The past few months (see November and December) sitting and thinking through my hopes, goals, and intuitions for the coming month. Some concrete, goals to check, and some intentions more cerebral or nebulous, not necessarily achievable but important to my heart to try and and embody more. This month comes with so much weight, resolutions/new…
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The Little Tree That Could, BMSN Giving Tree
7 Years Ago this little Giving Tree began, and I wrote about it a few times, Here and Here. But the story now and how it’s grown, that’s where the BMSN Giving Tree is really shining and community building. I wanted to share a bit about how it falls together each year, especially; This Year….
Balance in a Moment. And gone again.
I’m sitting at my desk. “Working.” Working, and working. But it’s writing. It’s editing photos. It’s reading articles and poetry I love. And it’s popping up from my seat to help read math questions, color in the United States, or work through a particularly tough Eye Spy one of the girls made for me. It’s…
10 Mantras when you need a 180 mood adjustment!
I rely deep on mantra’s, rewiring my brain, and self talk whenever I am in that ANNOYED WITH EVERYTHING space. This often happens with my kiddos, to no fault of their own, I just… am a grump. The world feels like too much and suddenly I’m in deep to a mood I don’t want to…
How Do I Start a Blog? Make Money? FAQ
I’ve received a LOT of emails about blogging lately; How do I start a blog? How did you start your blog? Do you make money? HOW?! Can I? How do you get ‘free stuff’? Is this lucrative? I started to reply to each one but realized quickly that this is a HUGE and important topic…
3 Meditation Routines
I wrote a bit about meditation, what it is/mean’s for me, and how I was working to cultivate it as a practice. Since then I’ve continued to really work on finding what my routine can be. While still leaving room for change, new ideas, and the constant evolution of what works. The one thing that is…
November Intention Setting
The beginning of this month is bringing a full moon, daylight savings time, (and a Monday!) all in its first week. That sweet trifecta was enough to get me to do something I’ve been trying to prioritize for a few months now. . . writing down my intentions. I see people I admire doing this…
Amazon Rabbit Hole: Current Weird Wants
Ever go down the amazon click-hole… like, just one further. One more. “people who bought this also bought this. . . ” until infinity, 3am, or you pass out? Reading weird Facebook articles and groups full of ‘popular buy’s’…. Nah, me either. And I definatly didn’t find all this thought that… nope. Not at all….
5 Ways to Nurture Optimism
I’m often criticized for being a ‘Suzy Sunshine’ and having a very rosy view. I am a glass half-full, forever optimist, bright-side, person. Through and through, it’s something that’s just a part of my fabric. It’s a lean that I’ve chosen to embrace instead of stifle. Despite feeling like stifling it would make me fit-in…
3 Tips to Make your Skin and Your Bathroom Ready for Fall!
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #EmbraceEssentialOils #StimulateTheSenses #CollectiveBias Fall is here in this house (I’ve already started a Fall playlist. . . and yeah, a few acoustic Christmas songs are on it) candles are glowing, pumpkin bread has been baked, and I’m stocking…