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exploring the micro + macro of a joyful life.
Words are my super power. I believe the stories we tell shape our reality. When we actively participate in being the author of our story we choose the lens we see life through. This empowered perspective allows us to seek joy in the mundane, pleasure in the ordinary, excitement in the routine.
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Emmy Pickering
Sep 7, 20232 min read
My Lucky Sign
During one of many exhausting lockdowns I read a book that was gifted to me by the mom of my late and dear friend. The book ‘E²’ by Pam...
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Emmy Pickering
Feb 15, 202211 min read
Saved by Grace
In late January Steve and I looked at each other and had to do a big check in. What are we doing? On our 15th rental, having spent our...
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Emmy Pickering
Dec 28, 20215 min read
Maniacally Hopeful
I walked back down the hill and watched as a huge morpho butterfly fluttered by me, its massive iridescent blue wings glinting in the...
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Emmy Pickering
Sep 13, 20216 min read
Tug of War
Imagine yourself at a game of tug of war. See yourself, which side you’re on. Feel the rope twisting around your hands, the weight of it,...
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Emmy Pickering
Jul 28, 20216 min read
Turtle Wisdom
My mom takes daily walks at the river by her house. There is a turtle conservation project and over time my mom has been witness to some...
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Emmy Pickering
Apr 28, 20216 min read
It Hurts
I remember once when I got my two dollar allowance (remember two dollar bills?!) and I promptly gave it to a man begging on the street....
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Emmy Pickering
Jan 27, 20219 min read
Hold The Line
I recognize in myself that I tend to want to live in fairy tales, I want to read them and I want to write them. I sat down many times...
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Emmy Pickering
Dec 30, 202010 min read
2020 Vision
2020 gotcha like? 2020 vision; It’s almost too easy to use that term this year but boy does it feel appropriate. Just over a year ago I...
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Emmy Pickering
Dec 16, 20203 min read
That Time Again
When people see those big promotions for setting intentions and resolutions I think many can feel overwhelmed by it all. The whole ‘new...
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Emmy Pickering
Nov 25, 20205 min read
Something Worth Celebrating
Sometimes after the girls are in bed I look through the photos on my phone and see them in the quiet of the moment I’m in, instead of the...
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Emmy Pickering
Oct 28, 20205 min read
To Sustain Us
This experience doesn’t exist today. Not readily, not easily. Sure it still does for the few who are not willing to depart from what they...
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Emmy Pickering
Sep 23, 20207 min read
A New World
I’ve had the beautiful distractions of house hunting and moving plus taking on a homeschooling rhythm, it’s given me a needed rest from...
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Emmy Pickering
Aug 19, 20206 min read
Into The Dwindling Light
It was a weekend retreat spent in the wilderness outside Kingston, a beautiful reprieve from my usually full days. The woman who...
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Emmy Pickering
Aug 12, 20205 min read
I’m Still Learning
A couple weeks back I shared a post from my friend Sarah on Facebook, about the importance of encouraging our daughters (but all children...
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Emmy Pickering
Jul 29, 20205 min read
What Matters Most
I will never look back on this time and regret it. I won’t regret how much togetherness there was, how close we all were, how day upon...
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Emmy Pickering
Jul 22, 20206 min read
The Breakdown
It’s all breaking down. School. Work. Society. Medicine. Economy. Technology. All the pillars of the foundation of life that we’ve been...
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Emmy Pickering
Jul 1, 20204 min read
Bright Spots
I have a book for each of my girls and I write to them on big holidays and their birthdays, I’ve been doing it since they were each in...
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Emmy Pickering
Jun 3, 20208 min read
Heart Magic
If you look up the antonym to logic you’ll come across a list of words that likely no one would choose to be defined by. Absurdity,...
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Emmy Pickering
May 20, 20206 min read
What’s Missing
I’ve rewritten this several times, l don’t usually do that. One of my readers and besties asked me the other day what my writing process...
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Emmy Pickering
May 13, 20206 min read
So, What’s Next?
Stock photo of the beautiful but shitty kookaburra When I was in my early 20s I backpacked for 6 months in Australia. I could write...
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