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Took me by Surprise…When Fun and Inspiration Strike

It’s been a weird day for me, what about you? I didn’t think I was going to be able send out my weekly FunLetter this week. That’s what I call my email newsletter. ​ I had sent emails earlier in the week but it wasn’t on Wednesday/Thursday, so my life just felt unfinished. I love […]

What Elmo and I Share (It’s Not the Color Red)

Hi! How are you feeling today? ​ I heard that Elmo asked this question online and it got a really big reaction. ​ Why? I think so many people have feelings that they don’t have space to share. Maybe a little bit here, and there, but not all the time. ​ It turns out Elmo and […]

Something Big is Happening (And egads! Soon.)

I was on the phone last year with an amazing young girl from Sierra Leone. She told me that she used to be scared. ​ Ismatu is her name– She said as a young, Muslim, indigenous girl, it was scary to visit communities where she knew no one. ​ But she wanted to talk to […]

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How do you feel as January turns to February? I’m feeling lighter and excited for what is to come. ​ I have a lot of goodies for you today – a sale, a workshop, an article & a video. ​ FYI Today is the last day for a sale on basically my favorite service–the personal […]

#1 Thing I Learned in 2023 about life

A friend was asking me about my goal to have a better relationship with myself in 2023 and in 2024, and ​ I realized there’s a general misconception about this sort of thing. ​ The misconception is that me wanting a better relationship with myself, ​ including accepting myself in all ways, ​ meant that I […]

Despite ALL. The. Things… You Still Matter

Hanging in there? I dunno ’bout you, but this month has been kicking my butt. ​ My latest win is finishing a HUGE excel sheet to budget for a nonprofit I help in Sierra Leone, called Her Future Foundation. Hopefully, it helps them get a grant to help women and girls escape violence and FGM! […]

How it Went: My 2023 Goal to Have a Better Relationship with Myself

“…Being at home, in the core of ourselves, is the foundation that gives us the security…to be in full relationship to life.” Bud Harris ​ Early 2023, I nearly dropped my e-reader. “This is so where I am at right now!” I noted next to this passage above. ​ My word of the year for […]

My fav book of 2023

Hope you are having a nice week, how has it been for you? ​ I have been hanging out with my husband at home, which has been really nice. I still feel pangs of that common seasonal loneliness and grief for my parents, but it’s pretty good over all. Been loving that I can make […]

Gifts money can’t buy

How you doin’? I’ll try to keep this week’s update short because my wrist is aching today. I have been working with a PT this year from a wrist injury I got around February where I fell while iceskating. It has gotten a lot better except I started playing this watermelon game I like a […]

Anyone else feeling overwhelmed?

How you doin’? I’ve been doing some things…​ Insta has been really stressing me out. I’m glad you are here so I can keep in touch via my blog. I also love to keep in touch via email (which is basically the same content as my blog right now.)​I’m sad to lose the connections of […]