When the weather starts to turn a little colder, the days get darker a little earlier, and you can no longer leave the house without a little sweater, Alicia feels like her soul begins to calm. To rest and reset. To snuggle in and cozy up. Hygge, to her, is that process.

Social media can be a double-edged sword, providing great resources while also draining emotional fortitude. Many people are now opting for social media fasts or even completing leaving the applications. Read along to see how Nyla’s break from Instagram impacted her, and maybe be inspired to take your own fast from social media.

In a world that often celebrates looking fit over being healthy, we can often confuse and distort the good creation God made in our bodies. We can look at our bodies as bad things that don’t cooperate or look a certain way, or we can appreciate them as God intended them — as his temple.

I remember when I was a teenager and stepped on a scale one summer, the lowest number I had ever seen flashed before my eyes. I felt betrayed, lied to, deceived. I wasn’t living my best life since reaching my goal weight.

I thought I needed to lose weight to have a great life, but really I needed to spend more time with God, to have him help me see my body as good and beautiful and enough. At any shape or size.

Changes in season can be so exciting, as well as filled with tension as we find new rhythms. Then add in children and summer, and it can be an invitation to chaos if we let it. I wonder what it might be like to truly connect to God and our kiddos in the free flow of summer. I have a few simple concepts you can practice in your household this summer that will cultivate a more open and relaxing season.

Denika set out to journal daily at the beginning of 2020 — and we all know what a wild year that turned out to be!

Read along as she reflects on the value of this habit in her own life, as well as her tips on how you can begin journaling daily.

As spring comes to a close and summer bursts through the door, we’re reading more than ever. There’s just something that feels right about flipping through new pages as the earth blooms. Take a peek into what our blog staff is currently reading, and maybe pick up a recommendation for your next read!

Marhaba! It’s one way to say hello in Arabic, and it’s one of the first things I learned when studying the language. Little did I know, or expect, that learning Arabic would teach me so much more than just a second language. It completely changed the way I look at the world and take part in it.

Remember when you were little and making friends was as simple as including the new kid on the playground into your make-believe game? You didn’t need to know their name or age or what they did or who their family was. You were just friends! Simple as that.

The same can be true of making friends in adulthood! Check out some practical tips on how to make friends as an adult, even if it’s scary.

“Working with the Enneagram helps people develop the kind of self-knowledge they need to understand who they are and why they see and relate to the world they do. When that happens you can start to get out of your own way and become more of the person God created you to be.” Ah ha! So it’s a tool to help you develop self-awareness and draw you closer to the Lord, NOT an excuse for your sinful choices? Okay, I’m listening. 

How do I “wait” when someone, seemingly less qualified than me, got the job I wanted? How do I “wait” when it has already been years of unemployment? We want specifics. But that’s not how God works. In fact, waiting looks different in every season

For the past week, I’ve started my mornings by reading a few chapters from the book “The Big Moo” by Seth Godin. It’s a collection of short chapters written by various creators and entrepreneurs giving their best business advice. It’s a great way to spark creativity and get motivated!

Blogging has become extremely popular over the years and it can be overwhelming to know what to do, how to reach more people, and what to say. In this post I am giving you some of my valuable tips + tricks on how to write a killer blog post. Say hello to more engagement, more reach and more traffic to the content you work so hard to produce!

Morgan and Dorian from The Rooted Life are powerful women of God, who preach the gospel with incredible faith and authority. I am consistently inspired and called higher by their teachings, and can’t wait for you to get to know them!

In general, I reserved the idea of supporting more businesses that lined up with my values for when I was more financially fit, but I was eager to start supporting those businesses now! So I went on a journey of finding particularly budget friendly (yet quality) Black-owned products, in every category.

“No matter how you’re wired— introvert, extrovert, socially adept or socially awkward— something in your soul longs for meaningful relationships with other humans. We long to know others and be known by them.” Connection is something we all desire from life.

Toxic relationships are so dangerous because they can be hard to identify and even harder to walk away from. I pray you have the courage to walk boldly in the pursuit of bravery, of hard decisions and of feeling whole again. Know that you are never alone in your struggle, and there is more for you.

A lack of physical connection does not have to mean our souls have to suffer as well. After all, it is not good for man, or woman to be alone.