the best-selling Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. And if you haven’t...

FLUFF • 31st January 2021

Better Isn't Better

I think for a majority of us, twenty twenty (I figure if I type it this way, it will seem less repetitive) was a year for faux reinvention. We thought we would make ourselves better. You know, figure out which skincare we actually needed from the...

Yogaventures • 26th October 2020

10 Reasons To Do Yin Yoga When You Feel Too Busy

In a world where news cycles are constant, inboxes are always full and our eyes are constantly fixated on a screen, it’s now harder than ever to switch off. To keep up with the demand of keeping up, we are constantly tapping into our yang energy –...

FLUFF • 31st May 2020

Lessons in dating from a soon-to-be 30 year old

A real connection (my own interpretation), doesn’t come from liking how someone appears on a screen.

elephant journal | daily blog, videos, e-newsletter & magazine on yoga + organics + green living + non-new agey spirituality + ecofashion + conscious consumerism=it's about the mindful life. • 13th October 2016

What Being a Sever has Taught Me: 5 Lessons in Hospitality

When I completed a journalism degree, most folks naturally assumed I’d pursue a career in journalism. I did things a little differently and opened up a café with my brother.