Befriend Your True Self + Walk in Freedom, Health and Joy
Inside: My Red Tent is the fourth guest post in a series called “Your Life in Progress.” In this series, we will hear from other women like you and me – women who are learning to love and care for themselves well. They are taking risks, making mistakes, trying new things and letting others go, sometimes struggling, …
Inside: My mom died way too young and I miss her everyday. I’m grateful for the parenting lessons she shared with me and for each year we had together. As a child, I would awaken sometimes in the middle of the night to the hum of the sewing machine. I don’t know if my mom couldn’t …
Inside: Mindset is the window through which you view the world, yourself, and your experiences. It is formed of your core beliefs and has a massive influence on how you think, behave, and walk through life. Mindset matters. A realistic, hopeful mindset doesn’t necessarily change our circumstances or ‘fix’ anything. But it does empower us and help build resilience. …
Inside: I wrote this post in 2016, a season of life in which I had not yet found ‘my people.’ To resolve my need for brave community, in 2019 I created one of my own. I haven’t felt lonely in years. As an introvert I seek out solitude and rarely spend time with people beyond …
I think we often know when it is time to step out into change or when change is coming, unbidden. When we need something different. A seismic shift. The details may be cloudy and we may feel afraid. But deep down we often know. When I was 20 years old and living in England, unhappy, needing a hip replacement, binge …
Inside: Not everyone desires a slow life, but most of us care about a purposeful life. Here are 7 ways I simplify for a slower and purposeful life. Time to pause and think and chat with a stranger in the grocery line. Breathing room to linger over books or watch movies with my kids cuddled under the well-used rag quilt. …
Inside: In seasons of transition one of the wisest things we can do is rest and allow ample space to restore before stepping into what’s next. This post includes referral links. It’s easy to become distracted or discouraged, forget truths we once knew, or begin doubting ourselves and the path we are on. But sometimes life …
Inside: Practices to help us choose joyful living in a stressed out world. For most of my life I was not focused on joyful living – nor did I consider that it was a possibility for me. I was simply surviving. And then learning to take one faltering step after another to find my way forward. …
We can all experience a measure of anxiety at times in our lives – a sense of worry, unease, nervousness, or apprehension. Sometimes this is tied to a particular and definable circumstance – waiting on a medical diagnosis, experiencing loss of a job or loved one, or preparing for an important exam, as examples. But many people, young and …
Inside: You do not have to be prettier, smarter, or less emotional, stronger, take up less space, or be less of a hot-mess than you currently are to deserve love, life, and kindness. To treat yourself with kindness. My whole life I have pushed and fought for wholeness and joy. For freedom. A sense that I am …
Inside: In our focus on the future, planning, dreaming, working hard to get ahead we can forget to live present here in this day. We can easily overlook the joy in the simple things. When I was a teenager I dreamed of leaving home and beginning a career. In College, I wrote out 5 and …
I come from a colorful family. Colorful in more ways than one! A big, sometimes boisterous, opinionated, stubborn, emotional family. I was gifted with not only 7 biological siblings but 4 adopted* ones. We are of varied ethnicity and as my siblings and I marry and grow families of our own, we have blossomed into …
