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Traveling, Tribes and Special Days

It doesn't matter where in life you go... It's who you have beside you.” Unknown It’s September. My birthday month! I love the energy of this time….especially since we're taking off for…

Ellen AtkinsSeptember 4, 2018

Entrepreneurship Featured Inspiration

Ask, and the Universe Answers

Unless and until we know what we truly want in our lives, the universe will have no idea how to help us get it. And, we will have no idea…

Ellen AtkinsJuly 23, 2018

Entrepreneurship Featured Giving Back Inspiration

Meeting My Past In The Present

I went to a corporate-type event last week, and the memories of my working life before creating my business flooded in. . . sitting in a chair at my desk…

Ellen AtkinsJune 26, 2018

Inspiration

Father’s Day

Miles Hamm, an avid Syd fan and our first #SuburbanMonk Ambassador, has returned from his 5-month voyage on the Viking Sun to share a special blog post about what it…

The Suburban MonkMay 29, 2018

Inspiration

Transitions and Being a Jewish Mother, Oh My. . .

May was a big month. Our youngest son graduated from college and is figuring out his next steps. As my mind starts to go to worry (Will he find a…

The Suburban MonkMay 29, 2018

Entrepreneurship Inspiration

Confessions of a Corporate Refugee

I had a great career, great money and was very respected, but I knew there was more. I didn’t want to get to the end of my life knowing I…

Ellen AtkinsApril 14, 2018

Inspiration

Big Magic

“The courage to go on that hunt in the first place—that’s what separates a mundane existence from a more enchanted one. The often surprising results of that hunt—that’s what I…

Ellen AtkinsJanuary 16, 2018

Inspiration

The Bigger Yes

Ok, so one of my “imperfections” is saying yes to so many things and maybe not thinking that out. I started my detox and was through 3 1/2 days of…

Ellen AtkinsJanuary 16, 2018

Inspiration

Sacred in 2018

I am falling in love with Park City, or maybe it is just being away all cozy with all of my men. This morning one of my sons joined me…

Ellen AtkinsDecember 26, 2017

Featured Giving Back

One thing I love about November is we get to watch all the boys

Dear Jeff, Big Syd has finally been born! He is flying off the shelves and all I can think is, “Jeff, we did it!” Remember the interview you did with…

Ellen AtkinsNovember 8, 2017

Ellen's Blog

Traveling, Tribes and Special Days

Ask, and the Universe Answers

Meeting My Past In The Present

Father’s Day

Transitions and Being a Jewish Mother, Oh My. . .

Confessions of a Corporate Refugee

Big Magic

The Bigger Yes

Sacred in 2018

One thing I love about November is we get to watch all the boys

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