Blueprint Your Life: Mapping Yourself Room By Room

Blueprint Your Life: Mapping Yourself Room By Room

This past month has been a time of intense change in the house.  The first thing I tackled was decluttering and putting everything in its place. Over the years, so much builds up!  The next order of business was starting some major home renovations, which are always a...
Keeping a Balanced Viewpoint

Keeping a Balanced Viewpoint

As a baby boomer generation, I remember the confusion and turmoil of the sixties. The world didn’t feel safe, and the problems felt overwhelming. For me, it feels like we are full circle again–reviewing, protesting, and making a difference from a more open...
Breaking Generational Cycles

Breaking Generational Cycles

A while back, my mother and I had a talk about her upbringing, and about the concept of generational cycles. She and her baby sister had lost their mother at a very young age, and were put into the care of their grandmother instead. While there were many bright,...
Setting Boundaries in a Healthy Way

Setting Boundaries in a Healthy Way

What do you think of when you hear the words, “setting boundaries”? Is it a positive or negative thing to you? People may assume they are sharp lines you only set for problematic people in your life. Some only lay them down when they are at a boiling point, and this...
The Gift of the Journey: Appreciating Each Stage

The Gift of the Journey: Appreciating Each Stage

Going through life, with all its challenges, struggles, and stressors can make it easy to put the good things on the back burner. It’s so easy to forget that the journey is a gift too. Too often I, like so many others, find myself focusing only on the next step...
What is LOVE anyway?

What is LOVE anyway?

Perhaps like me, you have found life to feel much like a treasure hunt, gathering bits and pieces, looking high and low in all sorts of places for something we call “love.” There are many perspectives on this subject, but the kind of love I want to focus on is the...

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