One of the hardest chapters for parents to go through is when their children leave their nest. If you are an empty nester or if you have a high schooler who is beginning to stretch their wings, you may be feeling a sense of loss. In today's blogcast, we provide hope and a process you can utilize to work through to managing your feelings.

So, 2020 hasn’t exactly been what you were expecting or planned. You had goals and dreams and this was the year that BIG things were going to happen. Then, Coronaville, the evil stepsister to the fun and happiness land of Margaritaville, happened and everything was derailed. DreamChaser, it’s time for some tough love with a check up from the neck up, as in, let’s do a thorough mindset reset, flush the negative and get back on the positive train!! Check out today’s blog for the details!

In our series of the opening and closing of chapters in life, today we talk about divorce. It’s a chapter of life that almost 50% of marriages end in. We are very fortunate to have divorce financial consultants Rhonda Noordyk and Chassidy Camp from The Women's Financial Wellness Center to help us navigate the way through the Big D, and I don’t mean Dallas.

Today is World Gratitude Day and with coronavirus impacting everyone everywhere, how can we find gratitude? Listen to today's blogcast for the remedy that can cure the corona blues.

Who else imagined Ross from Friends yelling “Pi-vot!”? Anyone? Bueller???

At some point, the possibility of opening that chapter to career change will present itself, and it will be up to you to be the author of that next chapter. A little guidance is always helpful to navigate unknown waters. Today’s blog dives into a way to evaluate where you currently are so you can take your next step confidently.

The alarm goes off and you sleepily re-enter the world. You breathe and think about the day to come and then it hits you. This is real. We are living in unprecedented times, as they say. You don’t even want to think of the reality. You want to go back to sleep and wake up when it’s all over. In today's blogcast learn the three steps to regaining control when your life starts feeling out of control.

Ahhh, the joys of motherhood! When talking about chapters in life, there is none more profoundly life-altering than becoming a mother. For some of you, baby makes 3 might mean you are a first time mother, which was the case for me twelve years ago. In our more recent family history, baby makes 3 was bonus baby, Lucy’s, appearance on the scene making three kids. Put the baby in the bouncy chair, settle in with your fifth cup of coffee this morning, and let’s have a real girlfriend-to-girlfriend chat about the unfiltered, nitty gritty, this-is-what-really-happens truth when you become a mother!

I have been anticipating writing this blog for a while now. As I was waiting to get our dog from the breeder,  I was thinking this could be a light-hearted blog about the “dog days of summer” instead, I have been moved to write about something entirely different. I want to write about love today. It is clear that a dog’s purpose is truly all about love. Listen to today's blogcast to see how our new puppy, Miss Daisy is teaching us about living life with love and joy.

Adulting was already hard, then this pandemic came along and has made it even harder on so many levels. Yes, we here at SoulShine are all about finding the blessings in the stressings, flipping the script on negativity, pushing through adversity to grow...that hasn’t changed. But, sometimes, we just need to be seen and heard and acknowledge that this just sucks. If the mantra of your life right now is Hot Mess Express, today is your day!

Every life is a story. Each day is a page we write and with time we are continually opening and closing chapters. This month at SoulShine we are going to present a series on the many chapters of our lives. One commonality with life’s chapters is that they all involve change. Listen today’s blogcast for how to best manage change as you navigate through life.