Anam Nostos House Blog

Yes, to all of this! When did it become an idea that we stop on our journey? Who told us that the person we are is the ONLY person we are meant to become? I love the idea that we get to meet ourselves every single day we wake up! I am continually asking myself, 'who am I going to meet today?' I want to fiercely continue to challenge the parts of me that still need healing, the places where I may not feel fulfilled, and I don't want the end game to be content. I want to be aware that I am always learning and always growing every day I wake up with breath in my lungs. Why not ask yourself, 'who is it you are still waiting to meet within?' Stay awake! 

Everyone knows me to be a die-hard minimalist. I was organizing friends' houses before it was popular and for free! I could fill my car with all that is most important to me and drive away, I have taught my children the same. People often think of material things when the word clutter is mentioned. Today, in my work, I am still helping people get rid of clutter, but the clutter of ideas, habits and ways of life that don't support their journey. Consider it for a moment. What way of thinking isn't supporting you living fully today? Is there a work, friend or social relationship that only causes you stress, but does not lift you up? What habits could you stand to limit in your daily routine that would enable more life-giving energy into the mix? Define your clutter and begin to release it.

Sometimes we just need a little reminder...Do you have a scale? Do you stand on it daily? Does that number define your day, your story, or your life? I lost too many years answering YES to all of those questions. How many more moments do you want to miss? Affirmation Scales & Yay Scales are something I bring into all of my talks and most workshops. I ask people what they would want their scale to say...and then write it down! It is empowering! I create YAY Scales, a scale that gives you a compliment, rather than a number and my most favorite sledgehammer scale parties where we destroy them all together. Take back your body from the preconceived ideas society tells you about how you should live in your scared body! Join us on our next retreat if you want to go further into this formidable topic!!

The skies have opened up and the big yellow thing up there is so foreign you may have forgotten about it! I know many of us go for walks, hike in the mountains, and take time at the lake. But how often do you really take in all that is around you? Creating art in nature is all around my home. There is so much story, life that has come and gone in stones, leaves and the in the beauty of nature as it sheds its layers each season. Have you paused to consider how you shed layers each season? A time of constant letting go and growing is what the seasons are most about. How can you pause and take notice? Follow up these ideas with taking some things in nature that have already fallen to the ground and create a beautiful reminder for your home. Place it in a place of sacredness to you and become aware of the thoughts and reflections that follow. 

Wow these words are so rich in meaning. You can take them in many different perspectives. What is home to you? You can look at it in the most traditional of ways where you live, but what if you were to consider it more deeply? Where do you live within yourself? How do you come home to yourself daily? How do you come home to your creativity? How do you come home to those you love? How do you come home to your spirituality? Today, take a moment to consider home in every essence of the word and meaning. How do you want to live?