Checking In

How do we make this holiday season easy and safe so we can be fully present? Let’s take time to prepare and plan what our holidays will look like this year. Journal, meditate and visualize key events. 

The seasons progress without our help. Here we are at the beginning of the holiday season. Halloween is over. Hopefully, there’s not too much candy remaining.

Prep with Grace

How do you prepare for the holidays? Are you looking to freeze recipes before the big events? Don’t overcommit. I love to make a list of goodies I want to eat in the next two months. Then, I removed at least two recipes. Will the occasion be any less enjoyable with fewer desserts or appetizers? No one will know but me.

Soul Connections

We are so grateful to have another family gathering in a few weeks with everyone, especially one-year-old Henry. Granddaughter Baby Smith is due in mid-December. As a grandparent, it has been one of the most...

How big is your heart?

As a powerful 50+ woman, do you struggle with ways to keep your heart healthy? 

Just think about it, your heart beats 100,000 times a day. It is part of the autonomic nervous system. 

Thank goodness that all of this remarkable reliability takes place without us having to think about it. 

February is Healthy Heart Month-a perfect month for Valentine’s Day! 

Here are a few heartful facts…

An adult heart is about the size of two hands clasped together. A child’s heart is about the size of a fist. 

The youngest person who underwent heart surgery was one minute old. 

More heart attacks occur on Monday than on any other day of the week.

The fairy fly, which is a kind of wasp, has the smallest heart of any living creature.

Your arteries are 4 millimeters thick (It doesn’t take much for greasy foods to clog them).

It only takes 20 seconds for a red blood cell to...