Blog – Holistic Living

Your One Wild and Precious Life: Why a 10-Year Vision Matters For Living An Intentional Life

family, live with intention, live your purpose, Personal

We all enter this world with unique gifts and desires, yet somewhere along the way, they can get lost in the noise of expectations - those of others and of society. We start living by the default of those expectations rather than living an intentional life that’s truly ours. But what would it like if you could reclaim what’s truly yours? Have you ever felt that there should be more to life? Time flies, as they say. But take a moment to reflect… Who were you before the world told you who to be?What will you do with this one wild and precious life? I’ve been doing the work of answering these two questions and creating as much intention in the way I live and plan for me and my…

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Rest Well to Rise Well

be the change, community, live with intention

One of my first influences for getting good sleep was the following: "Prioritising good sleep is good self-love", a #truthbomb by Danielle LaPorte But, before we dig into this, I want to first acknowledge how toxic the wellness / self-development community has been and is. And for good or ill, Danielle LaPorte has been part of that community. I have been part of this community, in the people I've followed, learned from, been influenced by, + in what I've created, written, and experienced. So much harm is perpetrated by this community, especially when white women appropriate sacred cultural practices, monetise them, and profit from traditions once banned for the very people they came from by said white people. Colonialism. White supremacy. Original grifters. I'm not saying that this is what…

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Embracing Winter: Bold Dreams Amid a Season of Rest

keep it simple, live with intention

January is here, and with it, the fresh start of a new year. For me, it’s always a time of duality — balancing my dreams for the year ahead with the soft, reflective energy this winter season calls for. These quieter days remind me to hibernate, restore, and lay the groundwork for all that’s to come (to be broken up by the thrill of hitting the slopes, obviously...). Winter isn’t just a time for bulky layers and shorter days — it’s a season that calls us inward. In conversations with friends, I’ve noticed how much more attuned we’ve become to the rhythms of the seasons. We’re not meant to be in 'go mode' all year long. Instead, this season invites us to rest, dream, and plant seeds for the future.…

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A Simple Wish For You This Christmas

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What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.Agnes M Pharo For as long as I can remember, Christmas has been a time of beautiful sights, sounds, smells, a time that feels vibrant yet peaceful. My parents never seemed to turn themselves inside out in order to cultivate the sense of magic I felt, yet it was there all the same. It was in the adventure of walking back into the trees on our farm to find our Christmas tree - always more Charlie Brown than full and spectacular. My father used this as an opportunity to care for…

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Values, The Commons, + Our Garden

be the change, community, environment, live with intention

So, I’m going to try and weave together a few concepts that I think are important and that I want to explore and share; Part 01 Personal ValuesPart 02 The CommonsPart 03 Our Garden Plan It comes down to this; I don't think the world is going to be better for our kids than it was for us. I think we've hit a tipping point where it's going to get worse before it gets better. I've read something recently, or someone mentioned, that, in fact, things in the world are better now than they ever have been but doesn't seem that way due to how much we clearly see the bad shit is going on for most of the global majority due to the pervasive access we all have to…

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Distracted or Tuned In?

be the change, community, family, live with intention

On a scale of 1 - 10, how distracted do you feel? Have you given any thought to how you spend your time? Like…really thought about it? Are you going about your minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years consciously? Intentionally? Or are you just…going with the flow of the life we end up living, prescribed by expectation and/or default? It’s worth spending a few minutes really reflecting on where your time actually goes. I feel like time is flying faster than I really want it to. My kid is growing so fast. It’s happening right before my eyes, + the moments are so fleeting it’s hard to capture them fully. I try to be present, mindful, aware, savour it all, + yet the clock tick tick ticks on…and now they’re…

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Screen Free Freedom

keep it simple, live with intention, Personal

REFLECTIONS ON THE GIFTS OF RECOVERING FROM A CONCUSSION + OTHER INJURIES So I'm recovering from a concussion. Yeah... Aaro + I were wrestling, August 15th I believe, + he clocked me on the bridge of my nose/forehead with his heel. He was lying on his stomach, I was pretending to flop down on him, + he used the full force of his backward kick to protect himself. As if I would actually fall on him + crush his little self. *rolls eyes dramatically* At first I just thought my nose was broken, because it hurt like hell + my nose felt...crunchy. But. No blood. No bruising. I looked friggin fine. Because of course I did. Nothing to see here. It wasn’t until later that evening that I knew something…

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Create A Ritual That Feels Good

essential oils, grow heal love, live with intention

rit·u·al : the established form for a ceremony Merriam-Webster As much as we associate ‘ritual’ with more complex things like religious ceremony, it can be as simple as being intentionally present + mindful when brewing your morning coffee, taking a quiet moment for the deliberate deep breath + savouring of your first sip of coffee. Ritual is a practice we use to bring significance + intentionality to an experience. Ways you might be practising ritual already : Journaling when you wake or before bedtime Taking a bath with bath salts or bubbles + a warm drink Inhaling the aroma of an essential oil before heading out for the day A bedtime routine for your or your kiddo that includes prayer, a special song, massage. In my mind, our values are…

29Apr 2023 by Mackenzie No Comments

It’s Not All Good News When Making Dreams Come True

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I'M Going On An Adventure GIFfrom The Hobbit GIFs We’re headed to Italy! It’s exciting, I know. I literally cannot wait. This has been a dream of mine since I was in the single digits. Here's a little insight on why we [I] finally made the decision that this trip needed to happen, after years, nay decades, of not doing a trip like this. My husband is the child of two Italian parents, my kids are half Italian, + I want to embrace the culture of that side of our family more. I took advantage of an investment [in a responsible way!] + we’ve been saving like crazy for quite a while - we don’t do debt in this house. My husband + I celebrated our 10th anniversary last year,…

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TIME FOR REST

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One year ago, roughly, the world changed. The immensity of seeing something impact people across the globe was, + is, almost incomprehensible. A collective trauma. Stripping bare so many inequities that have always been there, but which have been so easy to not see or pay attention to. The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it's been broken into a million pieces.Robert James Waller Social media can be so toxic. But I've seen more posts in the past year than ever before that are able to articulate feelings + thoughts that are rattling around + feel hard to give shape to…about body positivity, racism + white supremacy, privilege…+ specific to this lil' email, about the processing of all the experiences + feelings of this…