Habits vs. Intentions: Picking Apples and Choosing Heirlooms

It’s apple picking season in the Northern Hemisphere and this week we are uplifted by all the heritage apple orchards that have flourished. As we think about habits vs. intentions it’s a good time to open our minds to new places and experiences. This apple orchard in Vermont brings heirloom apples to locals and visitors alike. And on the west coast, two cider makers are embracing heirloom varieties and techniques to craft cider and a life with intention.

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Living Life with Intention: Habits vs. Intentions on the Road to Self Discovery

We are inspired this week by the idea of living life with intention. On our road to self discovery, what do we intentionally include or look for in our lives? Do we pay attention to what nourishes our creativity? What happens when we are intentional about who and what we include in our lives? Lynne Bryan Phipps, Inspirited Living’s founder, shared some thoughts about what it feels like when we allow ourselves to experience joy. Living Life with Intention: What Brings you Joy? What brings you joy? This can feel like a simple question but when was the last time you took a moment with yourself to choose more of what brings you joy? If not joy, what is filling our lives instead?  When was the last time you looked at your morning routine and considered whether it supports your path to self discovery? Do you make coffee, stop for [...]

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Road to Self Discovery: Forest Bathing in Britain

We are supported this week by what’s good for the body and soul: being out in nature. Perhaps you want to photograph what you see? Here’s a US website devoted to photographing nature in a respectful and compassionate way. Maybe you just want to forest bathe? The Brits are putting on anoraks and rucksacks, and leading the way with this lovely website devoted to the experience.

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Road to Self Discovery: The Witty, Vibrant Art of Ardmore

We are uplifted this week by artists who share their vision of the natural world. The master designers at Ardmore Design in South Africa are Inspirited Living favorites. Witty, vibrant, and just stunning designs make vases, tablecloths, scarves, and object d’art uplifting and fill us with joy. Their news page also has the best stories of what Inspirited Living can look like. 

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Revisiting Careless vs. Carefree: The Path to Self-Discovery

As we explore the path to self-discovery in the next couple of weeks, we wanted to start with our goals. At Inspirited Living, one of our most popular posts about is about the difference between Careless and Carefree. How can we shift from being careless, to a different mindset? How can we live carefree? Careless vs. Carefree: Shift Perspective As Lynne wrote in her first post on careless vs. carefree, the term “careless” has almost exclusively negative connotations, but why? “Someone who is careless chooses to ignore their responsibilities. When you do something carelessly, that thing still gets done, just not necessarily well. When you solve the problem carelessly, that problem still exists. You just don’t put much energy into it – because you don’t care about it.” Where do we really want our path through life to take us? So why do we do that? Why do we do [...]

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