Crafting Colorful Gardens

Posted on June 7, 2026 by msw blog

Not all garden color has to come from blooming plants. You can repurpose items like thrift store dishes into decorative backdrops by gluing them to a stake, or even make garden borders by “planting” the plates in a row. Add pebbles to a decorative plate or tray to create a bee or butterfly water station. Lay colorful but broken containers on the ground and plant a spreading groundcover to spill out of the opening. If you’re really crafty, make plant markers, wind chimes, or other yard art from old or thrifted silverware.

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 Emotional Healing

Posted on June 7, 2026 by msw blog

As a therapist, I’ve learned that people’s inability to hear the truth plays a huge role in their emotional suffering. And that’s because hearing the truth also forces people to face their embarrassment and shame.



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Striving for Good Enough

Posted on June 6, 2026 by msw blog

You’re striving for perfection when you should be aiming for good enough “Done is better than perfect. Forget Pinterest and Instagram versions of being organized, with all their color coding and pristine labeling,” Stevens-Heebner said. “The systems that last are the ones that are good enough – ones that you can manage no matter how tired or distracted you are.”

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Finding Beauty in Everyday Life

Posted on June 6, 2026 by msw blog

And sometimes, travel is just a mindset- looking at the familiar landscape of our lives anew.  Taking a moment to see the beauty of what already surrounds us.  To sit in stillness with nothing to do, nowhere to be. To read a book by the fire.  To prepare a meal and eat by candle light. To rearrange a room, or tidy up a forgotten corner. To fall in love with what”s already in front of us. To remind ourselves that our lives are beautiful just as they are when we remember the rituals that make us feel truly at home.  – Alisa 

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You’re Allowed to Heal

Posted on June 5, 2026 by msw blog

as you breathe, gently remind yourself:
i am allowed to move at my own pace.
i am allowed to be gentle with myself.

you don’t have to be fully healed to keep living your life. you don’t have to have closure to keep moving forward.

sometimes healing is simply learning that you can carry tenderness and still keep going. i’m rooting for you and with you in this season, wherever you are in this journey. 

jasmine marie

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