So, I have a few houseplants. Just a few. đ 28, to be exact. Photo of “Marguerite,” the Marble Queen Pothos, and me by Gina Zeidler. Before you call me the crazy plant lady (which I fully accept as a term of endearment!), let me explain. When you buy “one” houseplant at a store, if it has more than one stalk coming out of the pot, it’s entirely possible that it’s actually 2-4 plants in one pot. Growers want to…
I saw a sign recently that read: “Don’t count the days, make the days count!” Let’s take a different spin on that together for a minute! Let’s do both. First, let’s count the days (like this): We’re 131 days into the year. That means there are 234 days ahead to cultivate. There’s still 65% of the year left to live and fill with what matters. That’s a lot of days, friends!  Now, let’s make these 234 days count. Take a…
When one woman chooses to cultivate what matters, do you know what happens? Let me tell you about April (the month, not a person đ ). I decided to make room. I didn’t know exactly what making room would look like; I just knew I needed it! I sometimes felt emotionally overwhelmed. Too much to process. Not enough space to sort it all out, or help the little hearts in this home do the same. But, making room would require…
Friends!!! We are THRILLED to introduce The Cultivate Summer Collection, and overjoyed at the response to our launch already! Turns out, you are just as excited as we areâif not more! You believe in the power of little by little progress. You know that good things grow slow. You want to live on purpose, instead of by accident. And you are SO PUMPED about getting started! I am too! Let’s do a little cultivated dreaming together for a minute, shall…
Do you know what it feels like to rely on your own strength? Yep. Itâs fleeting. Frustrating. Exhausting even. I stood on this beach last week and my thoughts felt tangled as I tried to fix everything on my own. Worries. Fears. A mess of various thoughts. Then Ari asked the kids, âDo you know who made this ocean?â It was simple and it was powerful. If God made this vast beautiful teeming-with-life body of water, surely my small challenges…