The Well-Tended Life

NOTE: Some things bear repeating…especially this message:  “Despite how you feel about the Current State of Your Life-Garden…there is HOPE.”  LISTEN IN AGAIN TO THIS POPULAR PODCAST AND THEN…. Let’s activate the hope inside you. So while you are riding high and beginning to believe in better things,  I want you to make a quick list of 10 things that you want to someday grow, do, be, have, enjoy, p...

Why listen? Friend, you are the master gardener of your life and it’s time to Cultivate U . This is YOUR season to water YOUR dreams, to unearth YOUR gifts, and finally tend to YOUR relationships, weeds, and needs.  In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from toda...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview with STACY LYN HARRIS :  W hen we share food with other people: we are really sharing our souls.   Everyone can grow something where they are.  Get away and try to get quiet everyday.  Pull wee...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview with AMY KEMP :  Stop waiting for a full on download to chase your next thing. Transitions have a lot to teach us if we will just sit still long enough to learn. Busy is such a safe place to hi...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview with SARA RUBENS :  Kindness is easy to do.  Reading can be a great coping skill.  If you are suffering with depression, try doing some simple acts of kindness, because it can literally change...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview with DEBBIE WEISS :  Mindset is key. Comparison will ruin us. Start with a small goal and then add when you’ve mastered the first.  All good growth comes on the other side of fear.  Address you...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview:  Make sure to pause long enough to hear the whisper of your heart, which will tell you what is next.  Three rules to getting and staying organized: 1: One home for everything 2: Like with like...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview: 20 minutes isn’t that long.  There are no rules about what you are doing out there, you just need to take the time to go outside. Being outside helps you to better manage the unpredictable lif...

Do you choose a word of the year? I have done this practice off and on over the years, and this year I am back ON IT!   In today’s episode, I share how I go about choosing a word…so be sure to check it out.  In the meantime, here are a few words from “The Secret Garden” that might be just the right seed for your growth for 2024: TEND, PLAY, PRACTICE, HOPE, FEARLESS, ASK, WILD, and WEED.  Read thro...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview with   BRETT LARKIN :   Yoga is not just a thing we do, but a space we inhabit mentally.  Yoga is also the science of energy management.  We are not the voices in our head.  You can do “yoga” o...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview with  Kristy Mandour  :  It’s time that we look at ourselves from a new vantage point and notice exactly what value we bringing to the table. You have to work on your side of the street, before...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview: One of the biggest gifts is a face to face conversation.  What questions do you need to ask yourself before you enter this next season?  Who you are is NOT WHAT YOU DO!  How you live your life...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview: We can actually grow our happiness via our friendships/relationships, enthusiasm/engagement and work.  The quality and diversity of our friendships is the number one predictor of happiness.  T...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps”, which are the things that speak directly to my heart. Here are a few of the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview.  Our bodies are nature.  And nature and our bodies are communicating with us all the time. Are you listening? We need to feel and sense things more than we are over-thinking things.  Ask yours...

I cannot wait for you to listen to this episode with Nina Veteto of Blue Ridge Botanic . We chat about life and beauty, flora and fauna, and reveal the back stories behind some of the most important characters in The Secret Garden.  Here are a few Heart Taps from this episode:  Lean into the things that you always wanted to do, but never allowed yourself to do.  We are wired for stories…it’s how w...

Have you ever wondered what happens after the show? You know, when the “business” of the podcast is done and it’s just me and the guest? Today’s episode is just that…an off the cuff chat with guest Melissa Bergstrom that took place as soon as we ended the formal podcast interview. Our chat was so good, in fact, that I just had to make into its own episode! Note: This after-the-show episode stands...

Why listen to this week’s podcast? Here are a few heart taps from this episode: Try new things and  just see what happens!  You are never going to be “ready” or good enough to do your thing…so just do it!!  There is so much power in these two little words: what if. Learn to be ok with the mess. Before starting a project: ask yourself…What am I feeling, what do I want to make, and what form I want...

I started this interview with Jim, who is 83 years young, thinking that we were going to be chatting mostly about health and aging. But it turned out to be a small masterclass in the art of becoming.  Here are just a few of the many heart taps I wrote down from this episode:  We each have a gift and we owe it to the world to discover it and share it.  We are all faced with challenges.  Having a di...

Today’s Episode was inspired  by the quote below that I heard while meditating with the Calm app. (Ginny from episode 24 told me about how she uses the app in her classroom…go back and listen) “And every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling " This is important! And this is important!  And this is important! You need to worry about this! And this! And this!" And each day, it&...

Some life-seasons are longer, others are shorter, but ALL seasons are temporary.   In this episode I chat openly about: - my own shifting season -how to know when you are in a season shift -how to recognize and name the season you are in -how to use this knowledge to live your best well-tended life in any season And remind us to: -have grace with ourselves  -wade in and test the waters…before sayi...

Why listen? Here are just a few “heart taps” from this episode with psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, columnist, bestselling author, and television commentator Dr. Gail Saltz: We all have VERY DIFFERENT BRAINS.  Close to 1/2 of all Americans, as some point in their life, will struggle with a mental illness, impairing your ability to function in life in various arena. Addressed early, one can greatly al...

Why Listen? In my journal practice, I write down what I call “heart taps…which are the things that speak directly to my heart…and so here are the heart tap moments that I wrote down from this interview.  NLP helps to reprogram your unconscious thoughts and behaviors.  Willpower  doesn’t work…unless you fix your subconscious!  95% of what we do is unconscious behavior. Everyone interprets things di...

Why listen? Here are just a few “heart taps” from this episode with journalist, radio host, author and podcaster Celeste Headlee:  It’s important to know what you do well and don’t do well.  You are not a 7-11…the “business of you” needs to have an opening and closing time. Human beings only have the capacity to focus for about 4 hours a day. Working more hours does not help us get more done.  Man...

Let’s activate the hope inside you. So while you are riding high and beginning to believe in better things,  I want you to make a quick list of 10 things that you want to someday grow, do, be, have, enjoy, produce, accomplish and more. Write down big things, little things, personal things, dreamy things, relationship things, faith things, future things, healing things, happy things, work things, l...

Why listen? Here are just a few “heart taps” from this episode with JuJu Tyson Kissick of Good JUJU Ink:  1. Remember this: Things can change. 2. Sometimes it takes the people closest to you make you realize that you’re not OK and something needs to change. 3. Sometimes a closed door, is actually permission for you to  go and thrive somewhere else. 4. Sometimes you need to grieve and own the place...