Here’s the thing – I’ve swung the pendulum HEAVILY in the past… and it’s always been out of fear. “That baby shampoo is killing your child. Throw it out immediately.” “Those cleaning products are giving you cancer. Throw them out immediately.” “That meat wasn’t farmed organically. Throw it out immediately.” You know, stuff like that….
Author: Karissa Holcombe
Hey there! I'm Karissa. Military spouse, former elementary school teacher and mama to 3 busy little people ages 6 and under.
Life is chaotic, and it's always been easy for me to lose myself in the thick of it.
Time after time, it's been my close community of mom-friends who've reached in, pulled me back out and saved my sanity. When I've asked, "Am I the only one?!" they've been there to answer with a resounding "NO!!" (An important peace of mind for any mom.)
Maybe you've got an uplifting community of mamas cheering you on, too. Or maybe you're just scanning the room looking for someone to say, "ME too!!" Either way, I am here to encourage you. To let you know that you are NOT alone.
We are all navigating this beautiful, wonderful, exhilarating, exhausting, scary, sticky (and sometimes not-so-graceful) world of Motherhood together!
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3 Years Ago!!?
Such a beautiful picture, and yet – it’s painful for me to even look at. You know when you see a picture of someone a few months before a big tragedy and you’re like… “they had no idea…”? This was such a beautiful day. We’d waited 6 long months for daddy to return from the…
Hello!!
Heyyyy over there 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 I’m Karissa! There are lots of new and friendly faces around here so I thought it might be the perfect time to tell you a little bit about ME! Especially if you’re new here and we’ve just met! So here are 5 fun facts: 1. I grew up in Northern California in a…
Today I Choose Happiness
“I just want people to be happy.” <—— aaaaaaaaaand that’s where my anxiety lives. I want people to feel loved, happy, appreciated, and content – especially when they’re with me. And when they’re not, when I can feel that something’s “off”, my nature is to take that personally. Even if there’s no way in hell…
Drink It In
I wish you were here with me tonight! To drink in this sunset, listen to the waves lap against the shoreline and just be present for a moment. I come here to rest, reflect and reset. It’s so important for me to go into this void on the regular – a place that’s peaceful and…
FREEDOM PODCAST – ep. 1
So many thoughts swirling around in my mind and I’m never able to get them all out on paper before I forget them! So today I talked for about 30 minutes on this transformation that’s been unfolding within me in 2019. Nothing fancy schmancy – just me and my earbuds, talking to you on my…
When I Choose to MOVE!
So here’s what I’ve finally accepted about myself and movement: if it’s not FUN first, I won’t do it. Either that or I’ll dread it until I get it over with, hate it the entire time I’m doing it, or force whatever it is and injure myself because my body’s resisting. Ya’ll, life is too…
The MINDFUL40
In Matthew 4:1-4 Jesus was led into the wilderness to be tempted. After 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry. WE are hungry – as women, mothers, partners and peers. We’re craving authenticity and connection in a world that has largely fallen silent. •• A world where strangers pass each other on the streets with…
I wrote a book!
Guess what?! I WROTE A BOOK! Actually… TWO! Have you ever wondered… How many of our greatest adventures and most cherished memories havegone dark on old cell phones? Stacked up inside external hard drives, floating around up in the cloud or buried under the archives of our social media accounts? The hard-bound albums that we once held in…