Happy July, from my garden to you!⁣ ⁣Where are you finding beauty and joy in your life these days? Are you seeking them?⁣ ⁣What motivates you?⁣ Is it moving AWAY from fear? ⁣Or moving TOWARD joy? ⁣For me, sometimes it’s one or it’s the other- but what I’ve noticed is…

Hey! A few weeks back I posted this graphic on social media stating “my top two values are integrity and freedom.”⁣ ⁣Fast forward two weeks, and it turns out I absolutely value integrity and freedom but what I value MOST are authenticity and belonging. ⁣ ⁣Let me explain. ⁣ ⁣I…

It’s a Friday in January, 1997. Another two-week block of nights behind me, 75 hours a week with a weekend off in between. …

As a recovering hyper-achiever, pleaser, andperfectionist, it was a BIG DEAL to learn how to do things less intensely in my life. ⁣I used to try to do so many things all at once, too many things, that the multitasking made me terribly inefficient and beyond exhausted. I put so…

Does this possibility scare you? Maybe you’re sad because you’ve spent years trying to find the “right” person to “complete” you. Maybe you’re angry at the way things are being done and you’d like them to be done differently. …

Confession: I’ve been thinking about this quote for weeks. ⁣ ⁣We’ll never be able to know for certain what Virginia was saying here. Whenever we read anything written by someone else, or even listen to another’s words, we have our own interpretation based on our own context, our own life’s…

I’m obsessed with my dog, Mocha. He’s injured now, and it’s really taken a toll on me. ⁣ ⁣ My pup has always had luxating knee caps but last Thursday, the right one must’ve slid too far and either bruised the bone or injured the joint capsule.⁣ Apparently, the condition…

Ever noticed that just when you think you’ve got everything figured out, something changes and you feel like you’re back to square one?⁣ ⁣ This reminds me of having a newborn. ⁣I remember how much I tried to control my babies. I tried desperately to get them on a schedule so they…

If you haven’t already read Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo, I highly recommend it. ⁣ ⁣Knowing how much I love the expression, my daughter ordered this for me on Etsy and gave it to me for Christmas. ⁣This saying’s changed my life. ⁣Rather, this phrase summarizes what took me…