Talena Winters 8/14/25 Talena Winters 8/14/25

Creating Space to Grow: My Summer Reset and What’s Next

This summer, I hit pause to enjoy life, reconnect with family, and step back from the daily grind. Taking that time off made me rethink my priorities, streamline my business, and create more space for what truly matters. In this post, I share the small but meaningful pivots I’m making—both for my creative work and my family life—and what you can expect from me next.

Talena Winters 5/26/25 Talena Winters 5/26/25

My Personal Second-Chance Romance

A brief retelling of how I met and married my husband in honour of our silver anniversary.

Talena Winters 3/31/25 Talena Winters 3/31/25

Prune and Grow: Digital Decluttering, Plant Parent Style

Sometimes, the best thing you can do to produce growth is to cut off the parts that are slowing you down—whether that’s on a plant or in some other part of your life. (Which is what I'm currently doing for my platform.)

Talena Winters 3/17/25 Talena Winters 3/17/25

How to Make Difficult Decisions

When there’s no easy answer, sometimes we need to get a little analytical to make good choices. Here are a few decision-making frameworks I found to help with the tough calls.

Talena Winters 3/10/25 Talena Winters 3/10/25

How It Started vs. How It’s Going (Blogging & Books Update)

A brief update about my current writing projects and ideas for a future memoir.

Talena Winters 2/10/25 Talena Winters 2/10/25

Living Without Regrets: Thoughts Inspired by Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter

The new Apple TV thriller series Dark Matter and a recent blog-organization project have me thinking deep (and grateful) thoughts about the roads not taken… and the one I did.

Talena Winters 2/3/25 Talena Winters 2/3/25

Life Lessons from a Late-Undiagnosed ADHD-er

I’m still new on the journey of learning about my ADHD, but I’ve been learning about how to deal with it for a long time—and these are a few things I’d love my kids, or anyone else learning to deal with executive disfunction (or even just life), to learn earlier rather than later.

Talena Winters 1/11/25 Talena Winters 1/11/25

Coming to Life Again

I’m rising from the ashes of a crash and burn four years ago with hope and optimism for a new year, and some intentions to make it a year I’m proud of.

Talena Winters 11/1/24 Talena Winters 11/1/24

Sowing New Creative Seeds

Notes on the “in-between” stages of creative work and how I’m planning to tackle my upcoming projects to publish more frequently and keep my creativity fresh.