There’s no better time to launch your new plan, expand your bucket list and craft your Big Adventure vision board. Your possibilities are limitless!

The world keeps opening up in ways we couldn’t have dreamed of 10 years ago. We’re becoming more and more awake to our potential, and the barriers that used to hold us back–cultural roadblocks and untested assumptions–are falling away.

Our parents at 60 perceived their lives in dramatically different ways than we do at 60 (or 70, 75, 80). This is the perfect time to make big, splashy plans.

Let’s set our sights on healthy, flourishing lives in our 90s. I can see it now! You?

She’s living the dream. Check out this Big Adventure: Next Avenue Ballerina

It’s September—school bells are ringing, parents are singing—and that means it’s time to redirect your energies to purpose and progress after draining your stamina under the sizzling summer sun.

My mind is on directing the energies of some inspired souls to a Big Adventure Support Group.

I’m inspired by the wisdom that dreaming big and living large is just as important and fun for 50+ adults as it is for younger people. Would you like to join in supporting other 50+ dreamers who believe that The Universe is poised to shower us with a big ol’, magically amazing downpour of awesomeness?

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The mission of the Big Adventure Support Group is to have fun in pursuit of flourishing.

We believe that our golden years really can be.

We are aligning with our true selves.

We benefit from the courage of like-minded adventurers and pay their positive impact on us forward.

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That’s it. We’re coming into our own, draining the juice out of every single day. We’re not promised tomorrow, so we’re not wasting precious time. We’re living our Big Adventure right now!

How about you? Are you in?

Dr Mell

I am a Maker.

I’m rather domestic for someone who loves sitting with a good book for hours. I love to grow flowers for bouquets and herbs for cooking, to make fresh, crisp salads, hearty entrees and yummy desserts, to sew heirloom garments for my daughter and grands.

When I feel pressure from day-to-day life or difficult relationships, I like to make something beautiful as a pleasant distraction. Like most everyone in the free world, I have complicated people in my life, and I have had a personal history with toxic types. The most freeing, most loving thing that I can do for myself when complicated people try to test my goo nature is to make something beautiful.

Try it for yourself. Find or start or re-start something you love to make and escape into the flow you feel in the midst of happy creation. Try it now. Be a Maker.

In the Deep South, the summer heat seeps up from the ground, flows down from above and permeates everything and everyone. We have some serious summer weather in Georgia, and this June is summer in earnest.

When I can, I love to sit in the shade and allow summer to radiate in and around me. I love the sights, sounds and smells of summertime. One of the best perks? Laziness is allowed–pretty much expected–in summer. Let the warmth relax you.

When you slow down, time slows down. Ahhh.

Now that I’m a Mom and a Mimi in Google Times, I’m knocked out by how much well-meaning Mother Advice there is at the touch of a button. Quick and easy access to search answers for “How do you break a fever fast?” or “Best tips for ending tantrums” can be very super-helpful. For first-time moms with little ones, I can’t imagine a more potentially helpful tool than a search engine.

The flipside is being bombarded with useful and not-so-useful information on parenting that seems judgmental and preach-y: “Heeere’s how you’d be raising Jack or Jill if you knew anything about being a mom.”

So, for Mother’s Day, my own little bit of advice is to do you. Be the best possible version of you that you can be. Be mindful of the best advice from parenting websites, your own parents and the village of extended family and friends who have parenting opinions. Then, when you’ve processed all of it, make your own smart choices and follow your heart.

There’s no right or wrong way. Be the best you you know how to be, relax and enjoy.

Happy Mother’s Day, Love!