as we wrap up our two part Good Grief mini series, i just need you know how deeply loved you are. all the heartbeats, here and Heaven, including me really think you are amazing. this life ((and this death)) is a lot on us friends but there is some slices of true love and connection to be made. let’s snuggle in and be honest and a little hopeful. a special return guest stops in to say “hi” and i share the last of my little bits around what Heaven takes. thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting my lost loved ones live here in this space with us. i love you. too much. forever. xoxo :::kb.

whew. a big ol heartfelt episode. hear me out, grief is a gift of ultimate learning and perspective. it’s unreal pain and growth all at once. it’s the gauntlet of human emotions. loss of love, someone, the idea of someone, it’s all in here. mourning. this is part one of a two part ((maybe three)) walk through the hard, hard, hard stuff. loss. i am right here with you. especially in the valleys. stay with me, i have learned so much on this walk and i hope i can come along side you and really make you feel seen and loved and held. i love you. too much. forever. xoxo  :::kb.

living now. easier said than done. staying present. easier said than done. friends, i firmly believe quiet minds produce really meaningful lives. we have to go slow. we can’t give into all the noise and all the madness- AND we. have. to. keep each other afloat. our world is wired to make us want more, bigger, better, more post•able. the reality of what is beautiful in life isn’t on a screen at all. it’s the air, the breath, the hugs. what’s beautiful in life is actually the person reading this. get in here. let me love you. and let me remind you ((and me)) a little bit about what is true… living now. i love you. too much. forever. xoxo :::kb.

hi.  i’ve missed you so much! too much really.  ikwb is back. i’ve been living slow and intentional. and with every breath and tiny movement forward, i always find this need to just sit with you. you are like air to me. i love when we can be together. talk about what’s real and what’s pretty and sometimes what’s not pretty too. you matter so much to me. thank you for your grace and love and steadfastness. you are absolute necessities to my heart. now, let’s dive in, catch up, laugh off a few things, and settle into living now in the good old days. i love you. too much. forever. 

xoxo :::kb.

thank you for loving me. i am so grateful you are here.

xoxo ::: kb + sacred guest

new year new you? nah girl. slow down. we aren’t rushing through creating a vision for the year especially after we just iced our backs from nonstop hosting and gift wrapping.

no yearly business plan is made in 5 days. january 1 means you have a slow start to a new year. i invite you to enter your year with intention and not barbells with this podcast pep rally for 2023 ((also maybe barbells if you want)).  a few tips for organizing your thoughts and heart around a new year and a little booty shake because in Kristen we Brust is THREE whole years old! i am so thankful for your hearts. now get in here and let me love you too much!

xoxo :::kb

hi. homecoming. the word of my current season. a return to myself. slow. steady. crunchy leaf hearted. a series of God gifted moments has reminded me that reintroduction is more critical that reinvention sometimes. sometimes the parts we pray we have are the parts we already have. we just need silence and time to dust them off. listening is just as important as talking. how much do you listen to your sweet soul rhythm? what does it tell you? what do you love? how do you love? you matter. your heart matters. your calling, your breath, your quiet world. it all matters so much. i love you. excessively.  “the words you share become the house you live in” let’s hold each other in seasons of change and graciously assume the most of each other and ourselves. onward. one dusted off breath at a time. welcome home, you crazy beautiful human you! xoxo :::kb

God bless you Uvalde, Texas and every heartbeat Heaven gained from you this week. whew. a heavy and layered world. grieving, learning, rerouting, grieving some more. learning to navigate, oh and then learning to navigate the navigation. are. we. tired. or. what. grab every single one of your feelings, come in and curl up. let’s just sit. it’s ok to not be ok. and even if that’s as much as we know, we have a place to start. stay safe. stay compassionate. stay connected. pinky swear ok? ok.  i love you. too much. xoxo.

it’s a week so soak in the Holy Hope. 

it’s the phrase around iKwB headquarters this week:::

“sorry i can’t. it’s Holy week.”

a week without rush or any extra “yes”. a week to dig in the garden dirt, boil eggs, hunt down butter lambs ((iykyk)). a week to create a Holy feast menu. a week to rest in traditions and sacredness of the ones before us. a week to plant hope in your tired heart because we have the ultimate gift of knowing how this week ends ((or doesn’t end and never will)), for He is Risen indeed. 

the gift our weary world is thirsting for ::: 

hope + redemption + life. 

a week to anchor in your heartbeats. rejoicing in the heartbeat that gave it all for us. abundance given, life taken. 

which came first the the chicken or the swipe up?

we are working in reverse because yall loved the abundant truth in “over overconsumption”. so why do we over consume? let’s dig into learning your style, learning your body, trusting your beautiful gut. your gut is a gift. yes ma’am // sir! you heard me. that gut, whether its decked in abs or carrying a few extra lbs, it’s freaking beautiful. and the way you nurture your discernment and your body matters. so let’s dig in and let’s dig out. i’ve got you boo. from morning still to bedtime madness. let’s simplify your closet, your core. less is the new black forever.