simplicity

“Gentle-Gift Traditions”

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth

“Meaning is felt, not purchased.”

There are countless ways to gift without overwhelming your heart or your bank account. Shared games, financial limits, gratitude jars, memory exchanges, handmade items, or even gifting time, these all build connection without pressure. Not every present needs a bow; some gifts are moments.

People often remember how they felt with you far more than what you handed them. So give warmth, presence, humor, wisdom, simplicity. Give what comes from your hands or heart, not what comes from pressure.

The smallest gifts
leave the deepest imprint,
kindness echoes longer
than wrapping paper.

Gentle practice:
Choose one new gentle tradition to add this year.
Keep it simple, meaningful, human.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-

Tomorrow I’ll speak to those navigating fractured families and choosing alternative celebrations.

“The Art of Becoming”

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth

 

“Gratitude is the brush that finishes every painting of renewal.”

This week has been a reminder that creativity isn’t only found in canvases or poems, it’s in the way we breathe, the way we move, the choices we make each day. Renewal is art in motion, homemade milk swirling with spice, a mindful walk becoming prayer, water remembering the words we whisper into it.

Each simple act becomes sacred when done with awareness. The smallest gestures, stirring, stretching, stepping outside, shape who we are becoming. Creation isn’t a single moment of brilliance; it’s the steady rhythm of presence meeting possibility.

Every motion paints a path.
Every choice colors the air.
What you notice becomes light,
what you love becomes prayer.

Let gratitude be the thread that ties it all together.
In every meal, every breath, every small awakening, there is a masterpiece quietly forming, your life, lived with intention.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-
Tomorrow begins a new two week series, a slow gentle walk through what is felt and less talked about directly during holiday pressures and family fractures and a few insights that may be helpful in honoring your own beat while honoring others as well.

“Alive in the Everyday”

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth

 “Art is not separate from living, it’s the way you live with awareness.”

Each act, pouring water, stepping outside, choosing rest, dancing or swaying to your favorite song, can be art when done awake. The more attention you give to the smallest tasks, the more beauty shows up to meet you. Renewal isn’t a program; it’s an attitude.

Today’s masterpiece is simple:
the breath you took on purpose,
the step you felt completely,
the light you chose to see.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-

 Spend 30 minutes outdoors or in quiet creativity, draw, write, photograph, breathe. Let presence be the art.

“The Simplicity of Water”

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth

“Water remembers every blessing you give it.”

Water is the first medicine and the last. Before you add supplements or superfoods, add H20 to life, swirl gratitude into it, drink slowly. The body listens when you treat water with gratitude and appreciation instead of habitual. Sit a glass of water next to your favorite music and allow the moleculor structure to dance before you drink it.

Clear, constant, forgiving
it cleanses the seen and unseen.
Drink water with intention,
and you will feel remembered.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-

 Replace all drinks today with water or herbal tea. Add a pinch of sea salt or a squeeze of lemon for living minerals. Maybe today you add cinnamon or ceyenne pepper, maybe a drip of apple cider vinegar, maybe an orange peel or parsley, even a few slices of cucumber.

What will you try new today that will give you a new perspective?

The Practice of Small Things

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth


“Change begins in gestures so small they almost feel like breath.”

One glass of water for every cup of noise,
a moment of stillness for every choice.
Rest before midnight, wake with the light,
honor the body that carried the night.

These are not rules, only remembering,
that wholeness begins with attending.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-
By tomorrow, the body will answer back, with calm you can feel from within.

What are some small gestures you add to your daily routine to give honor your body?

The Windshield of Seeing

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth


“Clarity is not forced, it is revealed when you clean what clouds your view.”

Sometimes the only thing between us and truth is a film of residue, dust, opinions and fatigue.
We can’t see clearly because we’ve forgotten to pause and cleanse the lens we see through.

Take time to clear your windshield.
Maybe that means a quiet morning walk, a digital break, a deep breath before words.
Maybe it’s simply washing your face with warm water and remembering you’re allowed to begin again.

When perception clears, compassion grows.
When the mind stops reaching and surrender is felt, light returns.

When light returns, the view is within you.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-
Tomorrow, the view will widen, and small things will become gateways to change.

How do you Clear your windshield?