In Kristen We Brust

a two part series of all the women’s health questions with  Nicole Stroop, APRN, FNP-BC Avisha Labban, APRN, FNP-BC 

a deep dive and deep share of all the personal women’s health topics with all of YOUR questions answered. the ladies of Invigorate Health answer the questions yall submitted plus bold truths over how our bodies really work and what they need. no question was off the table. their brains and hearts for our bodies are such a gift and i am grateful to chat everything and all the things with these two incredible women. come in, get cozy, get the answers! from your vagina to your heart health, you matter.

xoxo ::: kb

a two part series of all the women’s health questions with  Nicole Stroop, APRN, FNP-BC Avisha Labban, APRN, FNP-BC 

a deep dive and deep share of all the personal women’s health topics with all of YOUR questions answered. the ladies of Invigorate Health answer the questions yall submitted plus bold truths over how our bodies really work and what they need. no question was off the table. their brains and hearts for our bodies are such a gift and i am grateful to chat everything and all the things with these two incredible women. come in, get cozy, get the answers! from your vagina to your heart health, you matter.

xoxo ::: kb

when i think of Homecoming and the work, maturity, calm, passion it takes to return to one’s self, cassie sits at the top of my heart. she embodies a beautiful determination and a strong sense of knowing herself. she holds love and compassion near and dear. she is gentle, strong, loving and living life on purpose. she shares her journey in recreating. identifying valleys of wasn’t working in a one-step-at-a-time approach of the dark messy parts of addiction and its stronghold on the family system. her steadiness to heal herself and her family bled over to a remodel of structure in her marriage and relationships. 

if we had to crown someone Homecoming Queen, my cherished friend deserves the sash and all standing ovations. i am proud of her, proud to be her friend, honored to walk along side her, and over the moon to share such a special human with yall. thank you for curling up with one of the most top tier heartbeats in my orbit.  

“this path is anointed” indeed. 

xoxo kb. 

a lot rests on our hearts and shoulders this week. election season is loud and heavy and name cally ((i am making up words bc why not)). 

we are holding so much and staying hopeful. today i want you to hear that time is abundant and the pace of the world will not sweep over your steadfast knowing. we cannot be budged when we know where we are planted. i pray you feel your beautiful roots. that you continue to rest in your stunning intuition. 

i love you and i hope you know how special you are.

xoxo kb.

asking yourself what you need is half the knowing in homecoming season. being able meet the need with a cold glass of water, prayer, a walk, meditation, a slow morning, a hot tea, or even a good cry… that’s the momentum in the coming back to ourselves. what you do with all your “one more minutes” is the building site for a stronger, more in tune version of you. snuggle in and let’s talk mornings, nighttime, minutes in between, life abundant. you aren’t ever alone and Homecoming is a season that can last as long as we need it to last. the minutes beyond one more matter most and so do you. 

i love you. too much. forever

xoxo ::: kb

the road to yourself is composed of so many aspects of health and healing. we sit down with sara macmillan PT, DPT to talk about all things pelvic floor and the proper way to take great care of our female bodies. from breathing, timing out, walking, kegel like a jellyfish, this very much a case of “started from the bottom now we’re here”. sara is one of my favorite heartbeats and instrumental in my postpartum recovery. get in and get cozy with us while we rebuild muscles and confidence from the ground up.  you matter. your body matters. and quite honestly, not peeing your pants does too.

i love you. too much. forever

xoxo ::: kb

one more minute 

a really tender and vulnerable time with you. this one is a leap of faith and of hope. it’s left me with a nervous // anxious // too much kind of belly which is exactly how i know it needs to live and have breath out in the wide world. i need you to know that you are really loved. i mean that. it gets lonely out there. it gets heavy and unbearable sometimes. i was there. that place of shallow breathing and surrounding weight of dark getting darker. i am here to tell you it will not stay this way. i know some of you won’t believe me. but i just need you to really try. it. will. not. stay. this. way. 

slowly light will come. slowly it will lift. please lean in and please look up. you are needed in this story. and there is something you cannot, in wildest imagination, predict about your future. you can’t even brainstorm the way things will shift for the better.

as i type this i am 5 million minutes, 3 babies earth-side, one baby in Heaven, one husband, one decade, heartbreak, healing in the bank on the other side of the darkest minutes of my life. those sweeps of dark still come but i remind myself i have made it a million times over and i will make it still. 

please promise me you will spend 40 minutes with me and one more minute after, and another, and another. slowly your minutes and breaths will begin to add up to life abundant. all of your darkest parts can’t exist when there is even a sliver of light. your dark makes you human and your humanness is exactly why i love doing life along side you. 

if you or someone you know struggles with depression, please reach out to a lifeline by way of prayer, therapist, trusted // safe heartbeats in your circle. the national suicide direct line is 988. this is not over. 

the world needs you. we need you. all of us.  i love you. all of your dark parts. too much. forever.  xoxo ::: kb.

freeze.  the busy girl’s guide to taking a minute

grandmother wisdom passed down, the ultimate non rush. the sweet time out to sort, honor, and proceed in your own pace. 

sometimes the best thing we can do is nothing at all. what a precious reminder in a hurried society. to freeze. to be still. a real movement in emotional climate change. i love your warm hearts and your frozen moments of clarity.

i love you. too much. forever

xoxo ::: kb

i think in life and home there is so much to be treasured and loved and sought after-  the secret is just finding rhythm. it’s about taking good care of your heartbeat and learning homes can have heartbeats too. what is good for your soul doesn’t always match everyone else. i offer a perspective of finding a sweet cadence for both. for introspective dives into what makes you tick. stay the course. learn yourself, you are a habitat all its own. 

i love you. too much. forever  xoxo ::: kb. 

not-so-current events...

i poured a little piece of my heart out about life, liberty, and the pursuit of gold medals. a few thoughts about things swirling in our world and my world that carry over, like most does, into all areas of our lives. honest matters of the heart. i’ll give myself a bronze in parenting just in case you were wondering. get in here and let’s do some not so current events but definitely current feelings. 

i love you. too much. forever. xoxo ::: kb.