In Kristen We Brust

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.

this is more than ballet flats and burgundy bags … a minute to close out the world and maybe close toe too. to know yourself and what you love is one of the greatest gifts. together we can tune in and up and sort our own september issues. 

i love you. too much. forever.

xoxo. kb.

a journey to yourself. a deeper learning of obedience to your beautiful intuition. this homecoming season is about returning to home...to yourself. slow to respond. slow to absorb. living slow. coming home to you has never been more stunning.

i love you. too much. forever.

xoxo. kb.

oh i love a little time with yall so much! welcome to season five! it's our "homecoming season." in the wild world of fast pace i am planting us here in homecoming. a frame of mind and of heart. a place where we can attempt to sharpen discernment and return back to valuing the most rare treasure of it all, our intuition. our knowing. our trust in ourselves. you are so stunning and so radiant and so so brilliant. this season is more fun, more vulnerable, more honest than ever. thank you for being here. thank you for always showing up. thank you for making a place for me. i am so honored to be next to you.

::: DEAR MAMA SERIES

the honor.  a few months ago i sat down inside a cozy, silent studio space at Edgehill Music Publishing with the other half of kb x kb, kristen blake. in our industry you know her has a talented itty bit that floats through wardrobe racks in her size nothing ballerina feet. pulling clothes and strings and landing impossible gets with her tight and trusted network of style superheroes near and far. 

in my world i know her has a really special and intentional mama, gigi, daughter, friend. over the years i have been blessed to get to know and create with kristen. we’ve spent a lot of hours purging both sides of the brust closet and all corners of our hearts. collaborating and ordering dinners and creating space for new ideas + new hangers. stories and tears and giggles surrounded in all the textures of loss, life, tulle and satin. 

today’s Dear Mama episode of In Kristen We Brust is to honor a story that is not mine to tell. a twenty year anniversary of sorts that is powerful and the definition of motherhood. a really tender and beautiful collection of years and heartbeats that have waited to have a place to tuck in and feel safe. a story i have been privileged and trusted with knowing and now… sharing. i am beyond grateful for the raw, delicate way my best friend showed up in my life. today i am beyond grateful for the way she will show up in your’s. 

kb- thank you for trusting me to be the one to give your story and your girls life in airwaves. twenty years of holding and healing. of floating and now landing in hearts beyond your own. you and madeline have lived so eloquently inside of this story for two decades. i am so proud of the people and mamas you are. this is beautiful and your angel girl is beaming.

come snuggle in with me while we take the lids off our lives and breathe some air into the dreams and plans that we have shelved. a little chit chat about the road back to you with your road trip buddy riding shotgun. i love you too much. xoxo kb

happy mama day! i love you. too much. forever.

whew. safe harbors. pockets of comfortably settling into a season of deep knowing. we, as a village, are finding some places that by definition provide protection. refuge. comfort. ::: safe harbors

as we press in we understand the rarity and absolute sanctity of these people. we also learn that creating safety starts with communication. trusting ourselves to know what we know. to listen to what God has for us. to know we are a harbor in ourselves. 

i love you. too much. like more than a lighthouse. yep. that much. 

xoxo :::kb