The Heal & Rise Blog

8 fun and simple ways to make the holidays not about "stuff" and reconnect with your true intentions.

These wild at heart kids bought a school bus to turn into a skoolie! Discover why we chose a school bus and our plans ahead...

Fluttering back into consciousness, my senses first tuned into the gentle lapping of the Mississippi River only yards away. Without opening my eyes, I smelled the freshness of the earth and crisp autumn air. Tuning into my sense of sound once more before coming fully to, I heard the bright little voices of our children making observations as they played in the sand... here I'd found the essential healing ingredient I'd been missing.

We all know this world feels to be operating at a painfully rapid pace. When we aren't focused on overproducing, we're over consuming. There is a constant hum of "more, more, more" that seems to be the soundtrack to our society. Like the steady background noise of traffic hurrying along the highway, we often don't even notice it... yet our subconscious takes in the tune. Make more money. Get kids involved in more activities and making more friends. Own more square footage of

It seems we're being fed this illusion of separateness at every angle. From news headlines to social media feeds and even within our own bodies or our relationship with nature, we're being fed it so much that we consume it without even thinking. Much like a starving animal would unknowingly devour meat that had been poisoned, we're often doing the same. We unknowingly devour what it is we believe we need, only to wonder why our spirit is slowly dying.

When your little one was moving from a cute-little-potato-squish-of-adorable into a slightly-faster-more-expressive-and-bigger-little-squish, I'll bet you were joyful and patient with them. You probably even got down and grinned as you giggled and played, nurturing their growth. You didn't shame them or rush them, you simply did your best to enjoy the process (exhaustion included).

As women, our bodies are deeply attuned to rhythms and cycles. Just as the moon shifts from new to full, waning and waxing with a steady rhythm, so too does our reproductive health follow a sacred pattern. When we begin to notice the way our bodies align with these natural cycles, we step into a deeper relationship with our own wisdom, intuition, and wellness.

Let us heal, educate, and grow in self awareness of women's bodies.

I've been to many story times. Since our daughter was a babe, we'd pop in to children's story time readings at our local library in and in the area. But this story time was different. THIS was my first time hosting a story time for my new children's book, "My Body, Mind, and Me". And goodness, was it special!