In this episode, we're talking about simple summer swaps that help moms of all ages step out of survival mode and into a season of ease, joy, and gentle restoration. If you're already feeling the pull of the next school year creeping up, pause here. Let’s talk about how to use summer as your soft reset — with nourishing self-care, low-pressure fun with your kids, and intentional choices that lighten the load (without adding a giant to-do list)

After Abbie lost her first son, Rowan, she never knew if she’d be a mother again after sudden infant loss. So having her baby girl with natural childbirth, she navigates old grief, postpartum naturally with essential oils and herbs, listening to her body

In this episode, we're talking about simple summer swaps that help moms of all ages step out of survival mode and into a season of ease, joy, and gentle restoration. If you're already feeling the pull of the next school year creeping up, pause here. Let’s talk about how to use summer as your soft reset — with nourishing self-care, low-pressure fun with your kids, and intentional choices that lighten the load (without adding a giant to-do list)

Have you ever found yourself exhausted by 9 a.m., and not just physically—but emotionally and spiritually drained too?

You’re doing all the things—laundry, dishes, meals, work, homeschooling maybe—but still feel like it’s never enough.

Sometimes the source of our overwhelm isn’t what’s on our to-do list—it’s what’s underneath it.

In this episode, we dive into two of the most profound aspects of our spiritual journey: who we say God is and what God says about us. Our understanding of these truths shapes our identity, our purpose, and our relationship with God.

Meet my good friend and massage therapist, Abbie from Rowan Wellness.  Abbie is more than a massage therapist.  She has such an intuitive way to work on her clients and this comes from her story of chronic pain and even grief after losing her sweet son, Rowan, at just 29 weeks.

This episode will warm your heart as you hear her story and she began moving through grief to help her clients again and she will share how important massage therapy is for your emotional and physical health.

Anxiety is present in all of our lives for various reasons. In the natural remedy world, it’s easy to throw a remedy at a problem but sometimes we forget to get to the root of the problem. This episode is about providing you with the knowledge and tools to put anxiety in its place!

Meet my good friend and massage therapist, Abbie from Rowan Wellness.  Abbie is more than a massage therapist.  She has such an intuitive way to work on her clients and this comes from her story of chronic pain and even grief after losing her sweet son, Rowan, at just 29 weeks.

This episode will warm your heart as you hear her story and she began moving through grief to help her clients again and she will share how important massage therapy is for your emotional and physical health.

It's hard to refill, reset, and restore when your cortisol is out of control. This week's podcast is full of excellent and proven ways to reduce your cortisol and get a handle on regulating your nervous system. We're sharing 27 proven and effective ways to regulate your nervous system.

Denise is a woman on a wellness mission.  As a health coach with many certifications, she has been working tirelessly for a long time to help people in her personal life and beyond.

Kari: tell us how you got started living a more non-toxic living health coaching lifestyle.

Denise: At the start of my story, I was married and my husband at the time was going to Iraq.  I started having a lot of panic attacks.  At first they thought it was something adrenal or cancer, I had several scares initially.

Are you holding your breath as we enter into August?  If you still have school aged kids, we’re having to think about the routines and schedules that smack us in the face after a weird, different, or relaxed summer. 

What if we did something a little different - what if we “Hold on to Summer All Year Long”? What if we take the freedom that often comes with summer and extend it all year long? I also know that as moms and homemakers, we’re getting set up for the wellness of our family: 

• Spiritually

• Mentally

• Physically

• Educationally 

Spring has sprung - let’s spruce up some self care as we run head on into spring! 

Spring is special this year because it dawned early with Easter taking place the last week of March instead of mid-April. The hope of this blog is to spruce up some spring feelings because we all need a change of seasons.  Every season has its purpose and is beautiful in its own way. Coming out of winter, with Easter you may be reminded of the newness of life and the renewal that is available to us through a relationship with Jesus.  In a less significant way, spring is also a time to enter a renewal for mind, body, and home.

On episode 184 of The Well Podcast, Kari sits down to chat with mom, pastor’s wife, and mental health therapist, Gianna Reese. Gianna specializes in work with teenagers and adults but provides services across the lifespan. Here is a teaser of the conversation.

Our world today is not without life’s stressors. While we may not be foraging to find our food or worried about a bear attack out in the wilderness, we still have scenarios that put us into fight, flight, or flee responses. Many people assume we are born with the skills needed to deal with life’s stressors, but we are not born with healthy emotional expression, boundary setting, or emotional intelligence tools.

Do you feel like you have lost yourself?

Forgot what you used to be like?

Forgot what you used to do all day before you were changing diapers, shuttling kids, making snacks, and overseeing homework?

Motherhood is undoubtedly a gift. While you can enjoy being a mom to your precious children, it’s easy to get so caught up in being a mom that you forget to take care of your needs.

Here are my 7 signs you may have lost yourself in motherhood

Start over next month.

Start over Monday.

Start over in the morning.

I want you to know that you’re never truly starting over.  You’re continuing tomorrow.

Whether it’s a weight loss goal, parenting a child with a difficult struggle, or pursuing your business dreams.

We get to change our mindset.

Starting over would mean we didn’t learn from what we did the first time.

We’re not starting over, we’re keeping going.  But we’re continuing with the knowledge from where we’ve been.

On The Well Podcast we spoke with Carla Arges who has lived with and come out from battling mental illness. This time, she’s sharing about her devotional book and we share some incredibly encouraging nuggets of wisdom regarding coming “Out From the Darkness”. Join us for maybe some surprising conversation about mental health and mental illness.

Have you been putting off cleaning out the ________ (fill in the blank)?

The pantry.

The closet.

The linen closet. 

The garage.

Your messy unorganized house might be the biggest thing keeping you stuck and feeling like the 'hot mess express'!  

How to be a mom in 2023…

“Make sure your children's academic, emotional, psychological, mental, spiritual, physical, nutritional, and social needs are met while being careful not to overstimulate, underestimate, improperly medicate, helicopter, or neglect them in a screen-free, processed food-free, plastic-free, body positive, socially conscious, egalitaritan but also authoritative, nurturing but fostering of independence, gently but not overly permissive, pesticide-free, two-story, multilingual home, preferably in a cul-de-sad with a backyard.  Also, don't forget the coconut oil.”

Motherhood is heavy.  Even if you’re not normally a “worrier”, motherhood can keep you up at night because there’s just so much weighing on our shoulders.

Maybe we should make our own list for how to be a mom in 2023.