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I said these words last night during a zoom with our upline team and I couldn’t get them out of my head. They felt familiar, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on where I’d heard this. 💖 Enter: Google. 💖 “The Breakup Song” by Francesca Battistelli. Here’s the chorus. Just let this sink in for a moment: “Fear, you don't own me There ain't no room in this story And I ain't got time for you Telling me what I'm not Like you know me well guess what? I know who I am I know I'm strong And I am free Got my own identity So fear, you will never be welcome here” 💖 Yep. I think that covers it. What are you afraid of today? Failure... disappointment... rejection... corruption... the unknown... opinions... whatever it is, call it out! Then look it in the eye and say, “YOU DON’T OWN ME!” Finger snap optional. 💖 XOXO Kourt 💖 
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 I had a sort of rough morning, feeling overwhelmed and slightly panicked with evvvvverything I have going on in the next week and a half. I was already hours behind for today when I woke up. Here's what I do in those moments.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨Oils. ✨Prayer and affirmations. ✨Music.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ✨Change of environment. ✨ Physical Movement⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I rolled Peace on my wrists and over my heart, Motivate on my neck, and Thinker across my forehead.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I yelled out loud in my family room... I AM A FREAKING FOCUSED, AWESOME BOSS AND I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME! It was ridiculous, but it works y'all!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I changed my clothes, put on my new Boss Lady hat, moved my laptop to my room where the sunshine is pouring in, and sent a text to the husband across the room wearing headphones... "What music are you listening to over there?" It was a *get your energy moving & shake it out* kinda playlist. Judge my music all you want. Nothing helps me bust out of a weird head space like Maroon 5 or Panic At The Disco. Today it was the first. Also, if we are being honest, watching our 3 year old dance to the censored version of "Moves Like Jagger" could change ANYONE'S MOOD! LOL!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Day. Officially. Shifted. Welcome to the REAL Monday!  A brilliant quote from the movie that inspired me most in 2018. Last year was a year for me to DREAM... to dream BIG... then dream BIGGER... and to BELIEVE, no matter what, that these dreams would come to pass. My word for 2018 was “believe”. I didn’t understand why last January, but now I look back & realize that that word was my anchor. It’s what got me through the hard stuff. That word was prophetic- speaking over my growing belief in myself. That word, combined with my faith in God & my support team, kept me looking ahead when I did things DIFFERENTLY than other people, when I had to push the pause button, when I doubted my abilities, and when I questioned those dreams over & over. I am on the other side of that year and you better believe that I’m now hitting the ground running, making up for lost time. Although let’s face it... time spent in healing is never wasted. 🖤
 I had a run-in with a deep, emotional block this past week. I had reached the ceiling of my belief in my goal. So when I began to break apart the protective roof I had built to keep myself safe for all these years, I began to see physical manifestations of my body, mind, and emotions FIGHTING. It was painful. It was scary. There were tears, words, oils, and all the journal entries. ✨ I could talk for hours about this journey and how different I am now than I was 4 years ago. Fear has sadly stopped me from reaching goals for years! If I had given up though, I would have never come this far! Even now, having pulled back yet another layer, the journey isn’t over. My growth doesn’t end here! Ending up where I’m aiming to go, isn’t about the goal. It’s about who I become. It’s about allowing growth. It’s about facing the scary stuff. And let’s be real, I won’t just *end up* there by coincidence, without continuing my personal growth along the way! Growth is basically mandatory. ⚡️
 Let’s talk sleep...
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 | I’m prepping for my week! I’m choosing the story that says {I have time for everything that’s important to me.} 🖤 It would be easy for me to allow the negative mindsets to creep in. It would be a no brainer to allow myself to accept the “busy and overwhelmed” label. We have 7 kids, competitive gymnastics at the start of meet season for Eliza, baseball training that’s beginning for our older boys, a major drama production for Eli with a lead role in only 6 weeks, NOT TO MENTION a full-time business that we are working at intensely right now, meaning oils classes and business meetings multiple times a week. 🖤 But I refuse to let my calendar, and the overwhelm that can come with it, have power over my life! I choose to run my life. I choose to take hold of that power and create a life that gives ME life! 🖤 To do this, I’ve made a life shift. I’m taking it from two ladies I want to emulate... @msrachelhollis and @hol_fit ... Sunday afternoons and evenings are now my time to lay it all out. I prep for the week by going through backpacks, helping the kids lay their outfits out for the school week, making sure everyone has all their gear for practices after school, prepping my lunches, cleaning diffusers, filling our supplement boxes, maybe even taking a detox bath or schedule posts for the week, and then after kids are in bed I do the calendar. That is my opportunity to look over everything with Michael. We make sure we’re on the same page. We talk about things like meal prep & who’s picking up kids which days. Then I make my to-do lists for each day, highlight my top 3 important tasks, set my coffee maker, set up diffusers for morning, and go to bed READY. 🖤 My mindset is the first step. Preparation is the second. 🖤 |
Once upon a time, when we were engaged, deciding if we should have more kids (since we already had our first) we received excellent advice. “You’ll never reach this elusive readiness. If you wait until you are ‘ready’, you’ll be waiting for the rest of your lives.” 💜 That advice has stuck with us for the past 13 years. It’s applied to nearly every facet of our lives. When we feel a nudge from God... when we get a gut feeling... when we see all the doors beginning to open... WE JUMP IN! 💜 If you wait to start that business or do that big thing you’ve always wanted to do, it’s likely that you’ll miss the window of opportunity. There’s something to be said for perfect timing! And it’s my opinion, that when you FEEL IT, that’s your time. 💜 Don’t wait til you know more, make more money, or get more experience. Fake it til you make it. Leap! Right then, when the wind is right. It’s a whole lot easier when that wind is moving in the direction you are going... rather than waiting & struggling against it. 💜
Since Eli found out he was cast as Simba in Drama Club last week, we’ve watched/listened/done all the things Lion King.
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This line practically jumped out of the TV at me last week though, and I haven’t been able to shake it. “You are more than what you have become... remember who you are.”
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Friends, don’t get so caught up in the day to day stuff, the mom stuff, the busy stuff, the goal stuff... it’s all good stuff, as long as YOU don’t get lost in the process.
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I’m learning that I have a tendency to do life so hard, that somehow I forget who I am & WHY I’m doing it in the first place. Last night, amidst some emotions, my amazing husband “pulled a Mufasa” and reminded me that I am more than where I’m at right now. At the perfect moment, our precious 10 year old came into my room & sat next to me, reminding me of WHY I work so hard & of the things I’ve already accomplished. If you don’t have that support system in place, let me sit next to you right now and remind you...
YOU ARE MORE THAN THIS!
YOU ARE ENOUGH!
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE!
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Kourtney Owens
I am a mommy of SEVEN (yes 7) beautiful kids! They are amazing, wonderful, hilarious & the greatest babies I could ask for! I am married to my best friend & high school sweetheart, Michael.
In 2010 I began a blog as an outlet for my writing... and also to talk about how cute my kids were. I had no idea where it would take me. In 2012, after the birth of our 5th child, we began Wonderfully Made Birth. That same year, we received an Autism diagnosis for our 3rd child. A year later, in 2013, we joined doTERRA International as Wellness Advocates. The journey is not easy, but it is ours. Join me as I record our crazy life, inspire other mommas, & laugh along the way!
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I love to craft. I love to decorate. I am passionate about natural living & natural birthing. Sometimes I write stuff. I plan parties like my life depended on it. My favorite color is pink. My house is definitely NOT taupe. I typically cannot keep plants alive. I am only allowed to have dogs as pets because all others tend to have the same end result as the plants. Luckily my track record with kids is pretty good! Also, I drink a lot of coffee. And I really like tacos.
I love to craft. I love to decorate. I am passionate about natural living & natural birthing. Sometimes I write stuff. I plan parties like my life depended on it. My favorite color is pink. My house is definitely NOT taupe. I typically cannot keep plants alive. I am only allowed to have dogs as pets because all others tend to have the same end result as the plants. Luckily my track record with kids is pretty good! Also, I drink a lot of coffee. And I really like tacos.