Hello? Are You There? I’m Still Here, Just Making A Pivot…

Honestly, I could not tell you the last time I logged into WordPress to do anything even resembling “blog work.” My last published post was a recipe my long-distance bestie came up with, Dill Pickle Scrambled Eggs – check it out if you haven’t! It might sound weird but it’s sooooo good! I even make it with a vegan egg substitute since I can’t eat eggs.

So…where to start? I am not following any SEO or Google demands here, I’m just writing from my heart. Something that was missing when I was primarily a “food blogger.” I enjoyed what I was doing but it just never really worked like I envisioned.

Turns out, it was the wrong vision…for RIGHT NOW…and apparently the season leading up to right now. 2023 was a year I declared I would RELEASE things that do not serve me. It also turned out that the majority of what didn’t serve me was actually internal.

It’s me. I was the problem.

Food blogging, however, served a very valuable purpose: I learned a lot about blogging, recipe creation, food photography, photo editing…and, ultimately, myself. Specifically where my glaring weaknesses were.

Which is what I focused on the most.

Have you heard the saying “where your focus goes, your energy flows”? I learned that when you focus on your problems, you just mostly get more problems. Something amazing happens when you start looking for solutions. You start seeing them. Maybe slowly at first, but then you realize there are solutions all around you.

But it starts with changing how you think. And that is really hard work. Excruciating at times.

My daughter and I had a Girl’s Day last week…no wait, I decided to call it an Empowered Women’s Day, because somehow she is also a woman. Parenting has been the most interesting experience….

Anyway, we had the most wonderful conversation about all The Things As Of Late. And I told her, “You have no idea how HARD I worked on my internal stuff last year, you can’t see that on the outside.”

It was a straight up battle at times, not gonna lie.

But I emerged victorious, stronger, and ready to keep fighting those battles as they come up. Healing is never finished. There are so many complicated and convoluted layers in us, it feels as though one lifetime simply isn’t enough to sort all that out. Even eternity doesn’t seem long enough.

Thankfully, there seems to mostly just be the odd skirmish now and then. I’ve drastically changed my mindset to one that is positive. I have now become that annoyingly positive, upbeat person and I am absolutely unapologetic about that.

You see, I know what LIVING feels like now. I’ve gotten a taste of THRIVING and I want more of it. Because there are so many people in the world that need that, and if I have an abundance to share I want to do that.

I know I am not responsible for anyone’s healing but my own. It’s not my burden to fix anyone but myself. But I can share what’s helped ME heal with you, if that’s what you need. It’s up to you what you do with it.

So I suppose this is an informal announcement of my retirement from food blogging. I’ll still share recipes as I’m inspired, and my current treasure trove of recipes won’t go anywhere. But, I am pivoting from primarily recipes and THM (Trim Healthy Mama) focused posts to something entirely different.

I caught a vision and I’m working out the details, step by step. The gist of it is helping you heal and transform into the beautiful creation God designed you to be. If you’re on board with that, I’m so glad to have you join me! If you’re not, no worries. I trust you’ll find your tribe if this one’s not for you and I pray the absolute best for you.

This didn’t turn out quite as long as I thought it would. Under 1000 words, it’s a blogging miracle! Mind you, I wrote mostly RECIPE POSTS for the last I don’t even know how many years. And I could not write a short one.

Something amazing happens when you get your mind clear and organized, and it’s wonderful!

Care to join me?