by Cheryl Farrell | May 25, 2021 | Featured, Guest Writers
On the theme of nurture this month, guest contributor Cheryl Farrell writes about self-nurture and answering the call of your purpose. What Do You Want To Be? In an eighth-grade English class essay, I answered the question, “What do you want to be when you grow...
by Jean Trebek | May 2, 2020 | Featured, Respect Farm
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder My Solace: Beauty in Nature Beauty is an exacting topic for me to write about, because there are so many aspects and considerations to this word beauty that touch my...
by Alison Martin | Sep 11, 2021 | Artists, Featured
A Dave of All Trades There is a term – “Triple Threat” – that means “someone proficient in three important skills within their particular field”. Well, that would make David Konig a Quintuple Threat. He’s a stand-up, an actor,...
by Dove Rose | Aug 21, 2021 | Expert Advice
Yes… Actually, that is the long and the sort of it. You are. I am. We all are. According to late Middle English: from Latin, ‘attendant spirit present from one’s birth, innate ability or inclination’, from the root of gignere ‘beget’. The original...
by insidewink | Jul 12, 2021 | Staff Picks
Ready for some summer fun? Let’s do it! We love summer! And our team has three great picks for you! A wonderful website that features summer pleasures from Jean, Delicious Coconut water from Alison, and handy metal straws to drink your coconut beverages from...
by Jean Trebek | Jun 29, 2021 | Everyday Hero, Featured, Videos
Nurturing, Healing, Love Scarlett Lewis has created a movement. After her 6-year-old son Jesse was murdered in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, Scarlett found her footing, wrote an amazing book and started a program to help teach compassion. This woman,...
by Jeanette DuBois | Jun 27, 2021 | My Morning Mimosa
The place I called my sacred space, my sanctuary, my haven, has been destroyed. It was a purposeful destruction. A planned one. A necessary one. Even an anticipated one. But all of those things doesn’t make the process of the destruction, nor the loss of what I...
by Cheryl Farrell | Jun 19, 2021 | Guest Writers
On the theme of joy this month, guest contributor Cheryl Farrell writes about how a small word delivers big things in life. Journals Over Time I have been writing in a journal since I was a pre-teen. In those early years, it was called my diary. The palm-sized book...
by insidewink | Jun 9, 2021 | Artists, Expert Advice
Creativity & Expressing Yourself At insidewink we are all about creativity and expressing yourself. We love to feature artists, musicians, storytellers, heroes – all of us who take a chance and rise up to create or do something special. So we were especially...
by Dove Rose | Jun 6, 2021 | Expert Advice, Featured
… wait! … what? … Touch Joy? What the heck does that mean? ☺ You can’t touch joy, it isn’t three-dimensional, you can’t hold it and put it in your pocket…or can you? Before I go on I would like to ask you a few questions to see if you already know...
by Dove Rose | May 28, 2021 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers
Last night I had a four-hour phone call with a complete stranger. We shared, we cried, we laughed, we listened and we learned. I had recently heard that her husband passed away a little less than two years ago. Her husband happens to be well known and for some...
by insidewink | May 20, 2021 | Happy Headlines
Beauty is all around us! Large and small moments of beauty can inspire and lift our spirits. Our Happy Headlines this month focuses on three videos that show the beauty of the heart, the beauty in nature and manmade beauty! “Never lose an opportunity of seeing...
by Jean Trebek | May 16, 2021 | Charities, Expert Advice, Featured
Ahead Of Its Time Home Grown, Low-Stress Agriculture Alex loved the Musk Ox. It may sound strange, but it’s true. When I met Alex, one of the first things he shared with me was his love of this animal. He collected sculptures of musk oxen made by Canadian and...
by Daniel Francis | May 10, 2021 | Guest Writers
In early April here in Tampa, FL my wife and I saw a pair of cardinals returning often to the thryallis bush just outside our office window. What we expected came to be: they had “nested” about three feet off the ground and our first glimpse of the neatly woven...
by insidewink | May 1, 2021 | Editor Notes
Editors Monthly “Share” insidewink co-founders, Jean Trebek & Alison Martin, share their ideas on “nurture” and how the concept relates to all areas of life. Photo taken pre-pandemic 🙂 “May” we ask… … what does the...
by Dove Rose | Apr 26, 2021 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers
When Doves Cry There are so many things that we can do for our daily wellness. There’s dry brushing, drinking green juice, meditating, connecting with nature, journaling, and of course working out and stretching. But, what about crying? When was the last time you...
by Jeanette DuBois | Mar 31, 2021 | Guest Writers, My Morning Mimosa
It is the first day of Spring, the Spring Solstice, and I am thinking about death. This is perhaps not the first item that comes to mind for most people when you ask them what Spring would represent to them. But my mind takes the odd path sometimes. In its own way...
by Dove Rose | Mar 14, 2021 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers
Connecting with Yourself Our society focuses so much on community and staying connected with others. But I think we might be missing a very important note. Are we connected with our Self? Do we know our Self? Do we know what we need, how we are feeling, what our...
by insidewink | Feb 19, 2021 | Artists, Videos
What Nature Does For Love With this being Valentines Day month, we were a little stumped about what to do for our partners and freinds. Sometimes you just can’t be sure that you are doing something someone will really love. We all have various Love Languages....
by insidewink | Feb 12, 2021 | Staff Picks
Try Our List of Wonderful Socially Responsible Companies! We set out to celebrate 12 companies in 12 days that share the love — incredible, socially responsible companies that give back and have impressed us with their missions! And we did it. Here’s a little...
