Soulful Living
Where the sacred meets the everyday.
This space holds reflections, rituals, recipes, recommendations and seasonal rhythms — the small choices and meaningful moments that make a life feel like your own. You’ll find stories, recommendations, and quiet invitations to live with more presence and less performance.
Nothing perfect. Just real. Offered with care.
Slow Tech & Sound
In our home, music is part of the rhythm. I use slow tech to listen without reaching for a screen. Just sound, space, and presence.
How we listen without getting back on our phones
There’s music in our home most days. But we were getting tired of unlocking a phone every time we wanted to hear something. The Yoto Mini and our record player became simple ways to bring sound into the room—without pulling us out of it.
My favorite part is watching my son learn how the record player works. He’s curious, careful, and fascinated by the process. Even when it skips or scratches, he stays with it.
With the Yoto Mini, he can listen to music, hear messages from me and family, or follow along as I read a story I recorded—complete with a little chime to turn the page. It’s presence, in a small, screen-free box.
Not perfect. But useful. And a lot more peaceful.
What we use
Yoto Mini
Screen-free, customizable, and lets you record your own audio.
Yoto Cards
Yoto offers a record your own card, music cards and story cards. My son’s favorite is The Beatles 1962-1966 card.
Record Player
Bluetooth, built-in speakers, and easy enough for little hands.
Record Player Needles
Because toddlers are not gentle.
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