LIFESTYLE BLOG
The Slow Down
A lot has changed recently. What used to be normal isn’t present anymore and now a lot of us are left scrambling trying to figure out how we’re supposed to exist now. There are a lot of emotions coming up, some of which we’re feeling all in the same hour right...
Be Prepared
I was on a call with a friend who lives across the country last night, she and I were pointing out things that we've been extremely grateful for during the past two weeks with what is going on in the world right now and one that we both agreed on was the ability to...
Fun Facts
Fun facts you might not know about me: My daily driver is a 6 speed. I thoroughly enjoy rock crawling in my Jeep, and I'm actually pretty good at it--mudding used to be my jam but the clean up isn't worth it to me anymore. I was 17 before I ever flew on an airplane. I...
Check On Your Friends Who Live Alone
Check on your friends who live alone. (well, all of your friends, read on please) While you’re complaining about being cooped up in your house with your family or screaming kids, there are a lot of people who literally have no human interaction at all right now. You...
Secret Sauce
Everyone is looking for the secret sauce, the answer to how to get all of the things they want and usually, we want it all right this very moment, right? Oh I know, I’ve been there too. This is something I encounter a lot in my world and unfortunately, the...
Daydreaming
You may have heard me talk about how daydreaming is a large part of my daily ritual. Yep, daydreaming. That's the term I enjoy, it's what feels lovely to me. When I sit in my quiet space in the morning I let my mind wander for a while. Sometimes I look around my room...
The Last Few Days
The last few days I've been hit in so many different directions. I rarely actually let things get my down for long because I can see the divine timing, I can see the reasons, I can feel that even though some things are hard or heavy, they will be okay. and just...
Stillness
"To be calm is the highest achievement of the self." -Zen proverb Lately I've spent more time in stillness. I've learned that on my journey to know myself on a different level, slow has become my preferred place to be. Even when things are swift or moving quickly, I...
Quit Shoulding All Over Yourself
We’ve all fallen into the cycle of saying YES too much, sometimes we don’t know how to break it. In my latest podcast episode, we talk about how to increase your self-awareness to start serving yourself in a better way. But what about the part where we do things...
Being Vulnerable
Being vulnerable never gets easier, even when it becomes your active way of engaging. The thing that I find to be most challenging about vulnerability is letting go of the reaction others may have to it. It can be crushing to be vulnerable, to really put yourself out...
from me to you
I started writing these pages long before I knew what my life really could be. Maybe I’ve written it into existence, maybe I haven’t…either way this is a collection of my life. All of the stages and everything along the way. Thank you for following along.
-Jamie Thurber
