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Grounded Growth, Brockville, ON (2026)

10/14/2026

☕️ 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚!!💙⁣
What if we’re not aging… what if we’re upgrading? 😉✨⁣
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The older I get, the clearer I become.⁣
My standards get higher. My circle gets smaller. My tolerance for nonsense gets lower. 😂⁣
I protect my peace. I trust myself more. And I stop shrinking to fit into places I’ve outgrown.⁣
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We talk about aging like we’re losing something… But maybe we’re gaining wisdom, confidence, perspective, and the freedom to finally be ourselves.⁣
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Maybe aging isn’t a decline. Maybe it’s one of life’s greatest upgrades. 💙☕️⁣
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And honestly? I’m not getting older. I’m getting better at being ME and I’m here for it!⁣

10/13/2026

☕️ 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦! 🧡🍂⁣
What a Thanksgiving long weekend! ❤️⁣
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Hockey practices, celebrating 22 years together, getting things done around the house, a fire with friends, closing up the pool, and a lovely visit from friends and their sweet little boys making their way home.⁣
A weekend filled with all the little things that make life feel so BIG. 🥹⁣
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And sitting here with my morning coffee, I keep coming back to three words…⁣
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SO BLESSED.⁣
SO THANKFUL.⁣
SO FULL. ❤️⁣
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Not because everything in life is perfect.⁣
But because when I stop and really look around, I realize just how much goodness is already here.⁣
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The people we love. The time we get together. The laughter around a fire. The ordinary moments that turn into memories.⁣
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Sometimes we spend so much time looking forward to the next thing that we forget to appreciate the life happening right in front of us.⁣
This weekend reminded me to do just that.⁣
To be here. To enjoy it. To appreciate it while I’m living it.⁣
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Because this right here? This IS the good stuff. 🧡🍂⁣
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I hope you had a beautiful Thanksgiving weekend, too! Tell me, what filled your cup this weekend? ☕️❤️⁣

10/11/2026

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆. ⁣🍁❤️☕️
I hope this week brings you the kind of happiness you don’t have to force, the peace you don’t have to explain, and the blessings you once prayed would find you.

10/10/2026

☕️🍁🦃𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚⁣
Today is a little extra special around here. 🥹⁣
October 10, 2004 — the day we met.⁣
October 10, 2010 — the day I married my funny guy. And today, we’re celebrating 22 years together and 16 years of marriage. ❤️⁣
⁣ *𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨*
Twenty-two years of memories, laughter, life, and growing together. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that love isn’t just about the beautiful, easy seasons. It’s about who stands beside you when life gets hard.⁣
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For the past 6 years, my husband has supported our family in ways I could never fully put into words. When my back injury, surgery, and complications with healing and nerve damage changed so much of my life, he carried more than his share. He supported us financially, but just as importantly, he kept me going emotionally when I needed it most.⁣
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There have been hard days, uncertain days, and days when I didn’t know what the future would look like. But I knew I wasn’t facing it alone. 🥰⁣
And I don’t think we talk enough about that kind of love. The kind that doesn’t disappear when life gets messy. The kind that shows up when things aren’t easy. The kind that keeps choosing you, even when the season you’re in isn’t the one you imagined.⁣
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𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙧. 𝙄𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝.⁣
Those aren’t just words we said on our wedding day. They’re promises we’ve lived.⁣
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I’m just so grateful for the everyday moments with my favourite person — including all the times he makes me laugh when I probably need it most. 😂❤️⁣
I honestly don’t know what I’d do without his love and support.⁣
So today, I’m celebrating him. I’m celebrating us. And I’m grateful for every chapter that brought us here.⁣
Twenty-two years later, and I’d still choose my funny guy. 🥹⁣
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Happy 16th anniversary to us. Here’s to whatever adventures, challenges, laughter, and beautiful ordinary days come next. 🍁❤️⁣
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𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 — 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦.⁣

10/09/2026

☕️ 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 & 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬!!! 🍂🧡⁣
It’s a long weekend here in Canada, with Thanksgiving this weekend, I’ve been thinking about gratitude.⁣
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Not just being grateful when everything goes right.⁣ But learning to appreciate what we have, the people we love, the little moments we sometimes overlook, and the life we’re living right now.⁣
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It’s so easy to focus on what’s missing, what we wish were different, or what we thought life would look like.⁣
But what if we paused long enough to notice how much there already is to be thankful for? ❤️⁣
A warm cup of coffee. A quiet morning. Another day with the people we love. The chance to laugh, learn, grow, and make more memories.⁣
Maybe a beautiful life isn’t about having everything we want. Maybe it’s about learning to appreciate what we already have.⁣
And today? I’m choosing gratitude. ☕️🧡⁣
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬!

10/08/2026

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 & 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀! ☕️💙⁣
These 5:15am wake-ups have officially become second nature. 😂⁣
I’m actually waking up BEFORE my alarm now… Which honestly feels a little ridiculous. LOL.⁣
But it got me thinking this morning about something completely different:⁣
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.⁣
I think sometimes we create so much of our own disappointment by expecting people to be a certain way.⁣
We expect them to respond the way we would. To care about the things we care about. To communicate the way we communicate. To show up the way we would show up for them.⁣
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵?⁣
We get frustrated. We feel hurt. We wonder how they could possibly think or act that way.⁣
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But maybe sometimes the hardest part is accepting that people are allowed to be different from who we expected them to be.⁣
And that doesn’t necessarily make them bad people. It just makes them, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.⁣
We can love someone without expecting them to think like us. Care about someone without expecting them to show it exactly the way we would. And accept someone for who they are without constantly wishing they would become who we need them to be.⁣
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Because sometimes the disappointment isn’t really about what someone did…⁣
It’s about the story we created in our head about who we thought they were supposed to be.⁣
And I’m learning that letting go of those expectations can bring a whole lot of peace.⁣
Not because we stop having standards.⁣
Not because we allow people to treat us poorly.⁣
But because we stop trying to control who other people are.⁣
We can choose our boundaries.⁣
We can choose how we respond.⁣
We can choose who gets access to us.⁣
And we can let people be who they are.⁣
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Maybe acceptance isn’t saying, “I like everything about this.”⁣
Maybe it’s simply saying, “I see you for who you are, and I’m going to stop fighting reality.”⁣
And honestly? There’s a lot of freedom in that.☕️💙

10/07/2026

𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁…⁣
I’ve been thinking about how often we treat rest like something we have to 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻. ⁣
We push through.⁣
We finish one more thing.⁣
We take care of everyone else. ⁣
And tell ourselves we’ll slow down later. ⁣
But what if we stopped waiting until we were completely exhausted?⁣
What if rest was simply part of taking care of ourselves? ⁣
Maybe we don’t always need to push harder. Maybe sometimes we need to 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱.⁣
Because rest isn’t giving up. ⁣
It’s making space to come back to yourself. ⁣
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That’s what we are talking about on the podcast this morning. ⁣
🎙️𝗘𝗽. 𝟰𝟵 - 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗹.

10/06/2026

And today, I want to turn the page slightly:⁣
You don’t need someone else’s approval to believe that what you’re doing is worthy.⁣
If someone doesn’t understand your choices, that doesn’t automatically mean you’ve made the wrong one.⁣
If someone is unhappy with the direction you’re taking, that doesn’t mean you need to change direction.⁣
And you certainly don’t need to spend your life correcting how other people interpret you.⁣
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Because here’s the thing…⁣
People are going to have opinions about your life no matter what you do. So you might as well build a life 𝘺𝘰𝘶 actually want to live.⁣
Make the choice that feels right for 𝘺𝘰𝘶.⁣
Take the path that makes sense to 𝘺𝘰𝘶.⁣
Create the life that feels like 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴.⁣
Not because everyone understands it.⁣
Not because everyone approves.⁣
Not because everyone thinks you’re making the “right” choice.⁣
But because you get one life.⁣
And you deserve to live it as yourself…not as the version of you that keeps everyone else comfortable. ❤️ ☕️⁣
Maybe that’s the permission someone needs this morning:⁣
You don’t need everyone to understand your life for you to live it.⁣
Do it for you. You deserve that. 💙

10/05/2026

A little Monday morning thought…⁣
Sometimes people will deny your experience.⁣
They may remember something differently.⁣
They may not understand why something affected you.⁣
They may see a situation completely differently than you do.⁣
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And I’ve learned…⁣ I don’t have to prove my reality to someone else for it to be real.⁣
People deny experiences for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes they genuinely see things differently. Sometimes accepting what happened is uncomfortable. Sometimes people simply aren’t capable of seeing something from your perspective.⁣
But I don’t have to spend my energy convincing them.⁣
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I can simply say to myself:⁣
“I am at peace even when people don’t agree with me. I choose to accept what is.”⁣
And then I can move forward.⁣
I can focus on my actions, my choices, my healing and my growth.⁣
Because the more energy I spend trying to convince someone else to understand me…⁣
the less energy I have to actually live my life.⁣
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So, I’m choosing peace over proving.⁣
I know what I have experienced. I know what I feel. And I don’t need everyone to agree with me to move forward. ❤️☕️

10/04/2026

𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥!! 🎃🍂☕️⁣
My absolute FAVORITE month is here!!⁣
Our wedding anniversary. ❤️⁣
Thanksgiving. 🦃⁣
Halloween. 👻🎃⁣
Cooler mornings and cozy coffee.⁣
And of course…⁣
𝗔𝗟𝗟. 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗘. 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗨𝗟. 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦. 🍂🍁⁣
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Every year, I look at the trees and think about this change.⁣
The leaves let go. They don’t fight it.⁣
They don’t try to stay green forever.⁣
They simply change with the season…⁣
and somehow become even more beautiful.⁣
Maybe there’s a little lesson in that for us too.⁣
Change isn’t always something to fear. Sometimes it’s how we grow.⁣
Sometimes it’s how we become more ourselves. Sometimes what we’re letting go of is making room for something better.⁣
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And maybe we don’t have to know exactly what the next season is going to look like to trust that there’s beauty waiting for us there.⁣
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So here’s to October. 🎃☕️🍂⁣
Here’s to changing.⁣
Here’s to growing.⁣
Here’s to letting go of what we’ve outgrown…and making room for what’s next.⁣
Because maybe change isn’t the end of something beautiful.⁣
Maybe it’s how something beautiful begins. ❤️

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