MaineSmallBusiness

🪞Starting a Business in Maine: Boss Energy Shift

A woman-owned cleaning business in Maine becomes a leadership turning point — with lemon-scented floors, generational healing, and boss energy.

Family Life & Connections Featured

Loving Her, Loving Me

A Mother’s Day reflection on grief, love, and the tangled truth of growing up with an alcoholic mom. This is for the girls who stayed, the ones who left, and the women still learning how to hold both heartbreak and love in the same breath.

Mental Health & Healing Featured

What Burnout Really Looked Like for Me

Burnout doesn’t always look like falling apart. Sometimes it’s just… nothing. This is the story of how I came back to myself—one barefoot, foggy, soul-tired step at a time.

Rooted Reset Featured

Rooted Reset: A Gentle Place to Begin Again

Feeling burned out and overwhelmed? Rooted Reset offers one calm place to begin again—through tiny, healing steps rooted in real life.

Gardening Featured

When Spring Feels Like a Glitch in the Matrix

Struggling to stay focused in spring? Here’s how gardening—and a few ADHD-friendly planning tricks—helped me find clarity, calm, and connection in the messy middle.

Backyard Makeover

Starting My Backyard Transformation: How I’m Creating a Maine Native Garden on a Budget

Turning my messy Maine yard into something wild, rooted, and a little bit magical. This is where the transformation begins.

ADHD Featured

Dopamine & ADHD: How to Work With (Not Against) Your Brain’s Motivation System

Some days, you’re unstoppable—other days, even answering an email feels impossible. ADHD isn’t about laziness; it’s about dopamine. Learn how to hack your brain’s motivation system and finally work with your ADHD, not against it.

Spring in Maine

Spring Hiking in Maine: How to Embrace Mud Season (Without Losing a Boot)

Spring hiking in Maine is beautiful—and a muddy mess. Discover the best trails, avoid boot-eating mud pits, and spot the first signs of spring!

Rooted & Resilient

Welcome to Rooted & Resilient: A Backyard Transformation in Maine

Welcome to Rooted & Resilient, a journey of transforming my backyard into a Maine-native, permaculture-friendly oasis. Whether you’re a beginner gardener or just trying to keep plants alive, this space is about learning, experimenting, and growing—both plants and resilience.

Mental Health & Healing Featured

Who Would I Be If Alcohol Hadn’t Touched Me?

If alcohol hadn’t touched my life, who would I be? A raw reflection on trauma, resilience, and breaking generational cycles. This is my story of survival, loss, and healing.

Winter Rituals Featured

Maine-Inspired Winter Rituals: Slow Down, Recharge, and Thrive

Embrace winter’s slower pace with these Maine-inspired rituals designed to help you recharge, find warmth, and reconnect with nature.

Maine LIfestyle Featured

March in Maine: Mud, Maple Syrup, and False Hope

March in Maine means mud, maple syrup, and the false hope of spring. Here’s how to survive the season’s mood swings (and enjoy it).

Healing and Growth Featured

Rewild Yourself in Maine: A Practical Guide to Reconnecting with Nature

Nature isn’t just a retreat—it’s a necessity. Learn how rewilding in Maine can transform your well-being, reduce stress, and reconnect you with the wild.

Maine Adventures & Nature Featured

5 Ocean-Inspired Breathing Exercises For Instant Calm

Feel the peace of Maine’s coastline with these 5 ocean-inspired breathing techniques. Reduce stress, find calm, and embrace nature's rhythm.

Healing and Growth Featured

7 Ways Routines Help You Heal & Thrive (+ How to Start One That Sticks)

Discover how simple routines can transform your life—emotionally and mentally. Learn how to start small and create lasting change.

Mental Health & Healing

How Habit Stacking Helps You Heal: Simplify Routines to Reduce Stress and Find Emotional Balance

Healing doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Discover how habit stacking—linking small, intentional routines to your day—can reduce stress, foster balance, and simplify your path to emotional well-being.

Healing and Growth Featured

Our Healing Journey: How Maine Changed My Life Forever

A heartfelt journey of finding healing and peace in the beauty of Maine’s wilderness. Discover how nature became our sanctuary.

Maine Adventures & Nature

Recharging in Nature: Androscoggin Riverlands State Park is Southern Maine’s Best Spot for a Peaceful Paddle 🌊

Find peace on the water at Androscoggin Riverlands State Park. Just a short drive from Portland, this hidden gem offers calm kayaking, stunning wildlife, and a chance to reset. Join me as I share how paddling here became a journey of healing, connection, and pure Maine magic. 🚣‍♀️🌿

Mental Health & Healing

Nature Therapy: How Getting Outside Can Fix (Almost) Everything

Feeling overwhelmed? Nature therapy might be the answer. Discover how spending time outdoors can clear your mind, lift your mood, and simplify life’s chaos.

My Healing Journey Through Nature

Welcome to My Healing in Nature

Nature has a way of healing us—one quiet trail, crashing wave, and golden sunrise at a time. Welcome to My Healing in Nature, a space for stories of renewal, resilience, and the wisdom found in Maine’s great outdoors.

Start Here!

Welcome to DownEast Diaries: A Space for Healing, Growth, and Maine’s Beauty

Explore the new DownEast Diaries—a space for stories of healing, family, personal growth, and the calming beauty of Maine’s outdoors.

Personal Growth & Reflections

Welcome to Personal Growth & Reflections

Finding strength, joy, and clarity through life’s twists and turns.

Maine Adventures & Nature

Welcome to Maine Adventures & Nature

Discover the calming beauty of a forest trail, where sunlight dances through the trees and every step brings a sense of healing and renewal.

Family Life & Connections

Welcome to Family Life & Connection

Moments of love, chaos, and lessons from the heart of family life.

Mental Health & Healing

Welcome to Mental Health & Healing

Escape into the beauty of Maine’s outdoors for healing, peace, and joy.