Goodness Blog
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Mental Health Collection: Rebecca's Perspective
Read more →Mental health? --- whoa! Don’t even go there! Actually, I just did! It’s time for us to start talking about those uncomfortable words. Every single person in this world has “Mental Health” just like every single person in this world has “Physical Health.” Everybody will get sick at some point in their lives. If you have a sore throat, you will go to a doctor, take medicine and sleep. If you have cancer, you will go for chemo or radiation. Your mental health is just as important as your physical health, and caring for it is just as necessary. I think...
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Mental Health Collection: Amanda's Perspective
Read more →Earlier this year, Rebecca joined our team - to do our books and to help me with Grounded Goodness. I did not know then what I know now - that her joining our team would help me in more ways than just books and admin work. You see, I had been struggling with motivation to work on Grounded Goodness. I was feeling less than inspired. With a separation from my husband in the works, and a divorce on the horizon, I was not in the best head space. It wasn't entirely awful, but there was so much change and so...
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Sisterhood: Hot DAMN. (A recap!)
Read more →We held our second Sisterhood event just over a month ago, on April 15th. It was AMAZING (if there was something bigger than all capitals, I would have used that). The feedback has been phenomenal. We've heard of unlikely but life-changing connections being made, and a greater sense of self-love arising. And that's what we were hoping for...but we are really, really thrilled with what we created with this event. It was magical. Indescribable, really...but I'm going to try here. The theme was 'honouring yourself,' and hot DAMN, did our guests honour themselves. From attending with friends or going solo,...
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Yay for International Women's Day! (that rhymes)
Read more →It's International Women's Day! One of my favorite days of the year. Why? Women rock, obviously. They inspire, they support, they rally. (And just to be clear, men are amazing too...they're the cat's ass. Which is an interesting compliment, if you think about. But they too, are amazing.) There is something to be said for Sisterhood though, right? Just after I filled my coffee cup one morning last week (double double, I'm trying to quit)...it hit me. I literally stopped in my tracks, and sloshed coffee everywhere. I am floored by the amazing women around me. It was like an...
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Random Acts of Kindness Week, and our new video!
Read more →The easiest way to feel better? Make someone else feel great! This week, February 12-18, is International Random Acts of Kindness Week! Because our mission is to spread goodness, we are all over this. We'll be doing anonymous acts of kindness around our community, and have a lot of fun doing them! Want to join us? Tag us in your social media posts, showing your #spreadinggoodness and #rakweek2017. Yay! We have also created a video, which we're releasing in conjunction with #rakweek2017...which happens to highlight an AWESOME way in which we made our decals better. Check that out here:...
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All I want for Christmas...
Read more →"I just want all my kids to be happy. To wake up feeling excited about the day. To call home and just be so excited about where they've been and what they're doing. That's all I want."This is what my Mom said to me this week. When she said it, I teared up with gratitude. How beautiful and selfless it was. It got me right in the heart.As I thought about it more, I realized that I too, want that for my family. I don't have kids but I have my husband, my Mom and Dad, my sisters, brothers-in-law, nieces...