Create Harmony

Send us Fan Mail Your body knows when it has been indoors too long, and your mind usually pays the price. We sit down with Shawn, a forest therapy guide and the founder of The Art of Moxie.  We dig into what a guided forest therapy experience feels like, including a sensory awakening meditation that expands your soundscape and pulls you back into the present. Shawn shares how nature can act as a m...

Send us Fan Mail  Your nervous system can’t heal on leftovers of attention. In this thoughtful conversation, firefighter Hayne Griffin shares what it means to care for your well-being while carrying the demands of a high-stress profession. Together, we explore presence, resilience, and the practices that help us show up with a clear head, an open heart, and a little more peace.  We talk about hobb...

Send us Fan Mail A good meal can be more than dinner. It can be a doorway into curiosity, a weekly reset button, and sometimes the safest place to tell the truth. We sit down with Denise Baker, a gifted home chef with a deep love of global cuisine, to talk about how a simple cooking plan grew into a month-by-month journey through more than 20 countries and cultures. Denise shares how her family co...

Send us Fan Mail Your life can look “right” on paper and still feel wrong in your body. Sally Burlington sits down with author Tara Mae Temple to unpack the moment when career success, productivity, begins to collide with intuition, stress signals, and a deep need for change. Tara shares how obstacles at work and a health scare became the wake-up call that helped her stop, listen, and begin a heal...

Send us Fan Mail Shopping sounds simple until you remember how personal it is. What you put on your body can amplify insecurity or it can help you feel steady, confident, and seen. This week, we talk with Christie Johnson, the founder of Purpose Boutique, a retail brand built on a bold idea: how you shop can change a life. With every purchase, a percentage is donated to fight human trafficking and...

Send us Fan Mail A coffee shop can be more than a caffeine stop. We sit with Cody and Johnny, the founders of Unhinged Coffee, to hear how two people with demanding corporate careers made a fast, fearless pivot into the Raleigh coffee scene and built something that feels like a true third space. Cody shares the personal roots of the idea, including how coffee became a way to stay close to his dad,...

Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Amanda Rigby to trace how The Well Mental and Spiritual Care grows from a late-night COVID-season burden into a real, local pathway toward healing and wholeness. We break down what The Well actually offers, how to choose between therapy, spiritual direction, and life coaching, and why lowering stigma often starts with a simple first step.   • The midnight phone ca...

Send us Fan Mail Your body might be smarter than your overthinking. We’re joined by Karley Kimbro, a yoga teacher and sound healer, for a conversation that starts with movement and ends with a bigger question: what does it look like to live in alignment with yourself when the world keeps pushing you into speed, stress, and self doubt? Karley tells the story of finding yoga, going through teacher t...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Megan as our new teammate and share the real story of how Create Harmony grows from solo work into a true partnership built on intention, creativity, and connection. We talk about slowing down the noise, building confidence to share our work, and the bigger vision of helping people feel less agitated in daily life.  • how Create Harmony evolves from workshops to guided...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we welcome our first guest on the podcast.  We feature Amy Cook of Petal and Pink Mental Wellness Boutique.  She shares all sorts of good info about what the store has to offer as well as details about how it came to be.  You will definitely find it interesting to hear about how it got it's name.  Check it out!   Support the show To learn more, go to mycreateharmony.co...

Send us Fan Mail Joy isn’t something we have to chase down or earn. It’s already here, tucked into the ordinary: a butterfly outside the window, the first sip of coffee, a gentle breeze on a dog walk, the smell of dinner on the stove, the relief of a soft bed at night. When the world feels noisy, I’ve learned that the real “trick” is attention. The more we practice noticing, the more joy we actual...

Send us Fan Mail Spring can spark a strange kind of urgency. The light comes back, your energy rises, and suddenly it feels like you should overhaul your life overnight. I’m slowing that impulse down and offering a softer truth: you don’t have to bloom all at once. If you’ve been pushing, planning, or pressuring yourself to “make the most of the season,” this is your permission slip to grow in pha...

Send us Fan Mail We’re sharing a real-time update from our home life and using it to talk about what we care about most: peaceful living, joyful rhythms, and daily habits that help us step away from stress, even when we only have a small window of capacity. We walk through what we’ve learned after a full year of backyard pool ownership, from winter freeze-protect settings to the reality of spring...

Send us Fan Mail Create Harmony invites you to step away from the noise for a few minutes and ask a deceptively simple spring question: what are you growing this season, and are you growing what you actually want to harvest later? When life is packed and your nervous system is tired, clarity matters more than hustle. This gentle reset is about intentional living, not perfect productivity. We explo...

Send us Fan Mail Spring doesn’t hit the body like a light switch, and that might be exactly the point. We’re slowing down to explore “somatic spring” a simple, meaningful way to notice how seasonal change shows up inside us as small shifts in breath, energy, and the quiet urge to move. If you’ve been pushing for a fresh start and wondering why your motivation isn’t matching the longer days, this c...

Send us Fan Mail Spring doesn’t always arrive gently. One day it feels like summer, the next you’re bundling back up, and somehow that messy weather swing tells the truth about our lives too. Nature invites you to slow down and notice the tiny joys that sit right in front of us when we’re racing from task to task: buds starting on trees, kids playing outside after a long winter, fresh air through...

Send us Fan Mail Most of life isn’t a highlight reel, and that’s exactly why it’s worth paying attention. We’re leaning into a springtime metaphor that changes how we move through our days: creating your own good soil. For us, that means building life-giving rituals and practices of peace that are small enough to be real and steady enough to actually last. The payoff is bigger than it sounds: more...

Send us Fan Mail What if calm wasn’t a finish line, but a rhythm you could practice with your senses, your space, and a few unhurried minutes at a time? We open the door to a gentler routine by walking through our collaboration with Petal & Pink: seasonal meditation boxes that turn stillness into a hands-on experience you can actually look forward to. We start by drawing a helpful line between...

Send us Fan Mail What if peace isn’t something you find, but something you practice until it feels like home? We open the door to calm by looking at the small, repeatable rhythms that shape our days and, over time, retrain our minds and bodies from hurry to steadiness. Along the way, a remarkable story sets the tone: a group of Buddhist monks walked 2,300 miles for peace, step after deliberate ste...

Send us Fan Mail Winter doesn’t have to feel like a months-long grind. We guide you through warmth rituals—small, repeatable actions that bring heat to the body and ease to the mind—so your days feel softer, steadier, and more intentional. Instead of adding another to-do list, we show how to weave calm into what you already do: pouring coffee, stepping into a shower, slipping into home after work....

Send us Fan Mail Winter doesn’t have to feel gray or heavy. We share simple, warm ways to adjust your view—around the house and inside your head—so the season becomes a source of comfort, not something to endure. Inspired by the idea that we obsess over a vacation room’s view yet overlook our own, we show how tiny changes can reshape daily life.  We break down low-effort, high-impact upgrades. We...

Send us Fan Mail The calendar flips, the days stay short, and motivation slips right along with the light. So we reframe winter fitness: not as penance after the holidays, but as a softer, smarter way to care for our bodies when energy runs low and schedules wobble.  We return to our Winter Well Being series to explore how movement can feel supportive, not punishing, during the coldest stretch of...

Send us Fan Mail The holidays were joyful, but the noise was loud and the rooms were packed. Now comes the quieter stretch of winter, and we’re choosing to make it a season of small circles and steady warmth. We explore how intimate gatherings—designed for rest, not spectacle—can lift mood, protect energy, and keep community at the center of winter well-being. We start with micro events that are e...

Send us Fan Mail Winter doesn’t need to feel brittle. We’re leaning into cozy, practical rituals that warm the body, soften the mind, and turn short days into a season of care. From preheating your bed so it feels like it’s waiting for you to low-glow lighting that makes rooms feel alive again, we walk through small choices that make a big difference when sunlight is scarce. We share exact setups...

Send us Fan Mail We pause our winter well-being series for a short reflection after meeting Buddhist monks walking 2,300 miles for peace. Their simple practice—say and write “Today will be my peaceful day”—reshapes how we focus, tell stories, and move through stormy days. • who the peace walkers are and why their journey matters • a daily peace mantra you can use and write • focus as the one thing...