I haven’t done a post like this since October, which should be an indication of either how much fun we’ve been having or how poor of a memory I have. I’ll let you determine which.

April’s Highlights

Oh man, April both rocked my face off and threatened to overwhelm me.

♥ I started a new weekly series where I take some of the quotes I place on Facebook and expand on them on the blog every Friday. You can find more here.

♥ The Great Blog Comment Debate Everyone has an opinion that really only fits themselves. This one is mine.

♥ Anxiety, Overwhelm, Sorrow :: And All I Heard Was Love It was one intense, exhausting, heartbreaking, beautiful and wonderful weekend.

♥ Feeling Too Drained to Take Care of You? Yeah, I got there this month. Below is the video that got me back.

April’s Newness

♥ I can add headline speaker to my resume. Just sayin. It was scary and intimidating and I loved almost every minute of it (except those moments where I wanted to turn and flee).

♥ Organic Home Health Justin and I have fallen in love with essential oils for the incredible things they’ve done for our health lately and have begin to promote the uses of essential oils on Sustainable Baby Steps.

♥ I’m working on several new projects right now for the coming months and am not sure which to focus on first. I’d love to hear from you on what you’d most love to see. Can you let me know here?

April’s Inspiration

♥ Unschooling on Mothering.com A great article on unschooling. And it was a funny little surprise that I got quoted in it!

♥ Your Child Does NOT Thrive on Routine One of my clients, Patti, is totally inspiring me with her words on parenting this month. Must read.

♥ I’ve Gotta Be Me This just makes me smile.

♥ And the song below is already a fave but this version is just so good.

♥ And this one below by Passion Pit, I can’t even explain how much I love it.

♥ Your 5 Customers For my entrepreneur sistahs out there, I love Naomi’s insights like whoa.

♥ Confidence Coin Necklace Love! In fact, I love just about everything they offer.

♥ Behind the Blog Doh! I think I forgot to share this with you. Or I forgot to delete it from my Must Share list. Either way make sure you check out Erin’s podcast here.

♥ Releasing Relationships A sweet mama friend, Kate, just released her very first ebook and it’s gorgeous and powerful.

♥ Are you a hot woman? Mm, this was just yummy.

♥ Metta in Mantras* And I’m still loving all over this meditation from Jenn. So much so that that’s an affiliate link. Oh yes it is.

What’s Been Inspiring You This Month?

We’ve been in Nashville for the month of October, spending time with family and celebrating my Granny’s 97th birthday.

I’ve loved watching the leaves fall, drinking hot tea in the morning and talking with my Granny. In fact, I finally finished editing and uploading the videos of her talking about her life – all 12 of them!

Here’s the first one:

But it’s the conversation I got to have with her at the end of the last one that I love hearing over and over. You can watch all of them here: TheOrganicSister’s Channel.

October Highlights

October was the month of the video for me.

♥ How I Wash My Dreads (And Other Dreaded Things)

I did a video on how I wash my dreads, for all you dready lovers (and curious folk). But what really made that post hard to publish was the secret I let loose at the end. (Eep.)

♥ Everyone Needs Some Wild Zen in Their Lives

Did you hear the news?? I found myself a gorgeous, free-spirited, oh-so-perfect Organic Support Specialist. Seriously! Watch and read!

♥ Real Women and the Lives We Live

Ever heard yourself say “she’s a real women” based on the fact that she’s curvy and not a ‘stick figure’? Yeah, then you’re gonna wanna watch this video.

♥ Prioritizing Our Kids Over Our Calls

This one got the conversation flowing – and my mom left a comment too!

You can see all the new posts this month by looking over to the right where it says Recent Posts —->

October Newness

♥ Be Kind, Be Organic!!

Amanda and I put together a Q&A video series, answering some of the questions sent to her via her readers. Being organic, understanding fear, handling jealousy, doing what we love despite the disbelief, lighting up the world, what you get to knock off right now and more soon! The fourth video goes up on Thursday, but you can access all published videos at the link above!

♥ Sustainable Baby Steps

Tons of new stuff over there: Cloth Toilet Paper, What is Organic Food?, Homemade Granola Recipe, and soooo much more! Check out What’s New for everything!

♥ Organically Authentic

I did an interview for GirlHabits, a sponsor of Sustainable Baby Steps. What I can’t live without, my favorite happiness habit, my super power wish, and more super fun questions I got to answer!

October Inspiration!

I didn’t spend a lot of time cruising the web this last month, but I did stumble across a few things that I lovelovelove!

♥ Found this here and love it!

♥ Trust in Yourself and Your Tribe: Read this from Jenn. And most especially read her last paragraph. ♥

♥ Would you think me crazy for wearing One Carrot Earrings?

♥ I can’t get enough of Amanda Seyfried in Mamma Mia.

♥ Okay, so not a lot of linky love, but I have been super inspired by the people I’ve come into contact with. I’ve never known so many wonderful, mindful, compassionate and inspiring people in my life before. So, this is me…sending out so much gratitude to the beauty in you.