In January 2021, I launched the next chapter of my life and work: How to Love—a podcast about relationships, sex, and parenting, hosted by yours truly and my husband, Joshua Fields Millburn. And for eight months, I didn’t write a blog post about it. Read on »
It was late at night when I pulled into our frost-coated driveway in Montana and turned off the car, I swung my travel bag over my shoulder and walked into the house. After setting my bag down on the kitchen table, I sleepily wandered to the thermostat and turned it up a few degrees. As I trudged up the stairs to bed I had a flash-back to the day I departed our Montana home for California and I remembered what would greet me upstairs.
This fall I refreshed my wardrobe. I replaced my 14 year old ski jacket that was no longer waterproof and I got a knee-length and very warm jacket to make winter in Montana more bearable. I replaced a couple of pitted-out white shirts, a ratty old sweatshirt, and got my first pair of flannel-lined jeans (they’re heaven). But after those very nice upgrades, I kept looking at clothing. I opened email proclaiming it was sale time. I clicked on social media ads for everything from workout wear to jewelry. It felt like I’d been infected by the shopping bug.
Hyperarousal. Never heard of it? Me neither. But hyperarousal is a helpful concept to understand if you struggle with being easily excitable or have frequent feelings of restlessness, anxiety, overwhelm, and an inability to focus.
Mother’s day is a perfect time to reflect on motherhood — appreciating having a world-class mom as a role model, enjoying the friendship of other inspiring mothers, and processing my personal experience raising a precocious little girl. My path into motherhood was planned and fairly typical (meet person, marry person, have baby), but life over the six years since she was born has been extra-ordinary.
Cait Pearson, creator of the She’s Hungry Podcast, had me on her show recently to discuss life and entrepreneurship. It was a great conversation in which I shared a lot of my story related to starting and running Minimal Wellness.
Read on »
For the past year our family has lived in a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment unit occupying the second-story of a duplex in Missoula, Montana. We moved there at the end of last summer during our transition into being a bi-state family.
I struggle with the term “self-care.” What does it mean? How is it defined? How do we find the time? Does it really involve expensive supplements, hours at the gym, salt baths, crystals, and perfectly manicured nails? Without these answers, many of us, myself included, struggle to prioritize appropriate care for ourselves.
In the age of click-bait headlines, we’re led to believe that reading another article, listening to another podcast, purchasing another product, finding the right recipes, or learning the perfect combination of foods and exercises will make us well. But a healthy life isn’t learned, it’s made.
Reading cultivates attention, inspires creativity, and exposes us to new ways of thinking about and interpreting the world. It’s one of the values I’ve worked to re-introduce into my life over the past few years. I’ve also found that it’s one of the best pre-bed activities — it quiets the mind and leads to better sleep.
