Do you feel like you need some fresh air?

Let's go into the garden together.

You know all those things you've always wanted to do?

You should go do them. The things that last longer than you, the things that run

deeper and are more thrilling than skydiving.

The things that make you come alive.

Welcome to the Cultivate Your Life Podcast,

where each week we talk about how to uncover what matters to you in the big picture

and start acting like it today.

Whether you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or in need of some refreshing truth today.

I'm Laura and you are in the right place.

Let's cultivate what matters together. Welcome to the garden. It is so good to be here with you. It's so beautiful out here. It's kind of crazy to think back because when you and I first started coming out here earlier this year, there was a whole lot of nothing. There were winter weeds, which they're still here. There were old pansies left over from the fall and we had quite a few ice and snowstorms that really tore those pansies up. I really didn't think that they were going to do anything out here.

And yet, I stand here looking out over this garden with you,

and it is magical.

I put all of our bulbs in pots this year and lined the garden beds with those

pots and all those pansies. Their name is wrong. They are not pansies. They are strong and resilient and

amazingly hardy. They weathered all of that snow and ice and they have just

just filled these beds out.

They have bounced back in ways I couldn't imagine.

It is glorious out here in the garden. The pansies make this springtime perfume that is

intoxicating and mixed with the daffodils. Mm, don't get me started. It's pretty nice. But as beautiful as this is, if I were to leave this

here, I wouldn't have any room for anything else. Like all of the mops and bops and golden glops that we talked

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