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PERFECTION IS NOT AS PERFECT AS ONE MIGHT THINK  (that actually feels perfect) Smiley Face This post was originally dated one year ago. But I loved it, so I share again. To begin with, I have posted this picture of me, with NO makeup, so as to really continue to work on my perfectionism, and [...]

I found myself this week sitting on this beautiful bench in one of my dear friend’s backyard. Her style, Her gardens are very much like ME. It was a beautiful Day, and I had moments that I felt like I had a “home” again. One of the things that I’m loving about my Gypsy Life [...]

www.livingthegypsylife.com The last couple of weeks have been interesting times. I have moved out, put my stuff in storage. I have stayed with my son Adam and Penny and Kai Kai. I got to play and sleep every day and night with Kai for a week. Also getting to love on Buster, my dog as [...]

  I can’t even believe that 2 years ago, today, my life was altered forever, in many positive ways and many negative ways.  I choose to believe that because of this accident I have changed for the better, and as I continue to struggle with some things, I still believe that I can take value [...]

Two days ago I got a phone call from a very special friend of mine, Steve Schmidt.  He called me and left a message:  ”Hey Carolyn, I know you’re having a rough summer and I’d like to throw something out at you, give me a call back”.  My curiosity lead me to return his call [...]

I don’t know about you, but I am desperately in need of a retreat.  As I write this, I am aware that I haven’t even blogged in over a month. So many great and wonderful things happening. Baby Zion was born 12 weeks ago,  Austin graduated from high school last Saturday, and Adam is marrying [...]

When I got home from being with baby Zion for 6 weeks, my surroundings looked dramatically different.  I was warned, but there was no way I could comprehend what it really felt like. I live at the end of a beautiful drive, where it feels like you are coming home to a place of solitude, [...]

The Number one question I get all the time……”so what really is a life coach”?  I find that I STILL stumble with an answer.  Isn’t that awful.  I KNOW, I KNOW, I”m supposed to have my “elevator speech” ready to go.  But I don’t like pat elevator speeches.  So I stumble. Here’s my “elevator speech”. [...]

I’m leaving on a jet plane…… As I write this I’ve been gone from Baby Z for about 2 hrs. and 55 minutes to be exact.  But then again, who’s counting.  I AM. I will have been gone 6 weeks tomorrow from my home.  The delicious days of loving Zion’s precious cheeks, kissing his toes, [...]

I wrote this article not long after the Haiti earthquake. I thought about editing it to change the wording to be about Japan . I decided to leave it just like it is. Truth is, Haiti or Japan, its all the same need. Plus… It’s that much more compelling to think that all this devastation [...]