Thanksgiving 2025 Dear Reader, Today, I am mindful of all I have to be grateful for: friends, family, clients, co-workers, community, and you. Health, happiness, home, humor, connection, the beauty of nature, conversations, warm meals... there is so much to see, hear, taste, take in, and appreciate. Wishing you and yours much joy and meaningfulness today. My wish is that we all steep ourselves in appreciation today (and every day), and that we see the world through that lens first, for this...
4 months agoย โขย 1 min read
October 24, 2025 Hello, Reader! First, as I've been playing AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER lately, I will share a few of my recent favorite images to get you into the fall spiritโand hopefully in AWE of all the beauty that surrounds us in this gorgeous state. โฌ๏ธ I love this new hobby so much; it scratches my creative itch and keeps me on the lookout for what's unusual, beautiful (to my eyes) and worthy of a snap from my iPhone camera. Warming market as the air cools As the weather gets chillier, our...
5 months agoย โขย 2 min read
September 29, 2025 Happy fall, Reader! Gosh, October is 2 days away?! ๐ I always love this time of year. Nick and I and the girls closed out summer this past weekend with a big horse show for our youngest (she jumps) and some races for our oldest (she does barrels). We sure love our hoofed buddies and are grateful for the confidence and grit these equine sports gift our girls. โฌ๏ธ I've been LOVING my new hobby: photography. ๐ธ What a perfect way to capture the beauty I see all around me...
6 months agoย โขย 2 min read
9.11.25 Dear Reader, Hello, my beautiful friend. I'm reaching out today with love and connection. It's 9.11 and today feels like a calling for help, wholeness, and heart. A really quick update: I am working in real estate full-time again after a brief stint helping in the performing arts that I love so much. I have TWO teenagers nowโmy youngest turned 13 yesterdayโand here we go! My life is not without challenges but I am grateful for all that I have and am able to do and be. You know, it's...
7 months agoย โขย 1 min read
The Art of Opening (and Closing) Doors Well, hello, Reader! It's been a minute and a wonderful minute (aka month+) at that. I hope the same is true for you. Pausing can be everything. A chance to settle, get out of our heads, become present to what is right now, and let go of the noise, busy-ness and false expectations we place on ourselves (and the world around us) in our quest to be enough, do enough, have enough. That's what this past month+ has been for me. Among other things, I have been...
over 1 year agoย โขย 2 min read
A Way to Look at Our Identity Marks Why expansion needs flexibility Hello, wonderful Reader! It's been a fruitful couple of weeks! Lots of things are happening, and I'm learning to let my feelings of appreciation, gratitude and happiness e x p a n d. In fact, expansion has been the call to action lately, and just last week, I landed a big opportunity that I'd been calling in for the past six months that is now a reality! ๐คธ More on what this big thing is in the coming weeks. For now, I want to...
over 1 year agoย โขย 2 min read
Whole Life Living from Hollis to the Open That Door Community 25 Episodes! Hello, Reader! This week, I just released my 25th and 26th episodes of the Open That Door (OTD) podcast! I'm celebrating this milestone with a Moments Worth Revisiting episode of sound bites from previous interviews with phenomenal guests who share ways to lean into the harder stuff (rather than running from it) so that we can keep moving in a direction that gives us hope and fills our cups. LISTEN TO THE OPEN THAT...
over 1 year agoย โขย 1 min read
Love Notes from Hollis to the Open That Door Community New Look! Love Notes! Open That Door FRIENDS! Reader! I needed a facelift! Not on my own face but on these weekly, sometimes biweekly notes that go out to you, my gorgeous community. So, as a way to REFRESH plus introduce a new mini-series inside the Open That Door (OTD) podcast, here is the new look and feel! I hope you like it! Love Notes! On the podcast! OK, I know that time is a precious and treasured commodity that most of us feel...
over 1 year agoย โขย 1 min read
Reader! It's back to school today for my 8th grader and I am so incredibly proud of my girl. Remember 8th grade?! How cool/awful/exciting/terrifying/upleveling/intimidating/super-fun/not-fun it was? To me, it's a victory every time we embark on a new adventure toward a new goal. Those first few steps are mired in our imagination and expectations of what might go right... or terribly wrong. The fact that we put one foot in front of the other and start on any new path is a big, gigantic WIN. On...
over 1 year agoย โขย 1 min read