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Kinwomen Blog: Sacred Quiet time — This life is more than just a read through. Red Hot Chilli Peppers Three years ago, my husband and I started something new. Instead of plunging into the New Year and moving on to the next without a backward glance, we decided to get our previous year’s diaries out […]

Sacred Quiet Time

11 Feb, 2019 in 2019 Think it over tagged #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #emotionalagility / #newyear / #redhotchillipeppers / #reflection / #sacredthinkingtime / #susandavid / #thinkitover / #wearekin / #wearekinwomen / kinwomen / no regrets / spirituality / women by Elaine Fraser

Bespoke —architect -designed—these words conjure up images of something different from the norm, something unique and worth paying more for. This was the sort of life my husband and I dreamed of. Ten years ago I quit teaching and took up writing full time. Four years ago, my husband quit […]

Design A Life

12 Jan, 2016 in Jan 2016 tagged #designalife / #newyear / #reinvention / #reinventyourlife / kinwomen / no regrets by Elaine Fraser

I’ve read so many motivational quotes that tell me it’s not about what happens to us, but our attitude to it that makes a difference. Sometimes these platitudes are like sand kicked in our face at the beach. They don’t breed contentment they breed a desire to slap someone — […]

Cultivating Contentment

10 Dec, 2015 in 2015: contentment / Uncategorized tagged #2016 / #contentment / #CSLewis / #gretchenrubin / #newyear / #shaunaniequist / #thehappinessproject / kinwomen / spirituality by Elaine Fraser

January is a month of planning and reflection in our house. We buy a wall calendar and plot out travel and other significant events that we know of. We reflect on the past year and think of all the blessings, lessons and challenges. When we make plans for the year […]

Give Us This Moment

10 Jan, 2015 in 2015 Jan: Today tagged #liveinthemoment / #livetoday / #moments / #newyear / #today / #todayisagift / kinwomen by Elaine Fraser