by Debra Smouse | Feb 28, 2024 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Life's Lessons
Most of what I write here in the blog is about how I stay devoted to my desire to live a conscious life, because I know that the biggest challenge to staying devoted to the kind of life we say we want to live requires routines, rituals, and a variety of little tricks...
by Debra Smouse | Jan 29, 2024 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
On the day that I am writing this, it is JB’s birthday and I am in the process of making him a birthday cake. I chose an Ina Garten chocolate cake from Bon Appetit to try this year. As I was beating the butter for the frosting, impatiently willing it to become smooth...
by Debra Smouse | Jan 18, 2024 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
t’s early morning as I write this little love letter to you. The sun is beginning to stream through the office windows belying the fact that we’re still in danger of a frost. There are two lit candles on my windowsill and a cup of coffee on my desk. The house is...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 25, 2023 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
Have Merry Christmas, darling. I know that by the time you read this, the packages have been unwrapped, the latkes of Hanukkah are a memory and you may be contemplating putting away the holiday decorations. And, if you’re like me, you’re finding pockets of...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 18, 2023 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
From the time I was a little girl I felt the innate magical quality of solstices and equinoxes. In my mind, the mythical Mother Nature turned a special dial to officially change the season. I still feel that magical pull on those days. The reason I brought up magic of...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 9, 2023 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
If there’s one thing I’m familiar with, it’s the belief that in order for things to go the right way – and for my goals to really mean something, I have to do the heavy lifting, so to speak. Because, if I don’t do it all on my own, then have I really accomplished...
by Debra Smouse | Dec 8, 2023 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
Because I know that confession is good for the soul, let me be frank with the fact that I struggle with perfectionism. Now, to be honest, it isn’t as prevalent in the day-to-day living as it used to be. And for that I am thankful. But it would be a big fat lie if I...