The Heal & Rise Blog

Navigating Transitions

As I watched our children splash in the creek ahead of me, a grin of pure joy swept across my face. We were exploring a park near...

7 Ways to Get Kids Off Their Electronics & Outside More This Spring

Every parent knows it can be a challenge to encourage their children off their electronics in favor of outdoor play... yet when they DO...

Make a Bigger Mess: How to Declutter Your Home and Your Heart

Sometimes you have to make a bigger mess to truly clean it all up. This thought struck me hard as I was sorting through the massive pile...

"He Was Seeing Something That I Could Not"- The Spiritual Sense of Children

Children are fascinating creatures. They float along a fine line of learning how to live this human life while simultaneously housing a...

How to Set Clear Intentions for a Fulfilling Life

I've always been one who loves birthdays. My birthday, other's birthdays, it doesn't matter! The idea of a day to celebrate the fact that...

Feeling the Urge to Hunker Down? Here's Why!

As temperatures grow colder and daylight hours lessen, we may feel more resistance to all the activities crammed onto our schedules....

When a Mother is Sick

When a mother is sick, the world keeps turning. There is no calling in. No substitutes. Your children's needs don't stop and wait for you...

Motherhood & Spirituality: You're Doing it Wrong

"You're doing it wrong." Some of us have heard this message spoken bluntly from a well-intended relative or friend, but far more of us...

I Picked up my Daughter from Preschool... Filthy and Missing Her Shoes

Her clothes were dirty, the seat of her pants more tan than pink. She had a splatter of dried mud in her falling out braid and her shoes...

Turning it Off, and I Don't Just Mean the Devices

Waking up beside the Mississippi River, I write in my notebook while listening to the bird songs. The unfamiliar tunes of birds not...

I was a Mom at the End of Her Rope... Until I Saw This

It had been a long week. One of those where it felt as though the challenges were many and the wins, few. My husband was enjoying a...

5 Lessons from the World's Best Mindfulness Teachers

There are thousands of wonderful meditation gurus and mindfulness teachers around the world. When picturing the best mindfulness guides...

5 Tips to Be a Mindful Mother

Before a woman even becomes a mother she is bombarded with ideas of what a successful mother does. From the well-intended suggestion from...

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