Basic, Never Boring
Julie is a writer, educator, and organizer at heart, living in the Green Mountains of Vermont with her husband + two young boys. She is the owner of WRITES WELL WITH OTHERS, offering virtual services in copywriting, content strategy, and marketing. Julie is passionate about an active outdoor lifestyle and she practices yoga and barre. When not outside hiking, biking, skiing, snowshoeing, canoeing, or swimming with her family, you’ll find her cooking yummy fresh meals, binge-watching Netflix or Hulu shows, listening to true crime podcasts, or reading giant books.
I don’t love shopping, especially with the kids, but there is definitely something to be said for a little retail therapy every now and again. That is why it’s called retail therapy, after all, because it makes us feel better about ourselves. There is an undeniable therapeutic benefit in that. So, you may be thinking…
I think that for my first 5 years of “momming” I made no time for myself. At all. I had two boys very close together; 14 months apart to be exact. I used to joke that I was pregnant for two years straight and I still joke that I haven’t slept through the night in…
So, what is your subconscious, anyway? I’ll bet you know the definition subconsciously. But, just to review, the dictionary.com definition of the subconscious is: of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one’s actions and feelings. Furthermore, our subconscious contains all our memory, habits, beliefs,…
What we’re thankful for… Hand Blenders This spring, with all of the rain and damp weather, I’ve been making my favorite carrot soup (check out the recipe below) just about every week. I used to blend it in batches with my Ninja, but I recently purchased a hand immersion blender and it has been life…
The end of the school year is here {or will be soon} for most of us moms. It’s time to show our appreciation to the teachers who’ve loved on our kids all school year. As a former teacher, myself, I will admit that the end of the school year was basically like a second Christmas!…
Ever feel like you are stuck in a mommy rut? I know, I sure did, for my son’s first 3ish, or so, years. It’s something I like to call it, “The New Mom Fog”. I was overwhelmed and couldn’t quite see out of it. The idea of making any major changes or strides in improving…
Just a little over two years ago, I was working what I called “Full-Time+”. Meaning, I worked way more than 40 hours a week. I had two young children. They were two and three-years-old, to be exact; so, you know, of course, I was potty training too. We were in the process of packing and…
What we’re reading… The Spirit Almanac by Emma Loewe and Lindsay Kellner This book is so super cool and beautiful! When I ordered it, I doubted I’d really be into it, but it was the May book club pick in the Simple Ayurveda Community, so I gave it a go. I’m beyond impressed. It is…
Growing up, my mother and I had a very close relationship. The type of relationship that other mother-daughter pairs envied and looked up to. She was my best friend, but not in the “let me buy alcohol for you and your friends” way. In the fact that she was there for me in all of…
What we’re thankful for… Waterproof mattress protectors… My son was sick this week. He got sick in his bed. We woke up at 3am and had to do the whole clean up routine. He even needed a shower. It was bad. The one saving grace, his waterproof mattress pad. For that, today, I am so…