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Mama Mastermind starts up again tomorrow after a s Mama Mastermind starts up again tomorrow after a summer break. I’m super excited to meet this new group of mamas and bring all of you together. It feels like a dream that I have this honor to be a small part of your motherhood, wellness and community experience. I’ve worked with about 100 mamas in Mama Mastermind over the last year and every time it feels the same, nerves, excitement and honor. I can’t believe this is my job! 😭❤️🥰 If you have said yes to this program over the last year I want to say thank you, I miss you and hope you’re doing well. If you’re joining me this week for our fall session, I can’t wait to see you tomorrow! Look out for an email soon. Comment or send me a DM if you want to join us and have questions about the different groups. ❤️
“This was the group of mamas I needed more than “This was the group of mamas I needed more than I even realized. Don’t wait!” -Mama Mastermind mama I’ve heard this testimonial so many times and it makes me very emotional. I wish more mamas gave themselves permission to lean into support, connection with other mamas and their maternal wellness. If I’m being honest it sometimes feels like an uphill battle with our society and our norms we have put on mothers. Glennon Doyle said it best… “Mothers have martyred themselves in their children’s names since the beginning of time. We have lived as if she who disappears the most, loves the most. We have been conditioned to prove our love by slowly ceasing to exist. What a terrible burden for children to bear—to know that they are the reason their mother stopped living. What a terrible burden for our daughters to bear—to know that if they choose to become mothers, this will be their fate, too. Because if we show them that being a martyr is the highest form of love, that is what they will become. They will feel obligated to love as well as their mothers loved, after all. They will believe they have permission to live only as fully as their mothers allowed themselves to live. If we keep passing down the legacy of martyrdom to our daughters, with whom does it end? Which woman ever gets to live? And when does the death sentence begin? At the wedding altar? In the delivery room? Whose delivery room—our children’s or our own? When we call martyrdom love we teach our children that when love begins, life ends. This is why Jung suggested: There is no greater burden on a child than the unlived life of a parent.” Mama Mastermind starts this Wednesday and Thursday where we will dive into support groups of mothers in the same stage of motherhood. We will mastermind around maternal wellness topics, create and achieve goals, laugh, maybe cry and have fun. If you’ve been on the fence and you want to talk to me about it. Send me a message I would love to help. If these times didn’t work for you but you want to do this, let me know too! In the meantime mama, make time for you today. Something just for you… that really makes you feel alive and light up. ❤️
I feel so lucky to have been here in fishtown Lela I feel so lucky to have been here in fishtown Leland during this adorable first pop up of @au_sable. If you’re not following this talented designer and her stunning @_fernhaus. Seriously, can I just move in?! Or buy everything @au_sable! It was also so fun to see @katherinecorden.art artwork in person at the pop up. Last summer we did an inspired interview you just have go back and read on the blog.
We hiked about two miles barefoot in the sleeping We hiked about two miles barefoot in the sleeping bear dunes today and it was magical. If you haven’t been barefoot with your feet in the earth in awhile, give it a try. It really soothes your soul.
Today is hard. We are navigating a lot as a collec Today is hard. We are navigating a lot as a collective right now. A global pandemic, Afghanistan, climate change, forest fires, hurricanes, women’s rights and abortion rights. It’s so much sometimes I just don’t know what to say or do and I let anxiety of the tomorrow and even present moment really drive the ship. Other times, I close my eyes and take three deep breaths and then pick myself up and do the next best thing I can do. If you’re scrolling in a looming funk of anxiety trying to self soothe and you saw this picture and got this far. Remember, you’re not alone and you can do this. Three deep breaths and do the next best thing you can do.
Exploring the forest, shoreline, sea caves and cli Exploring the forest, shoreline, sea caves and cliffs of Madeline Island today. 🌊
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Lentil & Fennel Veggie Meatballs with Toasted Pinenut & Basil Pesto
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Lentil & Fennel Veggie Meatballs with Toasted Pinenut & Basil Pesto

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