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What Have I Outgrown?
Something can have been completely right for one season of your life and no longer fit the life you're living now. This gentle reflection explores the routines, roles, ambitions, expectations and old versions of ourselves we may have quietly outgrown — and how we might leave some of them behind with gratitude rather than regret. Includes a beautiful free printable.
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What Am I Doing Because I Think I Should?
How much of what we do comes from quiet rules we've absorbed along the way? This gentle reflection explores the expectations, obligations and ‘shoulds’ we carry — where they came from, whether they still fit and what we might be ready to keep, change or let go. Includes a beautiful free reflection printable.
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What Do I Want Less of in My Life?
What would you like a little less of in your life? This gentle reflection explores the rushing, pressure, obligations, habits and expectations that may be taking up more room than you want to give them — and what making them a little smaller might create space for. Includes a beautiful free reflection printable.
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What Do I Need More of Right Now?
What would make the life you’re living right now feel a little better? This gentle reflection invites you to consider what you need more of — for your body, mind, heart and yourself — and to look beneath the first answer to what you may really be asking for. Includes a beautiful free reflection printable from The Life I’m Living Collection.
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What’s Taking Up Space in My Head?
Sometimes what makes life feel overwhelming isn’t only how much we’re doing, but how much we’re trying to remember, anticipate, decide, solve and carry at the same time. This gentle reflection explores the invisible mental load of ordinary life and includes a beautiful free brain dump printable to help you put some of it down.
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Where Does My Energy Go?
Where does your energy go — and is everything receiving it really worth the cost? This thoughtful reflection explores energy well spent, the things that restore us and the quiet energy leaks that can leave us depleted. Includes a beautiful free reflection printable from The Life I’m Living Collection.
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What Does My Life Actually Look Like Right Now?
What does your life actually look like when you stop and look at an ordinary week? This gentle reflection explores what fills your time, what feels meaningful, what gets squeezed out and whether the story you tell yourself about your life is really true. Includes a beautiful free A Week in My Life printable.
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Where I Am Now: A Gentle Life Check-In
When did you last stop and ask yourself how you really are? This gentle life check-in is an invitation to slow down, notice what feels good, what feels difficult and what may be changing — without assuming anything needs to be fixed. Includes a beautiful free two-page reflection printable.
- Intentional living, Midlife Reflections, Parenting and Family Life, Seasonal Inspiration, Slow and Intentional Living, Summer, Tuesday Essays
Stay Here a Little Longer
As August gently gives way to a new season, it's easy to find ourselves mentally rushing ahead. This reflective essay explores the quiet practice of staying present, noticing the beauty of ordinary evenings and learning not to leave a season before it has finished unfolding.
- Intentional living, Midlife Reflections, Parenting and Family Life, Seasonal Inspiration, Slow and Intentional Living, Summer, Tuesday Essays
The Beauty of an Ordinary Day
Most of our lives are made up of wonderfully ordinary days. This gentle reflective essay explores why the quiet moments—morning coffee, walking the dog, hanging washing on the line and evenings spent at home—are where life truly unfolds, and why learning to notice them might be one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves.
