🌿 Grounding and Foot Health: A Small Habit With Big Benefits
Your feet carry you through so much, yet they’re often overlooked. This post explores foot health, grounding, and simple ways to reconnect with the earth.
🏡 Four Generations, One Roof: The Quiet Power of Multigenerational Living
A heartfelt reflection on the sacred beauty of multigenerational living. How sharing space with family creates legacy, connection, and memories that last a lifetime.
🐾 What Dog Training Has Taught Me About Leadership, Love, and Connection
Over the years, I’ve learned that good dog training is about clear communication, gentle leadership, and a whole lot of love. Here’s what’s worked for us.
🌿 Regulate With Me
Co-regulation is one of the most powerful parenting tools. Learn how staying calm and connected helps kids build resilience and emotional safety.
🌿 A Gentle Reminder: You’re Allowed to Celebrate Yourself
A soft reflection on why celebrating yourself matters. When you notice what you’ve accomplished, your energy expands, and you grow.
🌿 Rooted and Real: Balancing Old-School Soul with New-School Convenience
Technology makes life easier, but slowness still has its magic. This post shares how I blend modern tools with old-school habits like journaling, handwritten notes, and paper books.
🌿 Growing Goodness: What My Herb Garden Is Teaching Me
I started my herb garden as a simple way to make meals taste better, but it’s become so much more. A grounding habit, a money-saver, and a joy to tend. Inside: what I’ve learned, easy herbs to grow, and a simmer pot recipe you’ll want to try.
✨ Passing It Down: Communal Knowledge in a Google World
Last Thanksgiving, I didn’t Google how to cook the turkey. I asked a wise friend and learned side by side. This post is a quiet celebration of communal wisdom, multigenerational learning, and the sacredness of passing things down hand to hand.
🐾 Caring for Your Pet (and Yourself) After Surgery
My dog went through multiple surgeries before she turned two and it was one of the hardest seasons we’ve been through together. Here’s what helped us both heal.
🧰 How to Teach Coping Skills to Kids (With an Imaginary Toolbox Approach)
Learn how to help children name their feelings and build a personalized coping toolbox. A gentle, visual approach to emotional regulation rooted in connection.
🌿 Finding Quiet in a Busy Home
A gentle guide for creating stillness, even when life feels loud. Practical and soulful ways to find moments of calm (even in a full household).
🌿 Taste of the PNW: Summer Edition
The Pacific Northwest tastes like wild berries, cedar-planked salmon, and tomatoes warm from the sun. Whether you’re local or far away, this post invites you to savor the rooted flavors of PNW summer (slow, wild, and deeply nourishing).
🌧️ All Feelings Are Good Feelings
Emotions aren’t good or bad. They’re messages from our inner world. Learn how to help kids understand and regulate uncomfortable feelings with tools like RULER and co-regulation.
🌿 Why We Became a Shoes-Off Household (and What I Learned Along the Way)
We went from always wearing shoes indoors to embracing a quieter, healthier routine. A tiny shift with big meaning… and yes, my shoe game survived (mostly).
🌿 Let Yourself Be Seen: A Self-Care Lesson from a Peacock
Self-care isn’t just about rest, it’s about radiance. In this gentle reflection, a peacock reminds us how to take up space, embrace our beauty, and let ourselves be seen.
🌧️What the Speed Limit Can Teach Us About Living More Slowly
In the Pacific Northwest, even our roads remind us to slow down. This reflection on slow driving and mindful living invites you to consider presence in the everyday.
🐜 From Ant Farms to Isopod Fame: How I Accidentally Became a Bug Mom at School
What started with ants in the fridge turned into isopods in the classroom and somehow, I became a bug mom. A lighthearted look at connection, curiosity, and pill bugs.
🌱 When the Seed Was Planted: The Dream That Told Me to Begin
A dream, a summer break, and a moment of clarity… this is the story of how Rooted in the Rain began. A reminder to trust your gut and begin gently.
🌲 Rooted in Community: Lessons from My Hometown and Beyond
A personal reflection on small-town life, the wisdom of Native traditions, and why true community still matters in a fast-moving world.
🌿 How Ditching Plastic for Glass Transformed Our Kitchen
A small kitchen switch with big impact! See how we ditched plastic containers for mason jars, Snapware, and a simple vacuum sealer to store food the natural way. A grounding, low-tox swap that helps nourish both your meals and your mindset.