In September, my theme for the month was restoration.   I ended August exhausted. After an international trip, my first time experiencing COVID-19, and our biggest & most successful launch in BBA history… safe to say I was ready to pull back and focus on me.   I remember, at the beginning of this month, […]

Hi, friends.    I have a really important message for you today and I truly hope that you take the time to read this all the way through.   I’m currently on an Instagram hiatus – I had the desire pull at my heart last week to take time away and take a short hibernation […]

It’s been 16 days away from social media. And, I’ll be honest, it still feels… weird.    There have been TONS of benefits, which I’ll talk about in just a second. But, one of the major drawbacks is a lost sense of connection. I DO love sharing my life on social media. I DO love […]

“I’m just not the type of person who can _________.”  If you have ever said this phrase, this post is going to be a little bit of a gut check because that is a sign that you might have a fixed mindset vs. growth mindset. Hi, my name is Dr. Karin Nordin and I am […]

I had high hopes for the month of August. August is my birthday month, and usually because of that I normally get a touch of the “fresh start” vibes that typically light up the new year for me. It’s usually a month of big emotions because birthdays make me existential and a little bit weepy, […]

I feel different than I did one month ago. On July 8th, I started the Frequency Project. I picked four core habits and four core qualities to focus on. I made them REALLY tiny this time. I asked Jon (my partner) about what habits he thought made the biggest impact on my mental health, and […]

Every year, we spend the 4th of July with my partner’s parents. They own a house on a lake in rural Indiana, and so we pack up our things, drive 10 hours, and settle in for two or sometimes three weeks to work remotely and reset. Last year, at this time, I was working a […]

Before a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, it digests itself. Yup. That’s right. According to Scientific American, “If you were to cut open a cocoon or chrysalis at just the right time, caterpillar soup would ooze out.” That pretty much describes me this month. Caterpillar soup. A straight up pile of goo. When I entered 2022, […]

My Monday morning SUCKED.  I spent the entire day trying to clean away the Sunday Scaries yesterday. I prepped veggies. I vacuumed aggressively. I planned out my outfits.  But as we all know, changing our circumstances does not always change our thoughts.  This morning, I woke up OVERWHELMED. I did a quick thought download outside, […]

Most of us are terrible at doing nothing. Before you say “well, I don’t know Karin, I nothing ALL THE TIME when I’m supposed to be doing other somethings…” I want to ask you a question. Are you really doing NOTHING, in those moments? Or are you doing SOMETHING, just not the SOMETHING you want […]