In this episode I explore what it means to me to live slowly and why I am committed to put off the hustler mentality and intentionally live my life. As it applies to new years goals and resolutions, I am focusing more on who I want to be rather than what I want to do or accomplish. 

Someday soon we all will be together- if the fates allow. Christmas can be a time for missing. Missing those that have died and missing those that we aren't together with due to the pandemic. Wishing you merry little Christmas, regardless of your circumstances this year. 

As I looked at this picture from childhood of the grandchildren with Grandma and Grandpa in front of the Christmas tree, memories flooded back and it was almost like traveling through time... For just a moment I was in the red house on Ethel Avenue. It was warm and we were together at Christmas. 

Join me as I re-visit and remember my Grandmother through photographs. And perhaps this will inspire you to do some time-traveling of your own. 

Music Credits:

Luminous Rain by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Take heart: Christmas is Coming. What this world needs now is Christmas- in a year when we so desperately need peace on Earth, good will toward men. Join me and let your excitement build as we feel that special season of the year. If you allow it, there will be peace at the end of your year. 

I am wishing for you a merry Christmas and peace, love and joy regardless of your circumstances this year. Thank you for listening!

There are many mental, physical and emotional benefits to taking a walk....I like to think of it as wandering. It has become a meditative, whimsical thing for me that recharges my battery and has me smiling and singing to myself. So today I would like to speak on wandering. 

If you want to love and accept others, just as they are....tell this message first and foremost to yourself: you don't have to be perfect for me. I will love you as you are. 

Say this and mean this to you- and say this and mean this to the world. 

In this episode I discuss perfectionism and my resolve to understand and adapt from these ways of thinking. 

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”  -Lewis Carroll 

This first, sweet and tender snowfall has me reflecting on a simple life, a warm home and children to bring excitement to the day. I hope that simple things are magical and beautiful to you.

All happiness is through our perspective. Today we will focus on feeling happy rather than becoming happy, letting go of ideas of what happiness "should be", and how happiness is open to interpretation. 

What if happiness is much more simple then we think? What if we complicate ideas of happiness? Sometimes we work so hard so that we can "earn happiness"....but we could just slow down, be still, and just be. 

Listener, I hope that wherever you are happiness graces your life on a daily basis. You deserve to be happy. 

Today I'm going to have a bit of a longer session to address some questions that I have been getting about practicing minimalism with a family. 

I am certainly not the perfect example of an ideal minimalist- but rather a regular mother implementing minimalist mindset and principles within my family of 5. 

Today I will address my own decluttering process and personal change and its effect on my spouse and children. I go over how I have navigated changing my life and space while living with other people and respecting their things...and them not being minimalists. Hopefully someone will find this helpful!

These are my experiences alone rather than a list of helpful advice...but sometimes you just need to hear how other people are addressing things, right? 

Today we will discuss the concept of the "refiner's fire" and view Christ as the great refiner of us all. This stillness session is one focused on faith in the Lord. 

All of us find ourselves through our lives in the flames of trial and refinement. Some in more intense fires then others- but the Savior- our refiner- knows the process that we as individuals and families need to go through. We can trust Him and lean upon Him in the discomfort of our own refinement.

We don't always have to be in hot flames in order to be refined. We can be chipped away at and refined in everyday occurrences. As we view each day of our lives as an opportunity for learning and growth, we can find ourselves changing little by little. Deep and lasting change through small and simple means. One improvement at a time as we slow down and pay attention to the many opportunities for growth and improvement that are all around us.

Have hope in your time of refinement- you are becoming something strong and beautiful!