Word of the Year: Sanctuary I made a decision to create a Sanctuary this year – to make my home a sanctuary, make my mind a sanctuary, make my yard a sanctuary, make my car a sanctuary, and make my friendships / motherhood / marriage into living sanctuaries as well. There is a song by […]
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2025 was one of the best years of my life, albeit also one of the most exhausting years of my life!!!!! With a competitive dancer, a job and family that take me across the globe, homeschool activities, and now gymnastics – we stay BUSY!!!!!!!! In the fall all 3 children were homeschooled!!!! I knew it
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Ever since my first trip to Mexico in 2018 I knew that I must spend a significant portion of my life living in Mexico. Its not a place I can relocate to immediately – We are REALLY happy raising our children as a part of the homeschooling/homesteading power-center known as Bastrop County, Texas. Mexico is
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Its the second day of 2026 (as I write this, it will publish a few days later), and I have already finished reading my first book, The Year of Less by Cait Flanders. I read this book ultimately by accident (story for another time), and I am so SO glad that I read it exactly
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When I saw Bri Stern’s posts about her relationship with Andrew Tate, I felt a familiar ache in my chest. I could not only empathize with her, but I recognized so much of what she was going through.. The manipulation and fear, it echoed entirely too intimately with my own past. For years, I believed
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2024 was a mixed bag for my family, but it was generally a really good year. My husband spent New Year’s Eve in Italy to be near his mother before she transitioned. She passed on January 23rd, 2024. Nearly 2 years after my mother’s passing. This was a very hard experience for us, it has
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Blessings, come when we create a life intentionally designed to receive them. Creating a blessed life takes planning, fortitude, and perseverance.
Blessed: A Life Design Read More »
In part two of a riveting podcast interview with Angel J. Storm, Catherine Bleish Bonandin (Cat) shares her transformative journey through family court battles, narcissistic abuse, and reclaiming her voice. Recorded for Sovereignliving.com, this candid discussion delves into Cat’s struggles with legal oppression, her empowerment of her children, and the profound personal growth that emerged
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My mom would sit at the kitchen table and do reading flash cards with me. I would cry. The written language was so hard for me to figure out. While I was super high functioning academically, reading never became automatic for me, or fully integrated. I have seriously struggled to learn to spell, and I
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It wasn’t my first warning sign, but it was the loudest. In 2010 we were on a road trip driving home from a camping festival. We stopped in my hometown to spend a few days and visit my friends / family. My ex had been cruel to me on this trip, the entire drive there
When he knew we were breathing in propane, and didn’t tell us until we almost died.
Poisoned – That Time He Almost Killed Us with Propane Read More »
Last month I left for 3+ weeks in Mexico, not knowing how I was going to survive the trip. You see, I was experiencing daily stomach pain that was literally debilitating at times. It radiated through to my back, and attached itself to my hips and pelvis. It was my psoas. I had no idea
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When you engage in circular conflict with toxic people, you actually teach them how to beat you.
Reflections from my Barn Cat on Circular Conflict Read More »
Sovereignty is more than a political or philosophical ideology, it is a spiritual practice and a lifestyle. Overcoming an abusive relationship taught me how to find freedom in all aspects of my life.
How I Found My Voice Again Read More »