Kate Wendell

Happy 40th birthday 🎈🎁 to my man! 💙

You are a blessing to our family and to everyone who gets to meet you.

Your vision marvels me.
Your wisdom inspires me.

Thank you for all you do for our family. I love you and it’s an honor to celebrate you today! 😘

Happy birthday 🎉🎈 Dad!!
I love you and thank you for being the warrior in our family!

When Tanner | Family Leader Coach and I got married, we were still working W-2 jobs.

In our hearts, we knew that we had more of an entrepreneurial spirit and our current way of working was going to shift at some point in the future.

We both came from a mindset of growth and expansion and wanted more for our life together, knowing that God was calling us to a bigger purpose.

For anyone who has started a business, you know what it entails to actually create a successful business.

There is so much that can weigh you down and cause you to give up.… But not my husband!

Tanner has stayed the course, continuing to see the vision and allowing God to lead him.

I’m honored to walk beside him as we start to see all of the hard work come to fruition .

The tense conversations and all the unknowns have been worth it!

Officially launching in June, his first in person event for fathers and sons. It is a right of passage that so many young boys need from their fathers… And Tanner is the man to lead this!

Thank you, Lord, for planting the seeds, giving him the courage to execute on the vision and guiding his steps through it all. Praise be to God!

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“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10

The message this morning at church was about how God wants to help us overcome our overwhelm.

The message I got this morning from my coach Executive Performance Coach | Nutritionist | Fitness Expert in his Morning Mindset, was to take the time to quiet ourselves and prioritize rest.

The message I got this morning as I studied Galatians was to be led by the Spirit and not the flesh. The fruit of the Spirit will bring freedom verses the works of the flesh.

There’s a commonality for today, Sunday, God’s day, a day of rest…

There’s an art to doing “nothing” if you want to call it that. It’s intentional. It’s white space that is needed to calm our minds in the midst of so much chaos and overwhelm.

I recently heard a reframe for a day of rest and that is… I am trusting in God to do His part while I rest, knowing that I did my part the other 6 days.

We are in a world of constant overload that our brains weren’t designed to handle. God knew what He was doing when He gave us the example to take time to rest. As our Creator, He gave us the model to follow.

After church this morning, Tanner | Family Leader Coach and I took the kids to a park near our old house. We got to just swing on hammocks, I got to lay next to my sweet baby girl, while Tanner laid with David and we just quieted ourselves and rested in the sun. God is good!

Menopause! Yup, I said it… the M word!

I have officially crossed the post menopausal line and I will say it has caused some interesting thoughts and emotions.

Over the past 2 years, I have felt off and on like God was nudging us to have another baby. Which is wild because I couldn’t really imagine going through pregnancy and the newborn life again at 50.

But I also found great excitement in thinking about another little one in our house. My emotions of another child were definitely up and down and at the heart of it, Tanner and I decided to just let go and whatever will be, will be.

As I look back on my life, I went from being a little girl only dreaming of being a mother and not wanting a career, to having a career and becoming a mother later in life and then not wanting to give up my career… to now being a stay at home mom and a little sad that my window for having kids as ended.

Talk about an identity crisis!! There is a real balancing act that comes with motherhood and working for income and knowing who you are along the way.

I’m closer to 51 now, and I’m settling into the 2nd half of my life being the BEST 1/2 of my life! I have my Mr Right, my kids, and a life that is full of adventure.

And look… I know that women will sometimes still get a cycle post menopausal and I believe anything is possible with God, so who knows… for now, it’s time to just focus on who’s in front of me now and making the most of every day.

Happy Easter ✝️

He Is Risen Alleluia Alleluia

Wishing you a beautiful Easter from our family to yours 💛