The LMNTL Club

Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 17, 2026, marks a rare overlap in the calendar: Lunar New Year and Fat Tuesday fall on the same day.

Both are deeply meaningful within their respective cultural and spiritual traditions. Lunar New Year is celebrated across many Asian cultures as a time of renewal, family, intention, and honoring what has come before. Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) is part of the Christian liturgical calendar — a day of celebration before the reflective season of Lent begins.

The Lunar New Year begins with the new moon — a reset and a return to darkness before growth. Mardi Gras is also determined by the lunar cycle, timed in relationship to Easter and the phases of the moon.

It's a reminder that time is cyclical, not linear.

This concept is something I've been working with the last few weeks, especially realizing so much of my life I've viewed time as linear. For me this has looked like viewing successes and failures as more meaningful than they maybe should be given credit for. Meaningful in a sense that they mean anything at all or something about my worth or how far "ahead" or "behind" I am. Ideally indicating from time to time that I'm "right on time".

When really, each success and failure is a marker of that moment and nothing else. In the cyclical sense, once we achieve a success, the cycle keeps going. With failure, it's another earned lesson and we keep going knowing the next failure is (hopefully!) right around the corner.

Both the Lunar New Year and the season of Lent remind us that we aren't moving in a single, linear line towards a faraway destination. Rather, we're moving in circles.

There is plenty of time to feast, to fast, to rest, to shine, to celebrate, to hibernate, to birth whatever is next. Repeat.

This week, in honor of this week's events I invite you to create time for a small ritual.

Perhaps you can light a candle (signifying light and hope), prepare a favorite beverage (just for funsies), and then grab your journal/notebook and free write (choose which questions resonate or answer them all, no rules here, y'all):

1. What is something you've outgrown this year?

2. What is something you would like to let go? A feeling? A situation? A storyline? A habit? A relationship?

3. What is one intention you'd like to call forward for this next season? The next year?

4. What is something you want to celebrate?

If you'd like to add a little extra, sit in silence for 5-10 minutes (or play some favorite instrumentals in the background), adding in some box breath or simply breathing intentionally. Allow yourself to fully feel the rest, the power of your breath, and the lightness that a new year full of hope can offer.

Wishing you clarity, courage, and community for whatever comes next.

With love + vision,

Leslie

A few weeks ago, we hosted the LOVE Mini-Retreat for the LMNTL Club — a full day devoted to exploring how we give, receive, and define love.

As we approach Valentine’s Day — a day so often commercialized and centered around romantic love — we’d like to offer a different invitation.

An invitation to explore how you are loving yourself.

In the small, everyday decisions you make, what choices are rooted in care?
What feels nourishing, supportive, or kind toward yourself?

We believe that when we tend to ourselves with love, we naturally expand our capacity to love and care for others. Self-love isn’t selfish — it’s foundational.

The world needs your self-love.

If it feels right, let us know in the comments what comes up for you — how you define love, what you’re noticing, or how you practice loving yourself.

With gratitude,
Leslie

✨ This week is my 39th trip around the sun! ✨

This week, we’re inviting you to celebrate with us by celebrating something in your life — big or small.

☕ Brew a favorite coffee
📱 FaceTime a friend
🍽️ Share a meal with someone you love
Or even just honor yourself quietly

Celebrate catching a sunrise, trying something new, or honoring your rhythms this season.

Take a moment. Make it intentional. Let joy in.

Drop a comment and share what you’re celebrating — we're excited to celebrate with you! 🎉

With gratitude,
Leslie

By the time this reaches you, there will likely have been a winter storm passing through.

Assuming everyone is safe, warm, and with power, this feels like a perfect moment to truly align with the winter season.

Largely because the world almost insists on it.

Things naturally move slower — we drive with more care, walk a little more intentionally, and often plans are cancelled or businesses close. The external pace softens, whether we intend it to or not.

Our first invitation of 2026, then, is a simple one: hibernate if it’s time.
An invitation to align with what this season is asking of us — rest, slowness, and gentler expectations.

For a little inspiration, here are some of my favorite ways to hibernate:

• Get cozy: lots of blankets (pro tip: warm them up in the dryer first).

• Make a hot beverage: coffee, tea, hot chocolate — maybe even mulled wine or hot cider.

• Cancel plans: if something on your calendar isn’t mandatory, consider rescheduling, especially if the roads are questionable.

• Do something you normally wouldn’t: read a book, watch a movie or show, work on a creative project, or learn an instrument.

• Be kind: when the weather slows us down, it can be hard to mentally pump the brakes on our to-do lists. Be gentle with yourself if you’re not as “productive” or don’t move your body in the ways you planned.

Let us know in the comments how you like to hibernate — we’d love to hear.

With gratitude,
Leslie

Hello!

This is your reminder for your December Monthly Self-Care Call. This will be on TUESDAY instead of our typical Thursday due to the holiday (one week from today!)

Tuesday, December 23

5:30pm - 6:30pm CST (6:30pm - 7:30pm EST) 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81409851970

We'll plan to reflect and celebrate for a successful 2025 together.

Reply to let us know if you plan to be there - see you soon!

With love + vision!

Hi, y'all!

This week's invitation is simply to enjoy.

Enjoy the season, the rest of the year and the start of the next, the people you're with, the things you do, the things you don't do, and everything in between. Enjoy the food you eat, the drinks you drink, the way you move your body, and enjoy all of the comforts of home, wherever that may be.

We are so grateful to have been with you for another transformative year.

We'll be signing off until 2026 after this week's invitation.

Thank you for being here and thank you for being with us.

Cheers to a new year, and more importantly, cheers to every moment in between.

With love + vision,

Leslie & Matt

Until we chat again, here are some ways to stay connected after the first of the year:

❄️ Upgrade to the LMNTL Club Inner Circle or Retreat Room

❄️ Visit our free Winter Intention Setting Guidebook to create an at-home retreat and reset for the new year (included in your portal).

❄️ Have a project (branding, design, events) you'd like to co-create in 2026?

❄️ Interested in 1:1 coaching?

❄️ Want to create a private or group bespoke retreat?

Email us at outreach@lmntlvsn.com or schedule a Discovery Call.

❄️ Check out our 2026 event schedule (all virtual for now) and register for what feels aligned.

❄️ Join the next Guided Discovery Group Cohort starting January 14.

Hello, y'all!

This week we're out on a proper vacation - no meetings, time commitments, expectations, or plans (in case you're wondering, this was scheduled in advance so we could still stay in touch 😎). Everything that happens this week will be by-desire only.

When we share that we’re taking a vacation, people often comment on how “we’re always on vacation.” And, to be fair, from the outside our life does look like a vacation (and honestly, oftentimes feels like it), but the biggest difference is intention.

Travel is a part of our lifestyle but we maintain our commitments to working and we stay grounded by following a routine whether we're at-home or on the road. And while we enjoy the way we live our life, there's a different energy.

Similar to going on vacation, we also make time for date nights.

A lot of people ask us why this is necessary for us - we spend almost all of our time together and it seems looking in that we live in a way that doesn't necessitate it. But it's crucial for the health of our relationship.

Our date nights are about intentionality in conversation, presence, and working on our relationship. It's designated time that we commit to to talk about what's working, what's not working, what feelings or events may have been overlooked due to other time commitments, and anything else that feels present we want to talk about.

Even how we eat changes when we bring in intention -- for us, intentionality means looking at the week ahead, planning our meals and making sure we have the time we need to prepare the nutrients we need given our commitments. If we don't make time to be intentional about our meals, we often go out to eat more (less out of celebration or fun and more out of necessity) and we slowly start to feel a little off.

This week, we invite you to bring intentionality into your own life:

✨ Where do you need a break or pause?
✨ Where could you invite the ease that “vacation-you” feels?
✨ In your relationships, who do you crave real-time connection with? How can you create space for that?
✨ With the holidays approaching, how can you plan activities, meals, and routines in a way that nourishes you and makes you feel good?

If you feel generally intentional in most or all aspects of your life, this invitation could serve as a moment to take inventory and celebrate all the intentionality you're already creating.

Sending you love + vision,

Leslie

This week we're exploring the art of compassionate receiving. The practice of letting people show up for you. The permission to not carry everything alone. And the beautiful truth that thriving, whether in life, business, or a 100k race, happens in connection.

Whether it’s the Tour de France, Badwater, UTMB, or the Barkley Marathons, every “solo” effort has one thing in common: no one actually does it alone. Even the most elite athletes rely on coaches, teammates, bodyworkers, nutritionists, family members, and friends—people who hold the vision with them when they need a reminder of what’s possible.

Life isn’t any different.

I used to believe I had to do things alone—out of independence, out of survival, and out of habit. But every major turning point in my life came from someone believing in me before I could believe in myself, helping me see my own potential more clearly.

Lately, as I prepare for my upcoming 100k (happening this Saturday, y'all, send me messages of encouragement if you think of me!), I’m reminded: having a crew is non-negotiable. Not because I can’t do it alone, but because I deserve support and I’m practicing receiving it with openness and gratitude.

So this week, I want to offer you the same reflection:

Who is in your crew right now?
How are you accepting help?
Where are you letting yourself be supported, even in small ways?

And just as importantly:

Where are you crewing for someone else?

Thank you for being a part of our crew - we appreciate you.

Until next week —
xo,
Leslie

Hello, everyone!

I've always longed for free time - you know, time to do whatever I want. Time to work on my book, write the next business plan, knit a new scarf, learn to play the guitar, hang out with friends, take a nap, read a book, write in the journal, the list goes on ... I imagine you may have a list, too.

Year after year, when the free time would come, I'd either be paralyzed with deciding which thing to do OR I'd be doing one thing and thinking about how I never had enough time to do ALL the things I wanted.

Last week I reflected on how much free time I feel I have lately and realized something ... it's not that I actually have more free time, it's that my perspective on how I view my time has changed.

I live with a greater sense of presence for right now - I think less about what I could be doing or heaven forbid should be doing, and I really lock into whatever is happening in each present moment.

No matter what we're doing, there's always something else we could be doing instead. There's always going to be the next project or something to do.

As we continue moving towards this season of slowing down (when the world often demands we speed up), I invite you to allow yourself to just be where you are right now, without the need or expectation that you should be doing anything else.

Here is your permission slip -

✨ Let your free time be free

✨ Doing "nothing" is doing something

✨ Whatever you're doing right now is enough

✨ Your future free time is another expectation waiting to happen - you can release it.

Wishing you the joy of presence and the gift of knowing you're right where you're supposed to be, there's nothing else to do to prove it.

Until next week,

Leslie

Hi, y'all!

Part of our elemental nature means aligning our life and habits with the current physical season.

Right now, with the sun setting earlier, my body requires winding down earlier. During the summer, I won't start to wind down until about 8 or 9pm, but right now, that process starts about 5pm. Even if you aren't experiencing shifts just like this - I imagine you're experiencing shifts in your own way.

I have a dear friend who I love to meet at a local pizza restaurant (if you're local to Evansville or have been to visit us, then you know about Turoni's).

Turoni's is cozy no matter what time of year but when the cold hits, it's a wintertime dream. The lighting is dim and dark with faux candlelight on the tables. I grew up going to this specific restaurant and it's nostalgic in all of the best ways. Turoni's is our spot.

When we chatted about our next pizza date (that will last at least 2+ hours), I said I was having a hard time picking a date because I don't want to be out late-for-me or drive home in the dark.

So, she said - what if we met at 2:30?

DONE.

Now, I have a dream dinner date with one of my besties at 2:30pm on a Tuesday (time freedom is also one way we live in our elemental nature).

What's something that feels good to you that maybe goes against societal norms? For me, going to dinner after dark in the winter doesn't feel good, and I'm so, so grateful to be surrounded by people who not only get it, but accept it and celebrate it.

This week, I invite you to pay attention to what feels good ... and then ask for it.

Extra kudos to your loved ones if they suggest it first - sometimes it takes that outside perspective to see what's right in front of us.

Until next week -

Leslie