“Fast and Slow do more than just describe a rate of change. They are shorthand for ways of being, or philosophies of life. Fast is busy, controlling, aggressive, hurried, analytical, stressed, superficial, impatient, active, quantity-over-quality. Slow is the opposite: calm, careful, receptive, still, intuitive, unhurried, patient, reflective, quality-over-quantity. It is...

The Truth About Privilege: Embracing Motherhood Have you ever been in a conversation where someone abruptly says, “Well, you should know you’re so privileged to stay at home with your kids”? They say it with such negativity, almost as if to shame you for your choice. It’s frustrating, and frankly,...

How to beat your bad scrolling habit! Mindless Consumers Every-time I find myself mindlessly scrolling on Instagram or Facebook, or scrolling through Amazon or any other shopping app,  it makes me feel like a mindless consumer, and actually leaves me feeling pretty empty. There were days I would just consume,...

What Is Contentment? It started as a random question that popped into my head early last year. What is contentment? Is it learned? Is it a gift from God? Maybe both? I understand it as being satisfied and feeling fulfilled with what you have, what you’re doing, and who you...

After finding out I was pregnant with my second child. I knew I wanted a change. Running a business and having a busy toddler was hard enough, the thought of doing it all with another one made my heart hurt. I wanted so badly to give myself a sabbatical, a...