Almost every Friday night, I've had a wake, a funeral, or both this month. It’s been really jarring because one of them was dead at only 61. And when talking to a friend who was there, he shared that he himself was recovering from heart failure that nearly killed him.

Then, this memory from this latest wake woke me up in the middle of the night, not because I was afraid but because my body noticed something I don’t think I fully comprehended at the time.

When viewing the bodies and saying my condolences and sharing funny moments we all shared with the deceased, I noticed how much the body is just a body. A shell. A vehicle without its driver. Just a brain, spinal cord, nervous system, blood vessels, muscle tissue, etc. But what makes a person is their soul! Their spirit.

The soul, when injected into the person, makes them a person with personality. With characteristics that are unique only to them. Their laugh. Their smile. How they walk. How they talk, their interests, etc. When I think of them, THAT is what I see and hear looking back at me, their soul!

And it got me thinking. I brush my teeth, shower, get dressed, put on makeup, use my favorite lotions and potions, make sure I eat, but what the heck am I doing to nourish my soul? That part of me that makes me uniquely ME?
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I’m going to be brutally honest and 100% transparent here: I have gotten away from my soul work! I don’t mean my soul business work, I mean my soul work. I’m giving myself grace here, too, because it’s been a brutal winter, and also I must do better.

We aren't here to just work, produce, get results, make money, and be productive; we’re here to live, to experience, to soak it all up. To live LIFE FULLY!

I know this sounds so cliche, but hang with me here.

So I asked myself this in the middle of the night. What would I do that would nourish my soul? The answer shocked me, really. My soul loves to bake and make homemade candles. I'm giving fresh homemade butter a try too. She loves canning and nourishing her family with fresh food from the garden and yummy preserved foods for the Winter. She loves making homemade sauce in her crockpot.

She wants to start using the antique mason jars that we got when my mom and I went barn diving last Summer! She wants to use them as spice jars, and she wants to store them on the antique hutch my hubby took me on a country road trip to go and get.

My soul loves walking into rooms that have their own vibey vibe. "It’s time," she says, to get more organized in my spaces and favorite places. She wants to redo my massage room, and she has already found a beautiful antique chandelier and medallion for it. It was a full body yes when she saw it on FB Marketplace.

She wants to paint her kitchen, mudroom, and laundry room floors. I've been talking about it but not doing it. I refer to her as " she " because she lives and breathes inside me, but lots of times I override her and do way more logical things like work and laundry. Not saying that those aren’t important, but they are not the end-all, be-all, and I've been putting them as my first priority, and they aren't, as I learned this past month through friends and loved ones who passed.

Having rooms that have soul and spirit, fresh butter and spices on the counter, inspires me. They feed and nourish my soul. They make my life better. They make me a better part of my family. They inspire my work, which you are seeing right here, right now, because I’m considering making this a Soulspiration 21 Day Challenge.

But before I do, I want to ask you, Reader, would this be something you would be interested in? You don't have to remodel your home or paint or anything that feels heavy. Again, your soul is going to tell you what your soulspiration is. The last thing you need to do is what I'm doing. Please don't do that. Your soul may want to sit her ass down and read a book. She might want to make protein balls. I don't know, and it doesn't matter. THIS IS about asking your soul what she wants and letting her drive your body vehicle for a while, and see what happens when you do.

Did you ever have a brother or cousins who were really good at video games, and all you wanted was a turn to play, but they were sooo good that they would play for like 2 hours straight without dying? And then when they did die, and you got the joystick in your hands, and you took 5 steps on Donkey Kong, and you got killed and had to give the joystick back? Yeah, that's how your soul feels. She wants a longer turn to play and have some fun or sleep. Sleep works too.

I'll be sending emails to the folks who reply YES to this email, where I'll give you some prompts (via email), and ways to know how to know what your soul wants. That's it. Easy peasy.

Reply YES to this email and let me know if you're in!
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P.S. Right before my hubby’s uncle passed, his brother asked him, "Are you Afraid to die?" He responded, " No, I'm just pissed I don’t have more time." Time. Not money. Not vacations. Not more work. Time. Time with his amazing wife. Time with his kids and grandkids. That's what nourished his soul. That is what he wanted more of, and it breaks my heart that he didn’t get it.
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So ask yourself, how do you want to live your life and spend your time nourishing your soul?

If you would love to do this Soulspiration 21-Day Challenge via email, reply YES to this email

Sending you so much love and support Reader,

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