(Scroll to the bottom to hear this post in podcast form) As a longtime traveler having done lots of slow travel, I find different ways of living fascinating. People are so varied and individual in terms of how they prefer to live… individual, just like work-life balance. Not many people live …
What To Do When You’re Lost or Stuck
(Want to listen to this post? Skip to the bottom!) We knew it would happen eventually, living down an unplowed road in snow season. We got stuck driving our tracked utility vehicle from our homestead to our car (parked at the plowed highway). Today I'll share what happened, how we handled …
The One Thing You Can Rely On
Change. Uncertainty. We do many things to resist them and avoid them. Yet they keep happening. Living on a large piece of property out in the wilderness has given me a unique perspective on change… a very “in your face” perspective. You see, every day we take walks and do projects on the …
A Lesson in Faith and Magic
I looked up today and noticed it was August. On the homestead, we recently moved into our new tiny house setup we had designed for over a year to fit the perfect meadow with the perfect view. The projects leading up to this, and the projects yet to come, have collided with summer kid activities and …
Lean Out Podcast: Flow with Milena Regos
After a brief hiatus, the Lean Out Podcast is back with a new episode! I had a week of clinical work consisting of intense, 10-12 hour days - during which I wondered, how do people who work this many hours, 5 days a week 50 weeks a year, DO IT?? When I have a busy week in the hospital, all else …
How to Deal With Impostor Syndrome
How impostor syndrome came up for me recently, and what I did to deal with it I pulled up to the big hospital near downtown in the dark of the early morning. Six police cars surrounded the yellow-taped entrance to the ER. After parking, I filed through the main entrance. This involved a bag …