What Slow Living Actually Means to Me (It’s Not About Doing Less)

A Sherwood & Sage Blog Post When people hear “slow living,” they picture a cottage. A woman in a linen apron pulling bread from an oven. Soft morning light, no notifications, a garden that somehow tends itself. A life that looks nothing like most of our actual lives. And I get it. That image is […]

Why I Started Journaling Again With Prompts

A Sherwood & Sage Blog Post I was a journal kid before I was anything else. I had a Judy Blume diary, given to my by my great-grandmother. I wrote in it in pencil on purpose, so I could erase a line or an entire page and write it again until it felt right. I […]

What a Worry Stone Is (And Why We Make Them by Hand)

What a Worry Stone Is (And Why We Make Them by Hand) There is something very old about the idea of holding something small in your hand when things feel big. Long before anyone called them worry stones, people carried smooth river pebbles, worn coins, pieces of sea glass. Object that fit perfectly in a […]

Remember to Take Care of Yourself

Self-care isn’t always a smoothie and sunrise yoga. Sometimes it’s remembering to drink water. A gentler, more honest look at taking care of yourself