October may be the death of me, but in a good way. I like my downtime. I love a good weekend spent knitting and listening to audiobooks or podcasts. Somehow, I have scheduled something for every weekend during the month of October. What was I...
My grandmother was an amazing oil painter. Her house was like an art gallery. The old wood-paneled walls held another world’s portal to forests, and mountains, and quiet streams. My favorite paintings of hers, though, was one we had hanging in our...
How Functional Strength Training Helped My Anxiety, OCD, and Relationship with Exercise For years, fitness culture told women that smaller was better, smaller pants size, smaller meals, smaller numbers on the scale. But what if midlife isn’t about...
From the Deck to the Page #10 Deck: Mindful Souls ‘Soul Bridges’ deck Card Category: Dream – Reflect on hopes and goals ‘Soul Bridges’ Deck Prompt: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would you go? For me, the answer is...
The year 2025 has been the year of comedy for the Traver family. I decided early in January to see as many funny people as possible because this world is a shit show and I need to laugh. Thus far, I’ve seen Jim Gaffigan, Wanda Sykes and Fortune...
The day we brought her home, I placed her, tiny and squirming, on the big stuffed lion where our last dog, Phobe, had liked to lay, and we had a talk about the big shoes she now had to fill. Our Boston Terrier, Phoebe, had been loyal, funny, perfect...
re·set /rēˈset/ verb 1. set again or differently “I must reset the alarm” noun 1. an instance of setting something again or differently “there must now be a reset of price levels” In wellness, reset means making intentional, sustainable shifts in...
Books to Blogs 10 Book: One Question A Day for Positivity When I read today’s question, “What subjects do you know a lot about?” I smiled. Sometimes we underestimate just how much knowledge we carry. We spend so much time looking for what we don’t...
Say goodbye to unnecessary ‘thing’ clutter Anytime is a great time to do some (drum roll please) “spring” cleaning, and what better place to start then with what I sometimes refer to as dust collectors or knick knacks. I often discuss...
I don’t like fall or winter. I actually hate winter. However, football season is my favorite season of the year. Yes, I realize that football season lands in fall and winter. It’s one of life’s mysteries. I’m a Kansas City Chiefs fan. Get off my...