Welcome to our Blog!

My name is Joey Marie and I want to personally invite you to read our blog where we will share our journey of personal growth toward optimal health. My best friend, husband, and blogging partner is Jeremy. We started this blog after a brief timeframe when our lives began to truly transform. It was transforming in so many ways, starting with our physical health.

In 2017, we joined a health program that focused on lifelong habits of health. Both Jeremy and I lost 20 pounds, learned a ton about nutrition, examined our overall lifestyle, and gained a community of friends that shared the same passion about optimal health.

THAT was step one!

At the same time that we joined the health program, our youngest daughter was graduating from high school and our older son was moving to Australia with his girlfriend (now beloved wife).

We had EMPTY NEST in our periphery.

At 43 years old, my husband Jeremy and I started to dream about the opportunities that awaited us as our kids started to venture out on their own.

• We wanted to downsize for sure!
• We wanted to live in a warmer climate!
• We wanted to be debt free and own our house outright!
• We wanted to travel internationally…maybe even work abroad!

All of these things felt entirely possible, but only if we sold the family home that we had lived in for the past 20 years. Despite the vision being so clear and exciting, actually pulling the trigger was scary as heck.

So we took a soft start.

In 2018, I found a new job in Western Colorado about 4 hours away. Well, life happened and Jeremy ended up staying in Conifer when I went west. This was not what we envisioned, so after one semester I returned home. It was our fail forward.

At Christmastime, our house was full once again as the kids moved home from New Zealand. Still desiring all the same things, we decided to move closer to Denver and rented a mother-in-law apartment in a garage. We LOVED it! The kids kept the house in Conifer and we had our own very small place.

THAT was step two!

The vision for our blog became very clear to us when we lived in the garage. Our lives and our mindset were shifting so rapidly and in so many ways.

• We became health coaches and business increased 10 fold.
• We were connecting with so many other health-minded people.
• We began a mindfulness practice.
• We read books about manifesting our goals and dreams.
• We were determined to shift into an unconventional way of living, and somewhere outside of the United States!

THAT was step three!

I’m not sure what the exact moment was, but at one point about 5 months into our garage living, we knew there was no turning back. We were after something, and we had gifts worth sharing with the world. As we realized this, more and more like-minded people poured into our lives. Full submersion. A hunger for learning. A passion for sharing our adventure.

We have always been grateful for the good fortune in our lives, and this blog begins our journey in sharing those good fortunes with all of you!

We hope you will stick with us as we share our experiences of personal growth and inspiration.

Thank you so much for reading this all the way through.

We would love for you to leave a comment if you enjoyed this article or if you have a question or any constructive feedback.

Yours truly,

Joey Marie & Jeremy