Tag: self care

  • The Velocity of Love

    The Velocity of Love

    This February, join me for a different kind of love story. Seven days exploring how loving yourself first isn’t selfish—it’s how you become capable of the kind of love that changes everything. Because hope begins when you fill your own well. Love is a force in motion. It builds when it’s shared and transforms everything…

  • Every experience points True North

    Every experience points True North

    No time to read? Listen here:  If you had to name a thing you can do with absolute confidence, what would it be? Maybe you can bake the perfect cake, coax a garden into bloom, patch a wall like a pro, or change a flat tire without breaking a sweat. Whatever it is, chances are…

  • Sensitivity is a strength, not a character flaw

    Sensitivity is a strength, not a character flaw

    No time to read? Listen here:  What does it really mean to honor our feelings? Here’s an excerpt from my upcoming book, The Beautiful Road, where I dive into this question.   Our feelings are one of the most beautiful and authentic parts of who we are. They’re like rivers of truth that run through…

  • A grateful heart

    A grateful heart

    No time to read? Listen here:  I hope you enjoy this excerpt on the beauty of gratitude from my next book, The Beautiful Road!    Sara Ban Breathnach’s 1995 book, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy was more than a bestselling book—it was, and is, a revolutionary way of living. It offers a…

  • Beautiful Someone, Come Home to Now

    Beautiful Someone, Come Home to Now

    No time to read? Listen here:  I hope you enjoy this excerpt from my next book, The Beautiful Road!    We’ve all heard it before — “Be in the moment.” It’s screened onto coffee mugs, whispered in yoga studios, printed on posters everywhere. And if you’re anything like me, maybe it used to drive you…

  • We’re not meant to blend in

    No time to read? Listen here:  “Number 12 Looks Just Like You” is an episode from the original Twilight Zone, written by Rod Serling and based on the fable The Beautiful People by Charles Beaumont. The episode depicts a dystopian future where beauty is everything. By age 19, every young person must go through a…

  • See what’s possible in July, Week 1: The Beautiful Road

    See what’s possible in July, Week 1: The Beautiful Road

    Philosopher Alan Watts once told this story: Once there was a farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, his neighbors came around to sympathize. “We’re so sorry your horse ran away,” they said. “That is unfortunate.” The farmer responded, “Maybe.”

  • The self-care flyover

    The self-care flyover

    Please enjoy this excerpt from my new book: You, Beautiful: Getting gorgeous from the inside out. Coming soon! No time to read? Listen here! Think of the last time you had a bad experience on the highway or spent an hour on the phone with customer “service” that ended up being anything but.

  • “It’s amazing what love can do”

    “It’s amazing what love can do”

    Please enjoy this excerpt from my new book: You, Beautiful: Getting gorgeous from the inside out. Coming soon! No time to read? Listen here! When we say someone loves themselves, it’s not a compliment. Just the opposite. Loving yourself is being self-involved, selfish. It’s embarrassing to be described this way. “It’s amazing what love can…

  • Be kind to yourself

    Be kind to yourself

    Please enjoy this excerpt from my new book: You, Beautiful: Getting gorgeous from the inside out. Coming soon! Blossie’s Books started with journal entries, just pages of scribbles and reflections about my life: a young marriage, his infidelity, then divorce. Remarriage, infertility, miscarriages, then one day, two beautiful babies. Working for other people, then myself…