by Debra Smouse | Apr 26, 2024 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Life's Lessons
Let’s be honest: most of us have a love/hate relationship with social media. There’s no doubt it’s here to stay and there’s no question in my mind that what we see in our various feeds influence us. We want to be a part of the social media landscape whether it’s...
by Debra Smouse | Apr 9, 2024 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
When I read Little Women, I knew that I wanted to create like Jo March. That year, I asked for a diary for Christmas because I had read that keeping a journal helps you become a better writer. Of course, like any other ten-year-old, I didn’t stay with the habit daily....
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...