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Are you looking for some inspiration to kickstart your morning routine? Read our top five suggestions for a great morning routine to simplify your life.

Create A Morning Routine To Simplify Your Life

Simple Living

Simple living is a way of life that promotes good health, financial security, and personal fulfillment. In this article, find out how simple living can help you live healthier, longer, and happier.

Simple Living Benefits for Your Health, Finances and Happiness

Simple Living

You don’t have to be rich to live a simple, happy life. In fact, there are many ways to simplify your finances. Read on to discover them!

Eight Ways To Simplify Your Finances

Simple Living

Learn five easy ways to simplify your life so you can have more time to do what you love most!

5 Steps To Simplify Your Life

Simple Living

Learn the truth about simple living and how you can slow down and start living a simplier life today!

The Truth About Simple Living

Simple Living

Gardening is not only beneficial to your physical health, but your mental health as well. Gardening burns calories, reduces stress levels, improves nutrition, reduces the risk of stroke, diabetes, heart disease and more!

Why Gardening Is Good For You

Homesteading

Self-care is an important part of mental health and I’m sharing 25 ideas and activities you can do to upgrade your self-care routine this Spring.

25 Self-Care Ideas For Spring

Health + Wellness

Lack of land does not have to stop you from living your homestead dream. Learn 10 ways you can become a homesteader whether you live in the country or an apartment in the city.

10 ways to homestead wherever you are

Homesteading

Download our FREE Homestead Winter Prep List to help you get your home, garden and farm organized and prepared for winter.

Winter prep on the homestead

Homesteading

FOR THE HOMESTEAD

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hey there, I'm jen

You can usually find me with my hands in the dirt or hanging out with my farm animals.  I’m all about telling it like it is, especially regarding my mental health. I believe sharing my journey of overcoming PTSD will help others who have experienced trauma and show that healing is possible.
 
The homestead lifestyle has been a game-changer for my mental well-being and can be for you too.  So, if you're ready to embrace a simpler lifestyle with purpose and gratitude, you've come to the right place!

Combat Veteran, Wife, and Farm Mama to 50ish spoiled rotten fur babies...