LIFESTYLE

Connecting and Disconnecting

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  • MINDFULNESS
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I have felt disconnected from this space a bit lately, from online life in general really. Perhaps it’s the pace of life the last few months...

Skin Wellness for Tweens + Teens

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  • LIFESTYLE
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Our oldest bridged into the teen years last year, with the next two following close behind. I’ve found myself in a whole new world as...

15 Nature Activities + Books to Enjoy Spring Flowers

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  • HOMESCHOOL
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  • LIFESTYLE
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  • RESOURCES
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  • SPRING
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Perhaps one of the best parts of Spring weather is all of the wildflowers blooming. We naturally are outdoors more, and so I always look...

Creating Space for Spontaneity

  • LIFESTYLE
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  • MINDFULNESS
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  • SIMPLE RHYTHMS + ROUTINES
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  • THE FAMILY HOME
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I tend to be a planner, an achiever, a doer. In fact, I could write paragraphs on the benefit of goal-minded living, and the need...

Chicken Soup + Bone Broth for Winter Wellness

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  • RECIPES
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  • SEASONS
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  • WELLNESS
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  • WINTER
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Our home has felt under the weather this last week with fevers and coughs and stuffy noses. With so many friends and extended family members...

Nurturing Winter Skin + Reforming the Beauty Industry

  • BEAUTY
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  • LIFESTYLE
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  • SEASONS
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  • WELLNESS
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  • WINTER
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In the winter, my skin tends to feel like the branches outside my door: pale, dry, and brittle. It is more sensitive in the drier,...

Music for the Afternoon Mess

  • BOOKS - MUSIC - PODCASTS
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  • HOMESCHOOL
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  • LIFESTYLE
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  • RESOURCES
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Somewhere amid the tidy online images, the Mess exists. I capitalize Mess because it seems to live and exist on its own, creeping in and...

Nurturing Wholeness | Retreating

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  • MINDFULNESS
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“a series dedicated to nurturing and nourishing the self from the inside out” I have always appreciated winter’s wisdom, its encouragement to retreat and to listen....

Light the Path | Reflections to Welcome the New Year

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  • MINDFULNESS
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  • SEASONS
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  • WINTER
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Each new year is a baptism of sorts, a release of one thing, a grasp for another. Whether one toasts champagne or simply turns the paper page...

On Acts of Kindness and Thanksgiving

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  • LIFESTYLE
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  • MINDFULNESS
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There’s something about baked foods straight from the oven that warms both the soul and the belly. However divided a room or community or nation...