Life Balance is something I have always struggled with.The moon and it's cycles remind me that the natural world thrives on cycles. Whether I want to admit it or not, we are part of the natural world and we have to participate in natural cycles to maintain balance.This weekend I spent a lot of time under the full moon thinking about recent changes and where they will lead us.I have been wondering how I might find balance with all of the new challenges in life that have arrived with becoming a new mother.I laid in the snow, looking up at the full moon which was sliding behind clouds of white, grey, and black, wondering about all of the changes, and...
"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep it's edge." -George R.R. Martin As we look ahead in 2023, one of my favorite things to do is to gather up a list of books to read over the year. I keep a running To-Read-List and when the year turns over, I look at which books I read and which ones I added throughout the year and I create my new list. I'm so lucky to have a lot of friends who send me great reading recommendations! Some come from podcasts, some from people I follow on social media, some from business mastermind communities, and a few of them come from my husband, Chris!...
We made it through Christmas weekend BJ! After making gift suggestions for "hard-to-buy-for people" I realized that I myself, can be one of those very people... I tend to be a minimalist, probably because we have moved so many times and I just get tired of moving so much stuff. So when people ask me what I want for Christmas my go-to answer is usually, socks. I can put holes in socks like nobody else I know! It is funny to me that kids dread getting socks for Christmas... every year I get a few pairs of socks and I am so grateful! This year however, I received some really neat gifts I would not have thought of, and I...
When it comes to New Year's Resolutions I tend to be a bit skeptical... The whole New-Year-New-Me thing just doesn't seem to stick year after year. Would you agree? Or are you a stickler for that January 1st-Fresh-Start? I'm with you, it is nice to have somewhere to draw the line from old to new, 2022 to 2023, and possibly habits you dislike and ones you would prefer to have, but why do we put this practice off for the New Year? Why only once a year? Personally, I like using the Solstices and Equinoxes to reevaluate my intentions and practices 4 times a year. It just feels more natural, and in-tune with the seasons to have self-reflection on these...
65+ mph gusts, temps well below freezing, and wind chills below zero. Happy Wyoming Winter! I mean real winter now... the weather outside is, well, a bit frightful. Appropriate for the season, I might add. We are finally are having our first actual blizzard of the year and it's about time! I love it when it snows, but it does make things a bit challenging for shipping products. This is what I mean when I say Winter is the thing I love to hate. So much depends on how much snow we get here, not just for us, but for our whole nation! When we get snow in Wyoming, (becuase a large part of the Continental Divide runs through this...
