Take a Minute
This past weekend, Whit and I celebrated my niece Alexis and her new husband Rob as they were married in the same Hall of Philosophy where we exchanged our vows 27 years ago. What a gift to reflect on our own marriage while witnessing the beginning of theirs.
The weekend was full in every way possible—family, laughter, dancing, conversations, hugs, missing Ellie, making food for the post-wedding brunch in the barn, weather pivots, and running around from one thing to the next.
And then, just like that, I shifted from wedding weekend mode to flying to DC for the Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation board meeting and conference. I’m here in DC all week for all things BONE HEALTH and I am excited to be here!
From family to work.
From celebration to leadership.
From hosting to serving.
And somewhere in the middle of all of it, and many times over, this mantra kept coming to me:
Take a minute.
Not because something bad happened.
Not because I didn’t love every part of it.
But because even the good things can fill us up quickly.
If you have been with me here for a while, you know I am a big fan of a glass of tepid tap water before coffee each morning. I started this practice over a decade ago and now it’s turned into quite the little habit. Just one minute. To hydrate, breathe, look out the window, wait for the coffee, and exhale to settle in.
Just one simple practice. Repeated consistently over time. For one minute. And it’s changed everything. It’s now the place I can find when the family member says something rude. Or the quiche delivery shows up late. Or the…blah, blah, blah…
One minute.
When the tasks stacked high, I stepped outside and looked at the trees.
When emotions or conversations felt overwhelming, I paused before reacting.
When my head and heart felt full, I breathed before moving into the next thing.
And every single time, that one minute grounded me again.
I think health sometimes looks less like pushing harder and more like creating enough space to hear yourself think.
A pause.
A breath.
A moment to reset.
Especially in the seasons where you are doing the things you love most.
So as summer begins, maybe this is your reminder too:
Take a minute.
What do you need to pause long enough to hear? 💛
