When I got divorced, I decided that it was time for me to start thriving instead of just surviving. I had been in survival mode for so long at the end of my marriage, that I forgot what being happy felt like. I decided at that point that I only wanted to focus on things that brought me joy. JOY has been my word of the year ever since my divorce in 2021.

Part of discovering the Joie de Vivre (joy of living) in everyday is learning to let go of what no longer serves you. To choose yourself as a priority. I began to choose calm over chaos, peace over pressure, and serenity over stress. I made small, subtle shifts to create a life that felt slower, softer, and more intentional. I didn’t realize that I was on the path to living a “Soft Life”.

I didn’t actually hear the term “Soft Life” until late of 2025. This was not about doing a “reset” or recreating who I was. It is more about a restoration of the current me back into who I was in my happiest period. It is about a small refinement of who I am and who I want to be. This is about stepping into the next version of yourself—the one who leads with grace, moves with intention, looks effortlessly elevated, and radiates strength through softness.

So instead of doing the normal goal setting for 2026, I chose a different kind of transformation. Not a loud or rushed transformation, but one that feels like coming home to myself. A season of restoration, refinement, and stepping into my soft power. Choosing a soft strength that comes from taking care of my mind, body, and spirit. One that doesn’t need to shout but speaks through presence and intention. This year I am choosing to focus on “The Art of Living Well” and creating a softer life rooted in joie de vivre (the joy of living). This is my Soft Life era.

Living a softer life is not about shrinking from the world, but about meeting it with open hands instead of clenched fists. It is the quiet decision to move at the pace of your own breath, to let mornings unfold without urgency and evenings settle without regret. In a culture that praises hustle over harmony and busyness over balance, softness becomes a gentle rebellion—choosing rest without guilt, joy without justification, and presence over constant pursuit. It is listening to what your body asks for when the noise fades and honoring that request as wisdom rather than weakness.

A softer life is woven from small, deliberate acts: speaking kindly to yourself, allowing your needs to take up space, releasing what hardens the heart. It invites you to find beauty in the ordinary—the way sunlight drifts across a wall, the comfort of familiar silence, the sweetness of enough. Here, strength is redefined as flexibility, and success is measured by how deeply you feel aligned with your own becoming. To live softly is to trust that a life tended with care, compassion, and gentleness can still be expansive—perhaps even more so.

I have already learned so much about creating a slower, softer, more intentional life since my divorce, that I now want to share that with you. You will begin to see more content focused on health and wellness routines that help you create a softer life for yourself.

Welcome to the Art of Living Well: Creating a Softer Life Rooted in Joie de Vivre