Carol Leeth

The Lies We Believe I was talking with a friend the other day about life and wondering about a lady I hadn’t spoken with for a while. Her response was not surprising w […]

Setting Boundaries and Keeping Them Several years ago I was introduced to a now close friend and a book that would change my life. The book was Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. […]

What Baggage Are You Carrying? Carrying baggage is something we all do. We have bags filled with love, with trauma, with rules and instruction, discipline and punishment, and a […]

Where Do Our Ideas and Beliefs Come From?  We each carry inside us the ideas and beliefs that make us who we are. But have you ever stopped and asked yourself where they came from? Why do […]

Mother May I?  Do you remember the game Mother May I? It was something I played in early elementary school. We would line up side by side on one end of the room […]

Fist of Life BOOM! POW!  These words in bubbles are hanging above my head in a comic sans font. They describe the blow to my “face”, sound effects as I am hit […]

Everything in life takes balance. Absolutely everything. Without balance, any situation becomes chaos. Emotions take over or legalism squashes you. It is like a swinging pendulum, once it swings to one side or the […]

“I want to break free. I want to break free…” -Queen 

Somedays I find myself singing this song, or at least these first two lines over and over and really wanting to break free from the life I have built but no […]

“What is grief, if not love persevering?” –Wandavision

My goodness, grief is so strange. Its waves reach into our most ordinary of moments, making them simultaneously far more and also far sadder than they […]

Inspiration is a must when you decide to start a journey. 

My goals over the last several years have included getting healthy- mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. But each goal and each stage […]

We got a dog. This is true for many households in the last year and a half, including my own. I’ve never been an animal person, but I love this dog. 

The biggest issue so far has been the lack of fencing ar […]

Carol Leeth Carol loves reading, hiking, writing, and creating memories with her family. She dreams of living in the mountains while, in reality, spends her […]

How do I find myself? 

How do I figure out who I am? 

Have I lost myself in the midst of this stage of life?

These are questions I have heard from others and even asked myself at times. You would think i […]

Fear was something instilled in me as a child. The ‘what ifs’ of nearly every activity was discussed until I gave up on even trying. What if I talked to that person? They will probably make fun of you and hate you […]

April is a month of newness, of change, and sometimes of in-betweens. On day one, we set aside time for practical jokes to fool anyone around us. It is like a wake up call from life saying, “Hey! Wake up! It’s tim […]

As June came to a close, I sat down to work out our finances and get our summer activities paid off when I came across an email from Becoming Minimalist. The title of the article struck me and made me take a […]