Hi friends, happy Spring!

How are things feeling for you as the season shifts? Have you noticed what’s starting to stir—outside, inside, or both? I’d love to hear what spring intentions or goals you’re committing to this year.

Did you get a chance to listen to the free Spring Equinox ritual I shared last week? I’d love to hear how it landed for you—what opened, whats shifting, what feels ready to grow. If you haven’t had a chance to sit with it yet, it’s never too late. Carve out a (~20 minute) moment for yourself this week.

I also wanted to give my local frands a little heads-up about our next mama circle coming up at Cassava Acres: Beltane Bloom. We'll gather the first weekend in May to dive into seasonal celebration, reflection, and community connection. More details are coming very soon… but I wanted to plant the seed now so you can save the date. 🌸

my heartfelt intention for Spring + Introducing the PLENTY Framework

Spring always feels like such a potent time for reflection for me. I’ve always loved the energy of this season—the sense of renewal, momentum, and possibility everywhere you look. It’s also deeply personal for me, holding my own birthday and the births of both of my babies. It's a marker each year—a return, a beginning, a reminder of what it means to nurture life in all its forms.

I mentioned last week I’ve been reflecting on the overlaps between tending land and stewarding community.

My understanding this work hasn’t come from one place, but from a layering of experiences—formal training in leadership, nonviolent communication, and self-compassion, alongside a much more hands-on education with land seeking out and learning from local mentors. Over the past year especially, that learning has deepened in a way nothing else quite could.

Getting my hands dirty has been the real teacher. Hosting mama circles and a nature co-op on my land, welcoming campers, continuing to learn nuance of growing food while nurturing the existing ecosystem—all while navigating motherhood, family rhythms, and career shifts in our home. And all of it unfolding in the midst of what feels like doggie paddling with the world and the era we're all being dumped into. This is the context shaping my perspective now.

But lately a sense of structure has been taking form. Over the past few weeks, a framework has been quietly assembling—through journaling, lived experience, and finally, a moment of clarity that came in a dream around the equinox. It captures how I want to move through this season, and how I feel called to show up moving forward.

I’m calling it PLENTY (because I can't resist an acronym), and it’s becoming my guiding light.

Over the next six weeks, I’ll be sharing each letter—one at a time—so we can explore it together. These reflections will come out each Thursday—Jupiter’s day of growth, abundance, and connection—in rhythm with my intention of cultivating a truly plentiful spring.

If you’re craving deeper connection—to land, to people, or simply within your own life—I hope this meets you there. Perhaps especially for those of us moving through it all in the context of motherhood.

Let's dive in ...

P — Presence

Nothing meaningful grows without it.

Intentions don’t matter if you don’t show up. The garden doesn’t care about your followers. Neither do the people you’re trying to be in community with. Land doesn’t respond to plans—it responds to attention. The same is true for community, family, and anything worthwhile in life. You can feel when someone is truly present—and when they’re not.

Presence isn’t about perfection, constant doing, or checking boxes. I’m as guilty as the next Type-A millennial mama of chasing the dopamine of a checked box—but this work doesn’t always fit neatly into a list. Tending land, community, and family asks for care that isn’t always tidy and convenient. Sometimes it’s literal labor, sometimes its emotional. It’s showing up even when energy is low, noticing what needs attention, setting boundaries, and responding with patience. It’s catching small shifts before they become big problems and being available in ways that actually matter.

If you’re anything like me—or the women I work with—you feel the tension between multi-passions, drive, and the quiet pull toward slow motherhood. In the past I had a very binary way of thinking about this: being productive is good OR being productive is bad. But I'm learning nothing in life is that simple. I love my drive to achieve, to accomplish, to create, to learn, to tinker - but the work is remembering I always have agency over how I relate to each moment. The juice is in understanding your capacity, prioritizing for the season you’re in, and aligning your attitude to match. I am the first to overload my own plate with commitments and still want to home cook nourishing meals and create meaningful family time. Presence means owning that—and choosing to meet it with a steady, even joyful, heart.

Our world is full of distraction - big and small. And there is a learned drive toward instant gratification. But both working with land and with community have slower, deeper benefit. Presence opens you to the courage to set boundaries and trust in the process.

This isn’t just about sitting in prayer or meditation—though those help build the muscle. Stewardship requires embodied, active presence. Returning to what needs attention now allows you to direct your energy with intention rather than reaction. It’s how burnout is avoided, and why so many communities deflate before even gaining traction. Without presence, even the best intentions wither. With it, small actions ripple—nourishing connection and sustainability.

Being present is simple, but not easy. It asks for patience, attention, and humility.

Mini Ritual to Build Presence: Take 5–10 minutes each day this week to simply observe without doing—notice your breath, what’s happening around you, or the little growths in your garden or neighborhood. Journal prompt: Where am I fully present in my life right now, and where am I rushing or distracted?

Ecclesiastes 3:1 “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens."

I’m so excited to explore the rest of my PLENTY Stewardship Framework with you over the coming weeks.

Here’s to showing up fully this Spring, together. 🌱