Create Harmony

Sally
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This is a podcast about setting an intentional rhythm, savoring life’s blessings and learning how to use our imagination as a way of listening to God. If you want to learn more about how to bring stillness and gratitude into your life you’ll probably find a lot here that you love. To find out more about what's going on in the Create Harmony world, check out www.mycreateharmony.com. 

  1. 2D AGO

    What is a Mental Wellness Boutique?

    Send us Fan Mail Today, we welcome our first guest on the podcast.  We feature Amy Cook of Petal and Pink Mental Wellness Boutique.  She shares all sorts of good info about what the store has to offer as well as details about how it came to be.  You will definitely find it interesting to hear about how it got it's name.  Check it out!   To learn more, go to mycreateharmony.com

    31 min

  2. APR 27

    What If Your Goals Need A Reset

    Send us Fan Mail Joy isn’t something we have to chase down or earn. It’s already here, tucked into the ordinary: a butterfly outside the window, the first sip of coffee, a gentle breeze on a dog walk, the smell of dinner on the stove, the relief of a soft bed at night. When the world feels noisy, I’ve learned that the real “trick” is attention. The more we practice noticing, the more joy we actually experience. I’m Sally Burlington, and I’m getting practical about how journaling helps me do that noticing. My journaling isn’t pages of polished writing. It’s a way to sort my brain, quiet the mental clutter, and make intentional decisions about what I want to focus on. I share why I lean into bullet points and lists, why I use planners as journaling tools (not for calendar management), and how monthly prompts plus a month-in-review can anchor gratitude, progress, and reflection. We also talk about quarterly resets and why goals set during the holiday season sometimes stop resonating by spring. I explain how I adapt rigid planner pages with sticker paper so my journal meets me where I am, plus a simple practice I call “journal mining” to flip back through old entries and spot themes you might be missing. And yes, I offer a confession: I bought a wellness journal to support habits like strength training, whole foods, protein, sleep, and meditation and then didn’t open it for an entire quarter. That moment turns into a bigger takeaway about introspection, seasons, and asking whether a goal or tool truly fits your life right now. If this helps you breathe easier and refocus, subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave a review so more listeners can find Create Harmony. To learn more, go to mycreateharmony.com

    13 min

  3. APR 20

    You Do Not Have To Bloom All At Once

    Send us Fan Mail Spring can spark a strange kind of urgency. The light comes back, your energy rises, and suddenly it feels like you should overhaul your life overnight. I’m slowing that impulse down and offering a softer truth: you don’t have to bloom all at once. If you’ve been pushing, planning, or pressuring yourself to “make the most of the season,” this is your permission slip to grow in phases.  We talk about how life is shaped less by big moments and more by the rhythms you return to. What you practice becomes your pattern, and what you repeat becomes your lived reality. Using spring as a guide, we look at how nature unfolds gradually: buds, partial blossoms, steady opening over time. That same pacing applies to personal growth, mental wellness, creativity, and habit building. I also share a real example from behind the scenes at Create Harmony when excitement turned into a confetti-cannon rush, and how coming back to gentle, steady living brought everything into better alignment.  You’ll leave with a simple practice: choose one to three small things to tend this season and notice what’s quietly opening in your life, plus what isn’t ready yet and can wait. If you want extra support, I also share details on our spring subscription box with peaceful guided meditations and cozy self-care items. Subscribe for more spring content, share this with a friend who feels behind, and leave a review telling me what you’re choosing to grow next. To learn more, go to mycreateharmony.com

    12 min

  4. APR 13

    Spring Reset

    Send us Fan Mail We’re sharing a real-time update from our home life and using it to talk about what we care about most: peaceful living, joyful rhythms, and daily habits that help us step away from stress, even when we only have a small window of capacity. We walk through what we’ve learned after a full year of backyard pool ownership, from winter freeze-protect settings to the reality of spring “pollen season” where everything looks dusted in yellow. Pool maintenance is not glamorous, but we’ve found an unexpected mental health win in it: skimming and cleaning can become a mindfulness practice. When we treat a necessary chore as contemplative time, we get a cleaner pool and a quieter mind, which is the kind of practical stress management that actually sticks. Then we head into the garden for a spring growing season check-in: building out a robust herb garden with basil, parsley, chives, sage, lavender, lemon balm, and a whole experiment of mixed mint varieties. We talk raised bed gardening with dahlias, tomatoes, and cucumbers, getting our irrigation system running again, and watching fruit trees and berry bushes wake up while birds try to steal the harvest. We also share our excitement about a GreenStalk vertical planter and the learning curve that comes with trying something new. If you’re craving a calmer pace and a few grounded ideas you can try today, press play. Subscribe for more slow living inspiration, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review telling us what spring habit brings you the most peace. To learn more, go to mycreateharmony.com

    10 min

  5. APR 6

    What You Are You Tending?

    Send us Fan Mail Create Harmony invites you to step away from the noise for a few minutes and ask a deceptively simple spring question: what are you growing this season, and are you growing what you actually want to harvest later? When life is packed and your nervous system is tired, clarity matters more than hustle. This gentle reset is about intentional living, not perfect productivity. We explore how life is shaped by small daily habits and repeated rhythms, the quiet practices that form us long before results show up. Using the garden as a metaphor, we look at what’s happening under the soil: your thoughts, your focus, your attention, and the environment you’re living in. Hot days, dry days, floods, sickness, upsetting news, and overload all affect what you can realistically tend. Instead of pushing harder, we work with honesty and grace. Then we get practical. I’ll guide you to name one to three things you want to grow and to write them down so you have a simple cue to return when distraction hits. We talk about why growth often stalls, how to decide whether something should wait for another season, and how tiny steps still count. I close with a beloved Apache blessing, then share a few ways to go deeper with our seasonal meditations. If this brought you a little peace, subscribe, share the episode with a friend who needs a gentler pace, and leave a review so more listeners can find Create Harmony. What are you choosing to tend this week? To learn more, go to mycreateharmony.com

    14 min

  6. MAR 30

    Somatic Spring

    Send us Fan Mail Spring doesn’t hit the body like a light switch, and that might be exactly the point. We’re slowing down to explore “somatic spring” a simple, meaningful way to notice how seasonal change shows up inside us as small shifts in breath, energy, and the quiet urge to move. If you’ve been pushing for a fresh start and wondering why your motivation isn’t matching the longer days, this conversation offers a gentler path.  We talk about how spring arrives in real life: brief warm spells, sudden cold snaps, buds that open a little more each day. Then we mirror that same rhythm in the body. After months of wintering, we may feel tiny signs of waking up, a deeper breath, a desire to stretch, a moment of presence that feels like color returning. Rather than demanding a dramatic transformation, we practice somatic awareness and nervous system friendly pacing, trusting that your body remembers how to come back to life.  You’ll also hear a closing reading from Dinah Ashworth’s Wild Hope, a reflection that captures the tenderness of renewal and the way spring “gently shakes out our hibernating toes.” When you finish listening, try one small experiment: notice a single moment of somatic spring today and let it be enough. If this helped you slow down, subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find a calmer rhythm too. To learn more, go to mycreateharmony.com

    9 min

  7. MAR 23

    Tiny Joys Of Spring

    Send us Fan Mail Spring doesn’t always arrive gently. One day it feels like summer, the next you’re bundling back up, and somehow that messy weather swing tells the truth about our lives too. Nature invites you to slow down and notice the tiny joys that sit right in front of us when we’re racing from task to task: buds starting on trees, kids playing outside after a long winter, fresh air through open windows, and sunlight that stays a little longer each afternoon. Those small moments aren’t trivial, they’re practical anchors for mindfulness, peace, and mental wellness. From there, we share the real changes unfolding at Create Harmony as our own “spring season” opens up. We’re welcoming a new teammate, Megan, as our brand coordinator, bringing fresh energy and helping us expand our community. Another big shift is that we’ll soon be adding guests to the podcast, creating space for fascinating conversations starting in late spring and early summer. If you know someone who would be a great fit, I’d love to hear your ideas. We also launched our Spring Subscription Box in collaboration with Petal and Pink Mental Wellness Boutique, filled with immersive guided meditations and thoughtful gifts. The large box includes five spring meditations: Spring Rain, Dandelion Drift, Becoming Green Again, Porch Time, and Blossoming Anew. The mini box features Making Honey, a meditation that explores belonging and purpose through the life of a bee and the shared work of the hive. New this season, you can also buy each meditation as a standalone card, perfect for teacher gifts, Mother’s Day gifts, or sending someone a small piece of peace when they need it most. I close with a liturgy reading from Every Moment Holy to help us carry reverence and calm into the week. Subscribe for more spring content, share this with a friend who needs a softer day, and leave a review so more listeners can find Create Harmony. What’s one small sign of spring you’re noticing today? To learn more, go to mycreateharmony.com

    13 min

  8. MAR 16

    Creating Your Own Good Soil

    Send us Fan Mail Most of life isn’t a highlight reel, and that’s exactly why it’s worth paying attention. We’re leaning into a springtime metaphor that changes how we move through our days: creating your own good soil. For us, that means building life-giving rituals and practices of peace that are small enough to be real and steady enough to actually last. The payoff is bigger than it sounds: more calm, more gratitude, and more moments that make you feel quietly shored up from the inside out.  We talk about everyday micro moments of joy and why they matter for mental wellness, spiritual connection, and a balanced life. This isn’t toxic positivity or pretending everything is fine. It’s a mindful practice of re-engaging your senses so you can experience the world more deeply, even when the day is ordinary. Think sunlight through the window, the smell of flowers on the breeze, a kind stranger holding the door, or a look on a loved one’s face you catch before they notice you noticing.  To make it tangible, we share spring rhythms from our home and garden: prepping raised beds with compost, cleaning out herbs, setting up hoses, filling bird feeders, and even trying a quirky alpaca-fiber “nest helper” for our bird friends. We check on overwintered plants like a blooming lemon tree, troubleshoot a struggling lime plant, and talk container gardening plans, dahlias, spring bulbs, and a possible wildflower experiment for bouquet cutting. We also share details on our spring subscription box and mini meditation boxes, including guided spring meditations designed to help you slow down and feel present.  If this brings you a little peace, subscribe, share with a friend who needs a gentler rhythm, and leave a review. What’s one micro moment of joy you want to notice this week? To learn more, go to mycreateharmony.com

    14 min
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This is a podcast about setting an intentional rhythm, savoring life’s blessings and learning how to use our imagination as a way of listening to God. If you want to learn more about how to bring stillness and gratitude into your life you’ll probably find a lot here that you love. To find out more about what's going on in the Create Harmony world, check out www.mycreateharmony.com. 

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  • Creator
    Sally
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    169
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Create Harmony
  • Show Website
    Create Harmony