Last weekend I stood on L.A.’s Playa del Rey beach, facing the Pacific. My toes anchored in the sand as the retracting tide fought to pull grains from beneath my…
Category: Intentional Living
After honing my decluttering skills over the past few years, I’ve developed a theory. Goes like this. Our ability to declutter grows in direct proportion to our ability to make…
On a recent inspiration-seeking Instagram scroll, I came across a quote that stopped me in my tracks. It went like this: “Your home is an extension of your energy field.…
Christmas for our family this year will have an uncanny feel. Instead of spending the winter holiday visiting family or hosting friends, we will spend it… packing. Yep. We’re spending…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by David Nurse, author of Breakthrough. I’m an early morning person, but 4 a.m. is a bit of a stretch. I was up…
My one experience with Black Friday shopping more closely resembled a high school sociology experiment than an actual shopping trip. My brother and I, home from college for the holidays,…
I’ve got this memory from last Christmas, evening of the 25th, kids asleep, commotion stopped, and me sitting with this feeling of complete exhaustion. Not the welcomed type of tired…
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Mollie Donghia of This Evergreen Home. What does it mean to live life more simply and embrace the practices of simplicity? What’s…
I walk the “being versus doing” tightrope daily. My morning routine usually begins with silence and stillness. Most days, I’m off to a steady, sure start. Then the doing sets…
Slow living is a paradox. The more activities we fill our lives with, the less depth our lives achieve. Hyper living—skimming along the surface of life—is real. Too much busyness on the outside can soon feel empty on the inside. Stopping allows our soul to catch up and pausing permits our full presence.