The LMNTL Club

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

This week, I’ve been reflecting on what it really means to listen — to your body, your intuition, your timing.

Last month, I made the call to take a DNF (Did Not Finish) at a race. Everything was lined up perfectly — I’d rested, fueled, and felt strong — but my body sent a clear message that continuing wasn’t the best choice for me.

It was hard AND it was the wisest move I could’ve made for my long-term goals.

There’s a lot of shame around stepping back — in running and in life. We’re taught that “finishing” is the biggest indicator and proof of strength. But sometimes the most powerful decision is to pause, realign, and protect your energy for the right-for-you finish line.

One week later, my decision to stop had already paid dividends — I had my strongest training run ever. Proof that when I honor what’s true in the moment, I open the door for everything to align later.

So, for this week's invitation for you:

✨ When have you made a choice that went against the status quo — something others might’ve seen as “quitting,” but was actually an act of deep self-trust?

Maybe it was walking away from a job, ending a relationship, skipping a goal race, or saying no when everything around you said the opposite.

Take a moment to reflect, journal, or share in the comments below.

Because both the breakdown and the breakthrough are part of the training — in running, and in life. 🌀

See you here next week,

Leslie

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At LMNTL, we honor and celebrate you doing what's uniquely best for you in any given moment - even when the rest of your world may be telling you to pursue otherwise.

At our in-person retreats, we fully embody this invitation into the itinerary - creating time for you to do exactly what you need to do when you need to do it, and being celebrated for it along the way.

✨ Want to do the journal prompts? Great.

✨ Want to take a nap? Excellent.

✨ Don't feel like sharing right now? Valid and accepted.

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Five years ago, Matt and I booked an experience in Asheville, NC — a sunrise hike. 🌄

The plan: meet our hosts and the other participants in a parking lot at the base of a mountain, get in a van to carpool to the trailhead, and hike 1–2 miles in the dark to an overlook to watch the sunrise… and drink coffee. ☕

I was terrified.

I wasn’t familiar with the area, wasn’t keen on getting in a van with strangers, and definitely wasn’t at ease hiking in the dark (hello, heights!).

Around 4 a.m., we received a message: the excursion had been cancelled due to rain and low visibility. 🌧️

And suddenly — I was relieved, ecstatic, and able to get some deep sleep with my found time.

A lot has changed since then.

I reflected on this story last month while on a “short” three-mile hike with a couple of dear friends near Montreat, NC.

I’d coordinated the route — a 3-ish-mile point-to-point hike that summited three mountains. Mostly new trail for all of us, and I expected it to take 1–1.5 hours.

We met at 2:30 p.m. and returned to the van around 5:10 p.m.

While we were climbing, climbing, climbing .. before making the final descent that was alllll descent .. I remembered our cancelled sunrise hike 5 years prior.

That version of me couldn't have imagined going on the hike we were on, even in broad daylight! Much less, for me to be the one who planned it.

But I did.

Over the last 5 years, I've challenged myself to get just a little more and more outside of my comfort zone, incrementally building up the mental and physical endurance to traverse new mountainous terrain.

While the story I've still told myself is that I don't enjoy being on trails in the dark, I've got a date with the darkness for my 100k in December. And the new script I'm flipping is that it's going to be GREAT.

Reflecting on where I've been and what was once scary is helping me feel more calm and confident going into race day.

✨ What is something you do now with ease that used to be scary, daunting, or out of reach?

Hit reply, share in the comments, write in your journal, or just think & reflect. Whatever feels good 😌

This summer I ran a 50k in Western North Carolina and a met a new friend - someone I'd run the entire race with.

We briefly chatted about our race strategy, which mostly involved listening to our bodies, hiking uphills (time for talking, eating, and drinking), and running downhills & "flats" (not much is flat on trails in WNC).

During the race we talked about her experience running ultras, and she told me that she runs at a "gratitude pace".

A pace where she literally feels grateful for her health and strength, and can maintain a comfortable conversation.

Last weekend while we were on a hike at Catawba Falls with the Resilient Retreat in North Carolina, I invited everyone to embrace their "gratitude pace":

• to move at your own speed

• take as few or many breaks as you'd like, and above all,

• feel the gratitude of being in the forest, in community, and alive.

Where in your life could you apply the gratitude pace?

Maybe you aren't training for a race, but maybe there's a project or a goal you've been challenging yourself to complete - what if this week, you moved at a pace that allowed you to tap back into why you crossed the start line in the first place? What would it feel like? What would you do next?

Until next week -

Leslie

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Have you ever noticed a moment when you felt completely alive—magnetic, at home, and fully yourself? That’s your elemental nature speaking.

At LMNTL, we guide people to find that feeling—not just for a fleeting moment, but as a sustainable way of living. We call it living in your elemental nature: aligning your choices, habits, relationships, and dreams with who you truly are.

✨ This week, your invitation is simple:
Take a quiet moment to reflect:

• When in your life have you felt most alive, radiant, and in flow?

• What elements—people, places, activities—were present in that moment?

• How can you bring even a spark of that feeling into your week right now?

Your elemental nature is unique to you. It may be found in art, movement, nature, relationships, or creativity. It may appear in a fleeting moment of courage or in the way you start your day.

💡 If you're up for more:
Choose one action this week that lights you up or reconnects you to that sense of being fully alive. Small, intentional actions compound into lasting transformation.

…pick what truly calls to you. Let the rest go. Let it be enough.

💛 We’re here to guide you: Through discovery, reflection, and aligned action, we help you uncover your elemental nature and create a life that magnetically reflects your truest self.

This week, step closer to the life that feels magnetic, alive, and 100% yours.

xo,
Leslie & Matt

We've been fully alive and in our element hosting the sold-out Resilient Retreat in the forest at Indigo Nature Retreat. If you're feeling called to join an in-person transformational retreat, we still have a few spots left for Winter in New Harmony.

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There are so many things you could do today. This week. This month. This year.

The list feels never-ending.

Most of it circles around self-care, growth, “becoming better.” And while those things matter, sometimes we just end up going through the motions—beating ourselves up for not doing enough, changing enough, being enough.

Here’s the truth: it’s all bullsh*t.

✨ What you’re doing IS enough.
✨ What you’re not doing IS enough.

This week, I invite you to lean into desire.

What do you really want to do in this moment?

This isn’t about vegging on the couch for seven days straight and calling it self-care (though let’s be real, there are caring ways to do that too).

It’s about intention. About allowing whatever you do—or don’t do—to be enough.

So if today you had a grand plan to mow the grass, read two chapters, squeeze in a workout, and catch up on work … but you only have time or energy for one thing?

Pick the one you truly want. Let the rest go.
Let it be enough.

Because it is.

xo,
Leslie

🌿 P.S. If you’re ready to go deeper into this work—releasing the “not enoughs,” setting aligned goals, and creating sustainable self-care—I’d love to support you in 1:1 coaching. I've been known to put the "FU" in fun so get ready for some fun transformation 😎

Do you ever have stretches of time where you feel unstoppable — grounded, focused, full of energy?

And then suddenly… you wake up tired, uninspired, and even your to-do list feels heavy?

That happened to me recently while training for my 100k. After months of feeling stronger every day, I woke up with a sore throat — right before a key long run and our annual bike ride from Southern Indiana to Chicago.

I could have pushed harder, spiraled into frustration, or worried about falling behind.

Instead, I accepted it. I cut my 25-mile run short, gave myself compassion, and shifted my focus to rest and recovery.

Because here’s the truth: we aren’t meant to run at 100% all the time. We ebb and flow. Our energy, like the seasons, has its cycles.

Learning to honor those cycles — and care for yourself in each one — is the real work.

✨ This week, join us as we explore how to listen to your body, practice self-compassion, and move through these natural shifts with ease.

Until next week,

Leslie

P.S. If you’re ready for deeper support, I have a few spots open for 1:1 coaching. Let’s create a plan that works with your seasons — not against them. Click here to get started.