Sarah Steed (2026)

24/12/2021

This year has been a place where amongst all the snuggles, and giggles, I, as many of us, have been met with an uneasy suspension of loss and an awareness that division is lodged in the fragility of the mind.

What a beautiful year with all its political disparity, and societal shakiness thwacking my thoughts (👈is this a word) so I finally inquire within myself about all the things I’ve “normalized” throughout my life, who I’ve considered to be my personal authority, and what my foundations have been dependent on. Illusion ends when one is stripped of the delusion of who one is.

There has been an immense amount of individual and societal programming that has revealed itself this year, eager to be felt, stripped, and freed. The irony of this being that underneath this immense blue sky, in the shadow of the massive rockies where I live, I have met myself. ❤️

My mantra’s have been:
* I am a lover of what is.
* Every stressful moment is a gift that points me to freedom.

Being a single mom, helping care for my Father who has Parkinson’s, having my kids full-time, and living close by my family has been the most precious gifts of this year….a larger landscape of beautiful Opportunities.

I Hope you all have an incredible Christmas season. Sending you so much love.

Sarah Steed ( & kids) xx💋

03/11/2021

Today 14 years ago I made a crucial decision.

I walked Into a life full of promises in pretty packaging. Those promises quickly slipping through the cracks into the floorboards, becoming a watercolor stroked in grief, loss, and sadness.
But that decision was the catalyst that delivered my two beautiful children into my world, and an instrument in connecting me to my inner knowing.

My kids and I celebrate this day each year as a family holiday. We call it, “the day we became ours.”

The decision I made on this day eventually required a loss of love, but I gained three more loves. Me and my two kids.
I don’t see it as a day that resulted in a failed marriage, but a day that was a wild success. I hold a sacred space for that decision.

My kids are unexplainable love that never runs out, that seeps into mundane moments, and produces the intertia to move forward in the difficult situations.
I thought I’d be the one teaching my children about life, but they’ve taught me what life is all about.
I love you Briggs and Jettie.
Thank you for choosing me to be your mom.
…And happy “our” day! ❤️

12/09/2021

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18/08/2021

I’ve spent the last couple years being very intentional about the people and experiences I bring into my world, and into my energy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I used to let anything into my life with zero boundaries allowing people and beliefs to roam around at will, flitting about and causing harm. ⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I finally choose love, so that means that sometimes I choose to leave. Especially a relationship, a belief, or an experience that makes me choose between myself and them. ⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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12/08/2021

Q: Have you ever eaten three large Costco bags of broccoli in one sitting? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
A: Nope, because it’s Impossible. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Q: How about a small kids meal at chick-fil-a? (With only one serving of chil-fil-a sauce)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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They both have the same amount of calories-1200. ⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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⁣But Here’s a dirty little secret: A calorie is NOT a calorie. ⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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It has to do with the quality molecules of the food, and the amount of calories that you take in at a given time. ⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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To eat 1200 calories in a sitting is too much energy for the body to utilize at a given moment so it will undeniably be stored away as fat. A calorie of spinach vs a calorie of cookie will be metabolized differently in the body. Likewise, 1200 calories of broccoli vs. a 1200 calorie kids meal will be metabolized differently as well. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Food can be a medicine as well as toxic for your body. ⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Fast food is composed of inflammatory, processed grains/ fats and added components that make it hyper-palpable but is detrimental to the body. ⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Broccoli provides the body with a variety of vitamins and minerals. ⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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When you eat, think in “Nutrients,” not in “calories.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Focus on whole foods - not processed foods.⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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26/09/2020

Spending every day with her soul is captivating. She mesmerizes people with her magical and charming personality. If you knew her she’d be your spirit animal (.) I’m so lucky to have her as my best buddy.

20/09/2020

The Notorious RGB…What an icon for women. ⁣
In an age where women are starving for examples of authenticity, of dignity, of female strength, and craving an empowered future where we have a voice to inspire, achieve and be regarded as equal based on our abilities and not discriminated against based on our s*x, I thank Ruth Bader Ginsburg for her courage, example, and paving the way…for doing the hard thing. ⁣
May you Rest In Peace.

20/05/2020

While Society values professional success in men; it values physical attractiveness and kindness in women? 😳⁣
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In a pew research survey done in 2017 on gender differences it showed that while society values honesty, morality, and professional success in men, the top qualities for women were physical attractiveness, being nurturing, kind, responsible, compassionate, caring, and emotional. ⁣
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While all these are beautiful traits, the negative traits society attributed to women are: powerful, strength, ambition, and independence (while these are all seen as valuable traits in men). 🤦🏻‍♀️Yikes. ⁣
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We slowly hollow out the beauty within and without to be exploited as the puppets we are taught to be. ⁣
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We are taught that our bodies are for others use and entertainment, voluntarily selling ourselves as objects online, (just follow fitness women on insta and you’ll notice a trend in the number of closeups of uncovered booties performing glute exercises), always trying to be upgraded versions of ourselves (notice the increase in cosmetic “enhancements”, and apps that “upgrade” an image with flawless skin, and liquified body parts into more appealing curves).⁣
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Society teaches us to “liquify” ourselves, to show up muted, mistrust our inner-knowing, groom us to be obedient, obliging, selfless, agreeable, and....kind. We are objects to be poked, nipped, and injected. Decorations, if you will. ⁣
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Our culture controls women by dicing us up into “parts” to be scrutinized. We deny our thoughts because we might not be as knowledgeable, we deny our pleasures because we need to be responsible, we can’t show-up for ourselves because that would be selfish. Men are trained to see us as s*xual objects, not as daughters of God, not as persons to be respected. And we are taught that we are only valuable and worthy of being seen when we conform to very specific ideals. And even then, are we? Seen?⁣
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You are a success when you wake up every day and don’t have to apologize to anyone, or explain anything to anyone, or give a damn about what anyone thinks of you or says to you. ⁣
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I will not apologize. Sorry not sorry.⁣
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xx 💋 ⁣
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𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐞

14/05/2020

SEE! Even kids know Traders always pulls through with unique products. ⁣⁣
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So glad this convo didn’t happen with a neighbor. 😳⁣⁣
We don’t want people thinking we aren’t TOTALLY normal. 😬⁣⁣
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Clarification: we have never used breastmilk in our oatmeal. Buuut 🤔 if Traders was open to it, it could be the next big thing! Maybe in powder form? 😉⁣⁣
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Kids have the BEST ideas! So healthy! Thinkin outside the box! 👊 ⁣⁣
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xx 💋

13/05/2020

When women decide to eat healthy and exercise, it turns into another form of stress compiled onto everything else. ⁣
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We don’t know what to eat, how much to eat, when to eat, then we stress-eat because we gotta eat, but we’re stressed to eat… ⁣
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Every thought counts, including what you tell yourself about the foods you eat. There is no bad food, only bad thoughts. ⁣
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Processed food is not food, it is transforming what was once food into chemically enhanced industrial contaminated unnatural nutrient-absent elements and we’re told its edible. ⁣
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Start with eating REAL food, and allow yourself to eat until you’re pleasantly full. Then eat again when you’re hungry. It’s pretty simple. We watch what we eat by focusing on what we put into our mouth, but what we should be watching are the thoughts we put into our head. ⁣
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11/05/2020

You have been told by the fitness/diet industries that vegetables can be replaced with green powders, protein can be replaced with collagen, meals with shakes, and strength training with jumping, that vitamins compensate for a bad diet, that fasting is a socially acceptable way of starving yourself, that carbs are scary, that food is the enemy, that scale-weight is to be worshiped, and that thinness is to be desired at all costs even at the expense of your health. ⁣⁣
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Do not confuse being lean with being healthy without questioning the approaches taken to get there. ⁣⁣
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These type of approaches leave your muscles, bones, blood sugar, insulin, hormonal and metabolic health in disarray. ⁣⁣
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You need to unfollow 1500Kcal< diets with 60 min HIIT calling it health. ⁣⁣
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Eating frequently balances meals and doing weight bearing exercises helps balance your hormone levels, insulin levels, and blood sugar levels allowing you to maintain muscle mass and bone density.⁣⁣
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Get rid of the quick fixes, and the MLM powders. Eat REAL FOOD, do resistance training, be consistent, and be kind to yourself. In time you will notice you have the health you desire, and you might just notice how lean you have become. ⁣⁣
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Weight-loss and health does not have to be this complicated mess we have made it. ⁣⁣
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There is no quick fix or magic pill or powder. Just eating well, exercising, consistency, and time. ⁣⁣
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I know people don’t like hearing this, and those who don’t are the ones who seem to ALWAYS have that lifetime goal of losing 5-10 lbs because they can’t quite maintain it when they get there...no matter the quick approach they take. ⁣⁣
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Those quick fixes only work for a quick second allowing you to share your before and after picture to get the praise and confidence you need for that hot moment without disclosing the ass-backward approach to getting there. That is not creating physical health or mental health. ⁣⁣
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10/05/2020

To all the woman-mothers who mother in all the different ways.⁣
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Those who give spiritual life to struggle, who give emotional life to hopelessness, who nurture with kindness and love...⁣
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Whether you have kids, furry ones, or take a non traditional path all women give life and beauty to this world. ⁣
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You are seen, and honored today. ⁣
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Happy Mother’s Day. ⁣
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xx ⁣💋

Sarah Steed