Shelly Sowell, M.Ed., LPCC

03/16/2026

03/13/2026

We often hear the advice to “feel your feelings.” Often I am the one asking people to do that. So for this post, I dive deep into what that looks like for me in an incredibly hard moment. I want to explore how do we actually do that in the middle of a busy life while living through an ongoing stream of difficult news and global uncertainty. This one’s a little vulnerable for me. But I ask people to get vulnerable every day so it’s only fair. :) I hope this helps you and please pass it on to someone who needs it.

03/12/2026

On my walk, spring pushing through. What are you noticing? What is asking to emerge from you? What has quietly been growing in the container of yourself and now it is whispering, or humming, or loudly proclaiming its arrival. A gift that needs to be given to the world?

03/02/2026

Registration is open! We are less than two weeks out from our next circle. We maxed out at 20 spots. Check my links or go to the Earth and Spirit Center website and search for the Mindful Living Circle. Hope to see you there!

02/14/2026

Valentine’s Day can be meaningful, fun, connecting.
It can also be complicated.

So I added two new resources to my website today:

• A self-love practice
• A partner-love practice

Because the foundation of every relationship is the one we have with ourselves — and love is something we practice, not just feel.

They’re simple. Grounded. Usable. These are two favorites in my individual coaching program and my Mindful Partnering Program. I hope you enjoy and as always, share with anyone who needs this.

You can find them on the resource page (scroll all the way down and discover other resources you might like as well). ❤️ Link: https://www.shellysowell.com/resources

EXTRA NOTE: This day/weekend can be extraordinarily hard for a lot of people, especially if they had something difficult happen around this time. While this is a day our culture likes to celebrate, there's a shadow side where people were hurt in the name of love at this time. I don't have to tell you what is in the news. So check on your people, or reach out to your people if you need extra support today.

02/05/2026

While I did not foresee a scenario where I’d be blogging about Stranger Things, the aptness of the title is not lost on me. Between the intensity of the world, winter storms, and a lot of conversations with clients who are feeling overwhelmed or unsure how to plan right now, I found myself reflecting on what is actually needed for this moment.  What will help us to live with more sanity and connection in our daily lives.

The post explores fear, love, nervous systems, and why starting 2026 with foundation — not outcomes — feels especially important this year.

There’s also a worksheet to help you figure out and cultivate your foundation for a strong, brave, full of aliveness, and good decisions kind of year (who doesn’t want that??).

Read the blog in my links. And please share with anyone who might benefit.

02/03/2026

Louisville! Join us soon for the next Mindful Living Circle Register on their website. Check links to connect. And please share with people who might be interested… especially our dear friends, who are taking a break from social media. If you are also considering leaving social media then please feel free to go to my website Shellysowell.com and sign up for my monthly newsletter for resources events and writings about human development. louisvilleky

01/31/2026

May the beauty of your life become more visible to you, that you may glimpse your wild divinity.

May the wonders of the earth call you forth from all your small, secret prisons and set your feet free in the pastures of possibilities.

May the light of dawn anoint your eyes that you may behold what a miracle a day is.

May the liturgy of twilight shelter all your fears and darkness within the circle of ease.

May the angel of memory surprise you in bleak times with new gifts from the harvest of your vanished days.

May you allow no dark hand to quench the candle of hope in your heart.

May you discover a new generosity towards yourself, and encourage yourself to engage your life as a great adventure.

May the outside voices of fear and despair find no echo in you.

May you always trust the urgency and wisdom of your own spirit.

May the shelter and nourishment of all the good you have done, the love you have shown, the suffering you have carried, awaken around you to bless your life a thousand times.

And when love finds the path to your door may you open like the earth to the dawn, and trust your every hidden color towards its nourishment of light.

May you find enough stillness and silence to savor the kiss of God on your soul and delight in the eternity that shaped you, that holds you and calls you.

And may you know that despite confusion, anxiety and emptiness, your name is written in Heaven.

And may you come to see your life as a quiet sacrament of service, which awakens around you a rhythm where doubt gives way to the grace of wonder, where what is awkward and strained can find elegance, and where crippled hope can find wings, and torment enter at last unto the grace of serenity.

May Divine Beauty bless you.

John O’Donohue, from Beauty – The Invisible Embrace

01/05/2026

This Sunday! Would love for you to join.

01/04/2026

Keep reading on the blog for 12 Practices for a Restorative Winter and Opening to the New Year. These are 12 things you can do to help feel settled with Winter and slowly nourish yourself and your intentions for the year ahead.

And if you'd like to be with some community for this topic, please join us in Louisville at the Earth and Spirit Center on January 11th at 4 p.m. - the first Mindful Living Circle of 2026. We'd love to see you there!

01/03/2026

Very excited to share the upcoming lineup for 2026 at the Earth and Spirit Center. I started this program because I wanted to bring people together in person to build community and remember that we grow in relationship with others. Life can feel hopeful and full of possibility when we hear the stories of the people around us and we understand that we are not alone in our experience of being human. I also want you to know you can just show up and not feel like you have to share. Sign up is for 20 people per circle. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Registration is open! Go to and search Mindful Living Circle. Or you can connect through my links.

12/31/2025

A quick hello from my winter break. Starting 2026 with this lovely and inspiring book from and diving deep into the power of the feminine. How are you starting the new year? I’m back on January 11th at 4 PM for a Mindful Living Circle to gently open to 2026 with intention and purpose. Registration is open. Check links. Hope to see you soon!