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The Power Of Owning Your Story

by Brittany Schock | Mar 18, 2019

Confession time: I used to be kind of a snob about journalism. When I was earning my degree at The Ohio State University, social media was just beginning to take off. I only made a Twitter account because it was a requirement in one of my journalism classes. We were...

Embracing Positivity Through Digital Media

by Emily Parsons | Mar 1, 2019

Hey there! I’m Emily Parsons, a digital marketing guru and lifestyle blogger. I believe that everyone has influence and the power of consciously influencing those for the better. It wasn’t that long ago that I left Atlanta, Georgia and moved back to Ohio. I had worked...

Creating Your Sanctuary

by Annamarie Fernyak | Feb 15, 2019

When I was a child, I had two sanctuaries. One was under a huge tree in the woods visible from my house. The leaves of this tree were thick and the ground beneath was soft with leaves and moss. The branches hung low to the ground so that I felt invisible to the...

Creating Your Sanctuary

by Laurie Beech | Jan 29, 2019

My first thought when approached with the subject of Creating Your Sanctuary was “easy peasy, I’m a designer at McCready Interiors, I do that for clients and customers every day”. I ask many questions to find what they want their environment to reflect, then select...

Intention For Life

by Lesley Gorrell | Jan 11, 2019

Ok, so I’ve never written a blog post before. My first reaction is to behave as if I am publishing all of the world’s research on intention from the beginning of time. Of course, the achiever in me wants an A++! I determined that before I began I should formally...

Setting Intentions

by Diana Swack Salen | Dec 31, 2018

When I got the email from Diana Hostettler at Mind Body Align to write a blog on Setting Intentions, I was flattered and terrified. I can get up and speak ad lib in front of 100 people but to put my thoughts down on paper...

Service is a love language

by Whitney Schroeder | Dec 15, 2018

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others.1 Peter 4:10 We have all been given specific talents and gifts. We are all called to serve. Whether in our homes, offices, or communities, we feel the call. At home, some of us have been...

Helping Others, Helping Yourself – a lesson in self-care

by Valerie Rust | Dec 3, 2018

I need to be completely transparent here. When I was asked (in January) to write this blog for Mind Body Align, I knew very little about what went on at the Butterfly House, nor did I think that I would ever write a blog. However, always being up for an adventure, I...

Meet Me At The Table: Reducing Food Waste

by Korinna Goettel | Nov 19, 2018

The holidays are quickly approaching and if your family is anything like ours, food is the centerpiece to your festive celebrations. There seems no better time to aim a spotlight at food waste. By some estimates, nearly half of the food grown,...

Meet Me at The Table: Food is Tradition, Art, and Love

by Anne Massie | Nov 6, 2018

Remembering Close your eyes and imagine the food of your childhood, deeply breathe in that remembered scent, more importantly that feeling. Perhaps it’s the sweet smell of an apple pie baking or the slow cooking of a marinara sauce. Picture the moment when you throw...

The Courage to Create

by Phil Mazzacco | Oct 16, 2018

Let us inspire each other with both our successes and our failures. Life is for living, and we best all get busy – there’s so much to try! Take faith and have courage and don’t let unobtainable perfection stand in your way. If you stumble, we’ve got your back, and we can’t wait to see what you come up with next!

Bravery Over Perfection

by Kym Lamb | Oct 3, 2018

Ok. So let's be honest right up front. No matter how I start this BLOG post off I will shuffle half a dozen more ideas around in my head and even after this is written I will critique it and ultimately decide that one of the other ideas was probably better. The...