You have a beautiful life — and something's still off. In this episode, I'm getting honest about one of those quieter imbalances: not enough in-person, face-to-face human connection in my otherwise very full, very fortunate work-from-home life.

I talk about the difference between needing a total life overhaul (spoiler: you don't) and making small, intentional adjustments — the kind that shift everything without burning it all down. Think of it like fitting a garment: a little pinch here, a little pull there, and suddenly it's exactly right.

Along the way, we wander through:

• My Human Design hermit tendencies and why "too much of a good thing" is annoyingly true
• Deleting social media from my phone (and what I replaced it with — hi, Pinterest spiral)
• How following a random Facebook post led me to a beautiful retreat center I almost never visited
• The magical evening gathering I'm dreaming up for June — breathwork, hors d'oeuvres, hand sewing, cake, and community

The invitation I'm leaving you with: sit with what's out of balance right now. You don't need a sweeping overhaul. You just need a small, honest look — and the willingness to try one thing.

Mentioned in this episode: The upcoming local evening gathering (details coming soon!) | Mackinac Island Sewing Retreat

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It's the week of the spring equinox and I have three feet of snow in my yard. This episode is my reflection on what it means to embrace the season I'm actually in, even when it looks nothing like the one I'm longing for.

I also share a vivid (and surprisingly instructive) dream involving a carjacking, a Danny DeVito lookalike, and a 1964 Eagle Apache — and what unpacking it in my morning pages revealed about apathy, momentum, and the work of showing up for the life I want.

In this episode:

• The strange joy of being snowed in and what it unlocks in us
• Why my envy of other people's spring gardens is actually useful information
• The dream, decoded — and what it has to say about reaction time and limbo
• Morning pages as a tool for inner clarity
• The difference between fighting the current and simply doing the work
• Bring spring energy into your life even when your lawn chairs are buried under three feet of snow

Resources mentioned:

• Cosmic/moon sign horoscope website
• Morning pages practice
• Embodied Joy monthly audio — new moon, seasonal rhythms, guided meditation, journaling prompts 👉 kinshiphandwork.com/embodiedjoy

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tina@kinshiphandwork.com

— Morning Pages, Sacred Practices, and Making Space for Joy

In this episode, I'm sharing what's been filling my days in the in-between season of late winter and early spring — from winter camping in the woods to planning a rustic cabin adventure with my 10-year-old, hauling gear a mile and a half through the snow.

I open up about the creative tension of not sewing as much as I'd like, and how building furniture and developing my Embodied Joy workbook have become the creative outlets calling me right now. (Sound familiar? You can't do all the things — just not all at once.)

The heart of this episode is about bringing sacredness into your everyday life. I talk about my morning ritual practice — including my experience with Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way and how the concept of truly disposable morning pages changed everything for me. No preciousness. No posterity. Just a beautiful, honest conversation with yourself that you can burn in a celebratory fire when the notebook is full.

I also share a simple but powerful idea: giving yourself a creative practice that is completely throw-away — whether that's a wonky quilt square, a sample stitch, or three pages of stream-of-consciousness — and how that kind of creative freedom can actually deepen the work that does matter.

Plus: dancing to three songs every morning, the sacred act of shoveling a path, and the small practices that connect us to what matters.

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