The Sarah Taylor

Celebrated our girl Julie-Anne Nayler | Psychotherapist + Empowerment Coach ‘s upcoming wedding! 💒
The first event to kick off the next few months of celebration for the beautiful bride to be! What a beautiful weekend of fun, joy, friendship and love 💕

It may just be all sunshine ☀️ and rainbows 🌈

Something shifted to me a few weeks….

I have spent the last several months working hard, working late, spending a lot of time at my computer, thinking, planning, researching and worrying

And to be honest, the shift happened on the week I had vacation with my mom and little Miss B where I made the conscious effort to do no work during the day or the evening and be off my phone

And to see how little Miss responded to me being so present and joyful and less stressful and not worrying, really made me take a seat back and think about the life that I was building

It literally stopped me in my tracks, and I closed up everything. I had just built and decided that I was going to rest and focus on joy, and you know that little nudge of worry that can nitpick at your heart and your nerves….. it’s gone

It’s OK to pivot, it’s OK to change your mind on what you actually really want in life and then do something about it

I stopped worrying and working and just started being and I’m pretty sure I have the taste of honey on my lips.

I had to hop on this trend ….
She is honestly pure joy…..

When I envisioned having my own little girl, she is more than I could’ve ever dreamed, or hoped for.

She gave me the strength to keep pushing through the difficult seasons, but she’s also brought me so much joy and taught me how to actually rest, be present. I was the catalyst for me to pursue joy in life.

I received a few few messages yesterday that this girl needs her own show and well…. I think at the very least she’s gonna have to join me on a couple podcast episodes.

Stay tuned for part two of this video because she took the phone into another room and recorded a little mini sermon for her first podcast lol

When someone asks how I balance it all 😅

Real answer: I don’t. Not anymore.

These last few weeks, sheesh months ….have been a lot. Weeks of packing, sourcing furniture, prepping for a move.

Building out things, and quietly closing doors on things I built that nobody even knew were closing.

And in between all of it, a vacation with Brooke-Lynn and my mom where I wasn’t working, just present.

That trip cracked something open in me.

I realized how much joy I’ve actually been craving.

Then came days of unpacking, setting up the new place, making it feel like home. And now, on the other side of all that motion, my back went out as I brought in the final piece of furniture. My body just said sit down girl just as my mom had Brooke-Lynn for an entire week.

What’s a mom to do without her side kick and little bestie … rest!

Honestly? I’m enjoying the rest. Sleeping in. Took my first lunch walk today instead of rushing through one. This week I’m choosing friends, rest, slowness, on purpose and laying in bed watching tv. 

I’ve made some hard decisions lately because of all this reflecting. I’ll share more when I’m ready.

I don’t want to be the girl who rests then grinds then rests then grinds and gets applauded for the cycle. I believe in hard work. But I don’t think that’s what I was made for.

I think I was made for the soft life. Still figuring out what that even means for me.

Still becoming

She’s so strong” 🙄 here’s what that actually looked like this week.

One screw into a handle and my back said we’re done. Spent yesterday afternoon in bed, didn’t get up until almost noon today.

And honestly? Felt like a sign.

I’m done being “the strong one.”

I’m ready for the soft life. The rest. The slow mornings. The joy coming back.

Rest is not a reward. It’s a practice. Catch me resting this week after weeks of packing, moving, unpacking and setting up our new home