by Julia Carpenter | May 5, 2022 | Change & Transition, Fighting Depression, Inner Strength, Letting Go, Resilience
A couple of weeks ago, my son brought home a sprout planted in a little cup of dirt. He had grown the sprout from a seed. Once he was home, he watered it one tablespoon a day, as instructed by his science teacher. It grew. And then… we went out of town for a week. The...
by Julia Carpenter | Apr 7, 2022 | Anxiety Relief, Happiness, Letting Go, Releasing Anger, Resilience, Stress Relief, Uncategorized
This morning, I was reminded of the beauty of having the ability to pause. My son told me to “Please stay right there and don’t move.” Well, that made me feel a little anxious right away because we were in the midst of getting ready to go to school and we have...
by Julia Carpenter | Mar 31, 2022 | Change & Transition, Fighting Depression, Happiness, Hope, Letting Go
Sometimes we get mired in the story of our trauma. We focus on having to fix all these different parts of ourselves. It’s like we get trapped in it. It’s time to allow yourself to see beauty within and without. I was reminded of this the other day when I took a...
by Julia Carpenter | Jan 27, 2022 | Change & Transition, Happiness, Inner Strength, Letting Go, Releasing Anger, Resilience
I’ve been noticing color lately. It’s a pretty big deal. For a long time, I was gravitating towards grey, black, and white. But, lately, as I’ve been making deep soul fulfilling changes in my life, I’ve been moving towards colors – all the beautiful...
by Julia Carpenter | Jan 13, 2022 | Happiness, Hope, Inner Strength, Letting Go, Resilience
I took the week off from my blog last week because I was moving. This was the culmination of big changes that I initiated in my life months and months ago. I’ll admit, at first it was scary. But, making these changes was a true example of taking my yoga...
by Julia Carpenter | Dec 9, 2021 | Change & Transition, Gratitude, Letting Go
It can be so helpful to have end of year rituals to help us move from last year to the new year. This week, let’s look at all of the things we want to let go of from 2021. As I started to think of this question… What do I want to let go of from...