THE NOELLIE JOURNAL™
The Long Road to Ithaca: On Cultivating Peace
The Long Road to Ithaca: On Cultivating Peace In Homer’s The Odyssey, the long journey home is not merely a...
A Summer Spent Slowly, the Way the Nineties Taught Us
A Summer Spent Slowly, the Way the Nineties Taught Us There has been a quiet experiment running underneath this whole...
An Afternoon of Empanadas
An Afternoon of Empanadas As days go on, I am more and more thankful every day for my grandma. This...
A Dream is a Wish: The Anatomy of a Story
A Dream is a Wish When I was little, my family used to call me Sleeping Beauty after Princess Aurora....
A Blue Carpet Conversation with Maui
A Blue Carpet Conversation with Maui: Anchoring Our Hearts in Ocean Conservation Consider this the moment where the magic of...
Moana Week!
Dreams coming true this week! I can’t wait to share the many adventures of this week and to reveal some...
Moana World Premiere
More to come 🌺
Summer Beach Morning Routine
A Summer Beach Morning Routine: The Architecture of an Unhurried Day The first thing I do every morning has absolutely...
Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream (With an Optional Maple Caramel Swirl)
Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream (With an Optional Maple Caramel Swirl) Note: The beauty of this recipe lies entirely in...
Moana Premiere Week!
Moana Premiere Week! Consider this your sneak peek, because Moana premiere week is officially here and I am already fully...
Noellie Americana Flag Cake
A More "Noellie" Americana Flag Cake We all know the classic Fourth of July flag cake—usually a standard white sheet...
Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren Summer 2026 Campaign Florida
How I Take Care of My Heart, Mind, and Body
How I Take Care of Myself: A Summer Wellness Routine There is a version of wellness that lives entirely in...
Sunday Rituals: Preparing the Home and Heart for the Fourth of July
Sunday Rituals: Preparing the Home and Heart for the Fourth of July There is a distinct, beautiful shift that happens...
What Healing Actually Looked Like
What Healing Actually Looked Like Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help—a Catholic Marian feast day that...
My Saturday Mornings
The Art of the Saturday Morning There is a quality of light that belongs exclusively to Saturday. It arrives differently...
Ohana Means Noellie: Our Stitch Day Surf Kid Party
Ohana Means Noellie Today is 6/26 — and if you know, you know. Experiment 626. Stitch Day. The one day...
The Silent Anchor
The Silent Anchor There is a kind of ambition that is beautiful to witness from the outside and quietly brutal...
The Art of a Good Mood
The Art of a Good Mood: Cultivating Emotional Safety We often treat our internal landscape as if it were entirely...
How a Small Corner of France Became My Second Home
How a Small Corner of France Became My Second Home There’s a morning light that only seems to exist in...
You’ve Got a Noellie in Me
The Things We Pass Down: Notes from the Noellie Summer Club There is a quiet, sacred inheritance that passes between...
Once Upon a Plush™
The Stories That Wait for Us in the Dark There is a distinct kind of silence that exists inside a...
The Lessons of Toy Story 5
What Toy Story 5 Is Really Trying to Tell Us Toy Story 5 opens in theaters today, and the tagline...
What I’m Living In This Summer
What I’m Living In This Summer Summer wardrobes are not complicated, and honestly, mine has gotten simpler every year. A...
The Night Before You Host
The Night Before You Host Hosting is an act of love, and like most acts of love, it is best...
Summer Favorite Sweet Treat
Arroz con Leche with Mango There is a bowl that has been ending my evenings lately. It starts on the...
Meet Beau
Meet Beau Every great story has a bear in it somewhere. Beau is ours. He began as a piece of...
The Turtles of Vero Beach
The Turtles of Vero Beach — And Why They Matter Vero Beach has a way of getting into you. The...
In Defense of the Domestic Arts
In Defense of the Domestic Arts Saturday mornings you will find me in the kitchen. Something is baking from scratch,...
Understanding Your Attachment Style — a Guide to Healing and Growth
Understanding Your Attachment Style — A Guide to Healing and Growth What Is an Attachment Style? Before we can change...
My Daily Movement Routine
My Daily Movement Routine: Building Strength One Day at a Time Before I share anything about my routine, I need...
The Sacred Space We're Losing: Choosing Privacy in a Public World
Content Warning: Protecting Our Children Online This post discusses sensitive topics related to child safety and digital exploitation. While uncomfortable,...
The Great Garage Organization
How My Mom and I Transformed The Most Chaotic Space: The Great Garage Organization I have to start this post...
Cooking for Meat Lovers When You're Vegetarian
Cooking for Meat Lovers When You're Vegetarian The people I love most in this world happen to love meat. I...
Bringing Back VHS
A Case for Slower Screen Time There's something magical about the ritual I remember from childhood - standing in front...
Why Disney's Vero Beach Turtle Conservation Matters More Than Ever
Disney's Vero Beach Turtle Conservation There's something magical about standing on Vero Beach at dawn, watching the Atlantic Ocean stretch...
Pottery Barn's Toy Story Collection
Pottery Barn's Toy Story Collection When Pottery Barn launched their Toy Story collection, they didn't just create kids' décor -...