Author: aimeecartier

I keep lists in my head or in my notebook of things that make me feel good.  A person must be able to self-soothe.  Self-care and soothing IS

I love this book: Mala of the Heart: 108 Sacred Poems.  I love it so much I brought it with me when I went to Paris this fall.

I was feeling so tender the other day. For a lot of reasons, but one of them is that over the last few months I’ve been really rocked

Paying attention to your intuition is optional, unless you use yours, then you know without a doubt, that if you were going to pick one of your senses

With recent terrible happenings in Paris it seemed appropriate to spend some time giving it a little love.  I’m doing that in the best way I know how,

Recently, I went on a 12 day trip to Paris.  Alone.  That’s right, mother of two young children me (ages 4 and 2 1/2) got on a plane

An image came to me so clearly this morning. It was so vivid I had to draw it: A giant WHAT IF crushing the good vibe/feeling/idea of a hopeful soul.

Recently my husband and I spent our first 26 hours ever together away from our kids.  The grandparents were in town and spent the night with the little people

  The title of this post is a bit misleading, because I’m not actually going to tell you how.  But I am going to tell you about a

Ever since someone in her life has died, (I wrote about it here and here.) death and dying have become a regular part of conversations with my two-year-old