Hi! I'm Meghan. I believe living well is an art: aligning yourself with your values, relishing in the simple things that bring you joy, and finding your own meaning of wellbeing. I'm passionate about intentional living, intuitive eating, and finding balance in it all. Thanks for being here!
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Really appreciate this video! I am taking to heart simplifying my schedule and not have such a “do it all” mentality. I do not need to jam pack my nor my children’s schedules with things to do every second. I also appreciate how you started the video with evaluating what matters the most to us! It’s easy to become a busy body and lose sight of what is most important and what we’d like to focus on/invest in regarding time and energy. Thank you!
The hardest part for me is how my husband reacts. My husband is a very sweet sensitive man, but his ADHD is getting worse. Unfortunately, I don't just get irritable. I become very sensitive to overstimulation, I get ocd-like symptoms, and I don't feel safe if I don't know how to interpret stimuli (which is hard with how much I get from his ADHD). I have a lot of explosive meltdowns. Now my husband can't think around me, or talk without his voice shaking when I'm dealing with PMS. That makes it 10x worse for me/us. 😭
Something to keep in mind, not all spouses or partners feel the same way you do about minimalism so do what you can and try and compromise. It's not just your house, but your family's home.
One lesson I’ve learned this year actually has come from organic gardening in my backyard and seeing the simple pleasures of plants taking shape or bearing fruit over time as a lesson of patience and all things develop in their own time. It’s a gentle reminder for me to slow down each day in little ways and to fully appreciate the present moment. Not only is gardening, I find, therapeutic, inexpensive, and teaches about unprocessed foods, but deleting cards off Amazon or focused on small wins, like tomatoes growing ripe for summer salads, has truly been rewarding. I love learning about natural foods now and feeling proud of growing a small humble garden of my own. My goal over time is to learn more about healthy foods and wellness, the larger and healthier the garden grows. It makes me excited now to try new vegetables for a planting season, or harvesting fresh fruit. I had a bad accident a while back with cooking and hot boiling water which made me scared to cook on a stove, so hoping these plants give courage to try cooking more again too.
My boy is 12 weeks and it is definitely not like this for me. It got easier. But other things came along. And it is very difficult at times. When my boy has blow outs it takes me alone over 1.5 hours to get him and everything cleaned and sorted. Also, we are figuring out our sleep situation, so I'm not getting much sleep currently.... and feel so low.... Situations can be very difficult. I love my baby boy so much and it is a whole journey for him to get used to this new world and changes. If your situation does not look this "easy" mine sure does not. I am hardly able to do anything else but look after our boy and get myself some food. This is just our situation. Everyone's journey is different. So please don't judge and compare yourself and your journey with other people and their journey.
Lovely video! ♡ We don't need much... I am think about of Jesus always say to us: Don't be afraid. We are criation of God. He will take good care of us! So this way, we can rest our mind. Live is good but also hard too. We need to focus in real things to survive. Thank you for the video, dear! ♡ Hugs =)
I've taken birth control injections for over 10 years and this year me and my husband decided to try to get pregnant because I'm 38, will turn 39 this year, (afraid I was getting too old) so I stopped taking it in January. Never got even close to a pregnancy scare or anything like that before. My period was all over the place once I stopped taking the birth control. I had a tooth problem and had to extract it in the begining of June/2024 and after I did I felt sooooo drowsy for a couple of days (I thought it was because of the minor surgery). And I would urinate so much and so often, one night I almost didn't make it to the bathroom. Suddenly I've became very aware that my period hasn't come for some time. I bought a pharmacy pregnancy test but it was negative. Thinking it was too early I've decided to wait a few more days and go to the doctor to get a blood test since my period still hasn't come and I've been getting these symptoms like you say in the video, the uterus pinch, the EXTREME hunger. But I've had little to no nausea and no breast tenderness, only today (almost two weeks after extracting my tooth) I've noticed my nipples sensitive (ie. hurting). Planning to going to the doctor next Thursday. Wish me luck <3
A timely reminder, year four of parenthood and we are struggling through the clutter, the busyness and the overwhelm. Simple living slipped away from us, I think I'll write your dot points down and find our way back to it.
🙏💜 Yes! Turning off notifications on your phone is SO healthy! (New sub!) I think too many people feel they're "on call" 24/7, and too many people try to demand that of others. No, unless you work in specific fields...you are not. It really is OK to pare back on notifications or, at the very least, turn them off for a few hours/day. Many phones have a Do Not Disturb feature that allows for this, so you don't even have to think about it. Here's another thought: What if you do shift work, or attend college, or have physical disabilities that require quiet at times? These are all reasons to turn your phone off so that you can sleep when you need to or not interrupt a professor during a lecture. I personally have done both of these as I'm sure many others have. I also have chronic migraines--like many do as well. You better believe I turn off my phone to rest when a migraine comes on. No apologies! Anyone who loves and cares about me knows they can leave a text or voicemail at any time; if I happen to have my phone off because I'm not well, they know I will get back to them when I feel better. You are in control of your phone...THAT is the bottom line. It is meant to be a tool to help you. How you use it will determine whether it is helpful or not. I'm SO glad this topic was included in this video--in any video--because so many don't even consider it as an option. Having it on to keep up with children for safety reasons and such makes sense, too, of course. That's a given, but I thought I should mention it. At the very least, grant yourself a break at night for a bit before bed. You'll feel better for it! 🙏💜
I’m the same way with my phone! I have notifications and sounds off, only text messages I have banner notifications on. I also keep my ringer on vibrate only, unless I’m expecting an important call. 😊
Only notifications are text/calls and always on silent except for emergency like when I was my moms caregiver. So the only sound my phone makes is my morning alarm.
“Doing more” is not the answer. Sitting with the “enoughness”. With every change comes a reassessment in letting good. Leaving room for the soul-quenching things.
Hey there! I thrift a good chunk of my clothes and a couple of my wide leg pants are. But I got the green pair from Marshall's and I got the brown pair from Pact! 😃