Saturday Series: Use Adversity to Your Advantage 
Part 7 – Get Clear about What’s REALLY Important in Life


Nature often holds up a mirror so we can see more clearly the ongoing processes of growth, renewal, and transformation in our lives. – Author Unknown. (This is the seventh in an 8-part guest series by Sarah Novak titled “Why Catastrophe ROCKS!  An 8-part Series on How to Use Adversity to Your Advantage.” Pic credit: Original Buzz). […]

Dance To Your Own Beat, Baby.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. – E.E.Cummings.  (This is a post + pic by Jo Bradshaw of Minestrone Soul). You can tell that I don’t read all that many grown-up books at the moment. My daughters are three and seven, and I spend a good hour each day reading […]

How to Find Balance In Your Ever Un-Balanced Life..

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. – Thomas Merton. (This is a post by Payson Cooper). Balance, balance, balance! Balance is one of those things that most of us seem to be striving for, yet, we’re always falling just short of achieving… to me, that’s because balance […]

Change your Words to Change Your Life

We become what we think about all day long. – Ralph Waldo Emerson. (This is a post by Janel Anderson). My story of what I think about all day long started like this: I raced over to my neighborhood yoga studio for a Saturday morning class only to find that I was a minute too […]

29 Ways to Declutter & Improve Your Mind, Body & Soul this Fall

Clutter is a physical manifestation of fear that cripples our ability to grow. – H.G. Chissell. (This is a guest post by Deb Smouse). Want to know a secret to living a sassier, sexier and happier life?  Clearing Clutter.    I know it may sound simple on the surface, but I’ve learned through experience that when […]