It has been a very INTENSE 24 hours! Intense in a good way though. The intensity has come through creativity and inspiration…for change. Yesterday was Saturday, August 31st – Labor Day Weekend 2024. The end of a month and for some, the end of the summer season. For me, it was the beginning of something NEW!
New Paint, Same Structure
If you have been here before, you may have noticed some changes! The Well-House got a face-lift…sort of! The underlying theme, the “bones”, if you will, of The Well-House are still there. The MAIN source of inspiration, my passion for helping others in health…it’s still there. It was just time for a little bit of an upgrade.
Change can be hard for some of us. Even me. My son asked me what I was doing and I shared that I was rebranding (I was trying to be short and sweet because I was in the zone!). He was a little confused, so I told him that my business was sort of like our house. It is still here, the main structure of it and sometimes, we need to do some new paint, redecorate, or add-on. New paint, same structure. I think he got it…maybe!
Deep Change
The truth is, this change just sort of happened. It just sort of came to me. Much like the day I came up with the idea of The Well-House actually…I was on a walk in the yard! I was admiring all of my hydrangeas and how they had changed over the season. These are Limelight Hydrangeas – they start out white and lime colored and as the season goes on, they darken with a deeper green and a dusty rose color.
It was sunset and I just kept thinking how beautiful everything was! The beauty of the sunset, the nice weather, the change of the hydrangeas…and as I got to the center of my yard by our wellhouse, it came to me…
The Well-House needed to change! Just like the late-season hydrangeas, it needed to be bold. The change would have to reflect the intensity of my passion. This change needed to go beyond a color palate change…it needed meaning and purpose. This was a deep, expansive change in need of happening!
Let It Flow
I ended my walk early and got in the house to my office and just let everything that was swimming in my mind out onto my notepad. Ideas and thoughts were flowing out of my mind like a full river! I was smiling ear to ear and so excited!
I had taken some pictures on my walk and uploaded them to my laptop. I stared at them for quite some time. More ideas and thoughts came rushing to the paper. It was time to put it into action…logo, colors, pictures. Then came a phrase…a meaning…a purpose…
“GROUNDED IN A HOLISTIC, ROOT-CAUSE APPROACH TO HEALTH & WELLNESS”
I literally FELT those words as I typed them out. I was grounded. I was clear on my mission. I was getting my passion and truth out. And it kept on flowing!
The Old Is Not Out
Despite all these new looks and thoughts and feelings and everything else flowing through my mind, I reflected on how the “OLD” was not really gone, or out. It has just gone through a bit of a metamorphosis! I have reflected this in my pictures here. For instance, the windmill is still a part of my logo as it was before. Windmills of long ago, generated energy to pump water. We need water to live! We need energy! So, the windmill stays. The hydrangeas. They stay too! However, as I mentioned above, the look of them on my site have changed. They are in a new season. Their color is bold. Strong. Still a hydrangea though!
Finally, the name. That will stay as long as I am here! The name came from that very first inspirational walk by my own wellhouse on our farm. The purpose of a wellhouse is mainly protection. To keep the well safe, warm, free from debris. This space, whether it is virtual or a physical space, will always be a space of safety. A place you can come and be free from the “debris” of the world. A warm and inviting space.
Continuing
Needless to say, as I write this letter to you, I am feeling tired…yet, fulfilled! I am so thankful for the inspiration and growth that has come over me the past 24 hours. It has been so transformative…so affirming as well. I am staying grounded in my passion and my visions for the growth and expansion of The Well-House and it feels so good! I am rolling out not only new looks, but new services as well. I am dreaming big on some other things too!
I still have things flowing through this little head of mine and I am excited to continue on this journey with you! Thanks for being here. You are always welcome at The Well-House!
