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When Your Closet Doesn’t Feel Like You
Getting dressed doesn’t have to feel frustrating or overwhelming. This program gently walks you through a simple system for creating a capsule wardrobe that reflects your personal style, supports your lifestyle, and makes getting dressed feel easy and confidence-giving again.

Connie Riet
Feb 55 min read


When The Life You Built Changes, Who Are You Becoming Now?
There’s a certain kind of tired many women carry. Not the kind that comes from a busy week or a long day, but the deeper kind that comes from years of being the one who holds everything together. The schedules. The emotions. The invisible details no one else thinks about. As women, we take on so much. Caring for families. Managing households. Being the steady presence others rely on. Often without realizing how completely we’ve wrapped our sense of self around being needed. A

Connie Riet
Jan 153 min read


Slow Living for Busy People: What It Really Means (and Why It Matters)
Have you ever felt like life is racing past you while you’re just trying to keep up? The days blur together. The to-do list never seems to end. And even when you finally sit down at night, your mind is still running. If so, you’re not alone. And maybe, just maybe, it’s time to slow down. But before you picture linen dresses, quiet mornings with no responsibilities, or a perfectly curated life you see online, let me gently say this: Slow living isn’t what you think it is. It i

Connie Riet
Jan 93 min read


You’re Not Behind, You’re in a Transition (Here’s How to Navigate It)
I think we have all felt this at the start of a new year: “I feel behind. Everyone else seems to know what they’re doing, and I don’t.” And I understand that feeling well from my own experience. When a new year begins, there’s a quiet pressure in the air. New goals, plans and expectations. We’re told this is the moment to reset our lives, to finally get everything together. But for many women in midlife, that message doesn’t feel motivating. It feels heavy. If the idea of a “

Connie Riet
Jan 24 min read


When Life Feels Like Too Much, Come Back to This
I hear this so often from women: “I’m overwhelmed, exhausted, and I don’t know how to slow down.” And I understand that feeling deeply. When life feels heavy, we’re often told that self-care is the answer. But somehow, that word has come to mean more effort, more planning, and more pressure. Spa days. Long routines. Big changes that feel unrealistic in the middle of real life. If that’s how self-care feels to you, I want you to know something right away, you’re not doing it

Connie Riet
Dec 12, 20253 min read


Cheaper Your Pleasures, the Richer You’ll Be
One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned on my minimalist journey is this: simple pleasures don’t have to cost much, and often, the cheaper they are, the richer you feel. Minimalism, at its heart, is about removing what isn’t necessary so that the simple becomes exquisite. It shows up in art, music, architecture, and for me… it shows up in everyday living. When I apply this idea to my well-being, everything becomes lighter. I live richly without spending much. I feel satisfie

Connie Riet
Dec 5, 20253 min read


When Your Spouse Isn’t a Minimalist: Navigating Love and Lifestyle Differences
I get this question more than almost any other: “What do I do if my spouse is not interested in intentional living?” It’s such a real and honest question — and one that so many of us struggle with quietly. Because when you’re drawn to simplicity, it can feel frustrating when the person you love most doesn’t share that same vision. Maybe you dream of clean spaces, open shelves, and fewer distractions… while your spouse feels comforted by their collections, or loves to shop “ju

Connie Riet
Oct 31, 20254 min read


The Secret to Happiness: Finding True Contentment
If I’ve learned anything on this journey toward simplicity and peace, it’s that contentment is the quiet key to happiness. Not the kind of happiness that comes and goes with circumstances — but the deep, steady kind that lives beneath it all. The kind that doesn’t depend on what I own, how the day unfolds, or what’s happening in the world around me. True contentment gives me the ability to live peacefully in my everyday, no matter what life brings. It steadies my mind and sof

Connie Riet
Oct 24, 20253 min read


Mindfulness - Gratitude to Find Happiness
"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you'll never, ever have enough." - Oprah How to be happy? It is a question we all want the answer to. Every person in the world wants one common thing, to be happy. There are books written on it, and movies made about it. We all strive for it. If you asked every person, you know what their number one wish is for themselves and their loved ones they will

Connie Riet
Mar 30, 20214 min read
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