The cicadas have been singing outside my door lately. And every time I hear them, I am taken right back to being a little girl at my Granny's beach cottage in Northern Wisconsin. There was something about the sound of cicadas there in August that told me summer was coming to an end. I didn't need a calendar. I didn't need someone to tell me. I just knew. Soon there would be school supplies to buy, new Buster Browns to break in, (yes, I'm THAT old) earlier bedtimes, and the fa

A few days ago, I found one of my hens stuck between the outside spare coop and the main coop. Of course I did. 😂 I pulled her out, and for the next few hours she couldn't walk quite straight. So, naturally, she went to the chicken hospital. Yes, we have a chicken hospital. Farm life is like that. There is always something—or someone—that needs attention. A chicken gets herself stuck somewhere she shouldn't be. A fence needs fixing because a horse ran through it! The grass g

I’ve spent a lot of time around horses, both as an owner and as an equine chiropractor. One thing horses have taught me is that they communicate constantly—we just have to learn how to listen. If you’ve ever spent much time around horses, you know they are incredible communicators. They may not be able to tell us, “My back is bothering me today,” but they have plenty of ways of letting us know that something isn’t quite right. Maybe your horse suddenly doesn’t want to pick up

Sometimes life has a funny way of reminding us that we are not always in control. Last week, I got a pretty big reminder of that. The roof collapsed at my office, and before I knew it, I was dealing with water, damaged equipment, soaked files, displaced staff and the headache of figuring out what comes next. It was frustrating, overwhelming, and definitely not something I had planned for. And it got me thinking about balance. We often think of balance as simply being able to

16 months ago, I made a decision that surprised a lot of people—I got braces. Yes, as an adult. I've heard the jokes. I've smiled through the awkward stages and conversations. And you know what? I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Why? Because I believe it's never too late to invest in your health. As I sat in the orthodontist's chair one day, I couldn't help but think... People willingly invest thousands of dollars and months—even years—into the alignment of their teeth. But man