Martina
@martinarutledge.bsky.social
Writer ♡ Creator ☆ Magicmaker ♧ Dogmom ◇ Keeper of Old Ways ☆ Caregiver Advocate
After years of grief & caregiving, I’m remembering how to move again — one mile, one memory, one song at a time.
Maybe change is the music that teaches us to dance again.
🖤 Shall We Dance? → www.martinarutledge.com/blog/shall-w...
#GriefAndGrowth #reMemberingProject
Maybe change is the music that teaches us to dance again.
🖤 Shall We Dance? → www.martinarutledge.com/blog/shall-w...
#GriefAndGrowth #reMemberingProject
Shall we dance? — Martina Rutledge
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” — Alan Watts As Alan Watts reminds us, change asks us to move with it, not resist it. And as cultur...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
After years of grief & caregiving, I’m remembering how to move again — one mile, one memory, one song at a time.
Maybe change is the music that teaches us to dance again.
🖤 Shall We Dance? → www.martinarutledge.com/blog/shall-w...
#GriefAndGrowth #reMemberingProject
Maybe change is the music that teaches us to dance again.
🖤 Shall We Dance? → www.martinarutledge.com/blog/shall-w...
#GriefAndGrowth #reMemberingProject
Hey Bluesky...haven't been in much for a bit because Ive been cutting down on social media to keep anxiety in check, but what's up with you? What good are you creating?
September 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Hey Bluesky...haven't been in much for a bit because Ive been cutting down on social media to keep anxiety in check, but what's up with you? What good are you creating?
You are not too late to bloom again.
Even in grief, the Sun Child waits.
New episode: The re:Membering Podcast
🎧 “The Sun Child Within” coming Monday, 7/12!
#caregiver #aftercaregiving
Even in grief, the Sun Child waits.
New episode: The re:Membering Podcast
🎧 “The Sun Child Within” coming Monday, 7/12!
#caregiver #aftercaregiving
July 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You are not too late to bloom again.
Even in grief, the Sun Child waits.
New episode: The re:Membering Podcast
🎧 “The Sun Child Within” coming Monday, 7/12!
#caregiver #aftercaregiving
Even in grief, the Sun Child waits.
New episode: The re:Membering Podcast
🎧 “The Sun Child Within” coming Monday, 7/12!
#caregiver #aftercaregiving
You’d think after years of caregiving, I’d be done with solitude—but I still crave it.
Do you?
That deep breath. The feeling of returning to yourself.
Solitude isn’t loneliness but restoration.
You’re not broken for needing space. You’re remembering who you are.
#solitude #rest #remembering
Do you?
That deep breath. The feeling of returning to yourself.
Solitude isn’t loneliness but restoration.
You’re not broken for needing space. You’re remembering who you are.
#solitude #rest #remembering
May 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
You’d think after years of caregiving, I’d be done with solitude—but I still crave it.
Do you?
That deep breath. The feeling of returning to yourself.
Solitude isn’t loneliness but restoration.
You’re not broken for needing space. You’re remembering who you are.
#solitude #rest #remembering
Do you?
That deep breath. The feeling of returning to yourself.
Solitude isn’t loneliness but restoration.
You’re not broken for needing space. You’re remembering who you are.
#solitude #rest #remembering
✨ Something new is coming…
A new beginning for the tender-hearted, the soul-weary, the ones who have walked through fire & wonder if joy is possible again.
🎙 The re:Membering Podcast debuts May 26 — a new moon, a new beginning.
#rememberingpodcast #startingover #griefjourney #femininewisdom
A new beginning for the tender-hearted, the soul-weary, the ones who have walked through fire & wonder if joy is possible again.
🎙 The re:Membering Podcast debuts May 26 — a new moon, a new beginning.
#rememberingpodcast #startingover #griefjourney #femininewisdom
May 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
✨ Something new is coming…
A new beginning for the tender-hearted, the soul-weary, the ones who have walked through fire & wonder if joy is possible again.
🎙 The re:Membering Podcast debuts May 26 — a new moon, a new beginning.
#rememberingpodcast #startingover #griefjourney #femininewisdom
A new beginning for the tender-hearted, the soul-weary, the ones who have walked through fire & wonder if joy is possible again.
🎙 The re:Membering Podcast debuts May 26 — a new moon, a new beginning.
#rememberingpodcast #startingover #griefjourney #femininewisdom
On this Beltane, I offer this blessing:
May you remember your wildness.
May you remember your sacredness.
May you remember that new beginnings are holy.
#reMembering #Beltane #NewBeginnings"
May you remember your wildness.
May you remember your sacredness.
May you remember that new beginnings are holy.
#reMembering #Beltane #NewBeginnings"
Martina Rutledge
www.martinarutledge.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
On this Beltane, I offer this blessing:
May you remember your wildness.
May you remember your sacredness.
May you remember that new beginnings are holy.
#reMembering #Beltane #NewBeginnings"
May you remember your wildness.
May you remember your sacredness.
May you remember that new beginnings are holy.
#reMembering #Beltane #NewBeginnings"
Happy Beltane!!!
"It’s time. 🌸
re:Membering is now live — a sacred space for journeying back to your own wild, true self.
Come visit. Come breathe. Come begin again.
www.martinarutledge.com/blog
#reMembering #NewBeginnings
"It’s time. 🌸
re:Membering is now live — a sacred space for journeying back to your own wild, true self.
Come visit. Come breathe. Come begin again.
www.martinarutledge.com/blog
#reMembering #NewBeginnings
Martina Rutledge
www.martinarutledge.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Happy Beltane!!!
"It’s time. 🌸
re:Membering is now live — a sacred space for journeying back to your own wild, true self.
Come visit. Come breathe. Come begin again.
www.martinarutledge.com/blog
#reMembering #NewBeginnings
"It’s time. 🌸
re:Membering is now live — a sacred space for journeying back to your own wild, true self.
Come visit. Come breathe. Come begin again.
www.martinarutledge.com/blog
#reMembering #NewBeginnings
re:Membering was born from the sacred, messy magic of finding my way back to myself after caregiving, grief, & change.
It's about breathing again.
It's about loss, love, wild joy, deep sorrow, soul stories, & the magic both you & I were born with.
May 1. 🌿✨ #remembering
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It's about breathing again.
It's about loss, love, wild joy, deep sorrow, soul stories, & the magic both you & I were born with.
May 1. 🌿✨ #remembering
youtu.be/MpOpKneH2j4?...
I Am Light
YouTube video by India.Arie - Topic
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April 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
re:Membering was born from the sacred, messy magic of finding my way back to myself after caregiving, grief, & change.
It's about breathing again.
It's about loss, love, wild joy, deep sorrow, soul stories, & the magic both you & I were born with.
May 1. 🌿✨ #remembering
youtu.be/MpOpKneH2j4?...
It's about breathing again.
It's about loss, love, wild joy, deep sorrow, soul stories, & the magic both you & I were born with.
May 1. 🌿✨ #remembering
youtu.be/MpOpKneH2j4?...
Long ago, when the earth sang its spring songs, people gathered to honor the turning of the wheel.
This Beltane, a new beginning blooms.
Watch this space. 🌸 #reMembering #ComingHome
This Beltane, a new beginning blooms.
Watch this space. 🌸 #reMembering #ComingHome
April 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Long ago, when the earth sang its spring songs, people gathered to honor the turning of the wheel.
This Beltane, a new beginning blooms.
Watch this space. 🌸 #reMembering #ComingHome
This Beltane, a new beginning blooms.
Watch this space. 🌸 #reMembering #ComingHome
Happy Easter to those who celebrate and Happy Sunday to those who don't.
April 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Happy Easter to those who celebrate and Happy Sunday to those who don't.
So excited today.
I've been hovering within 10 lbs of my goal what feels like FOREVER, but as of this morning I have lost 102 lbs!!
So many thoughts on the doing of it, bullshit advice, health, the difference in how people treat you, etc.
But today I'm just celebrating. :)
#100lbs #weightloss
I've been hovering within 10 lbs of my goal what feels like FOREVER, but as of this morning I have lost 102 lbs!!
So many thoughts on the doing of it, bullshit advice, health, the difference in how people treat you, etc.
But today I'm just celebrating. :)
#100lbs #weightloss
a man sitting on a couch with the words " i feel like that needs to be celebrated " above him
ALT: a man sitting on a couch with the words " i feel like that needs to be celebrated " above him
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April 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
So excited today.
I've been hovering within 10 lbs of my goal what feels like FOREVER, but as of this morning I have lost 102 lbs!!
So many thoughts on the doing of it, bullshit advice, health, the difference in how people treat you, etc.
But today I'm just celebrating. :)
#100lbs #weightloss
I've been hovering within 10 lbs of my goal what feels like FOREVER, but as of this morning I have lost 102 lbs!!
So many thoughts on the doing of it, bullshit advice, health, the difference in how people treat you, etc.
But today I'm just celebrating. :)
#100lbs #weightloss
It needs a total rehaul, but after taking a year & a half off from my own work to be a paranormal podcaster, my personal website is coming back on Beltane. I'm really excited about that. It's about rebuilding after a Tower moment. Story, archetype, loss, the magic of starting over & more.
April 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It needs a total rehaul, but after taking a year & a half off from my own work to be a paranormal podcaster, my personal website is coming back on Beltane. I'm really excited about that. It's about rebuilding after a Tower moment. Story, archetype, loss, the magic of starting over & more.
I had planned to start my new way of eating Monday so I could use up some groceries, but have been eating that way today & am on track with my carb/fat/protein ratio for the first time since I started my new health program a few weeks ago and that is exciting! Yay for seeing a nutritionist & yay me!
April 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I had planned to start my new way of eating Monday so I could use up some groceries, but have been eating that way today & am on track with my carb/fat/protein ratio for the first time since I started my new health program a few weeks ago and that is exciting! Yay for seeing a nutritionist & yay me!
What are your best tips for implementing a big dietary change? (Plant based whole foods). I was eating a lot of (but not always exclusively) plant based stuff already, but it's about to get stricter. (No dairy, low fat.) #nutrition #plant-based #wholefoods
April 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What are your best tips for implementing a big dietary change? (Plant based whole foods). I was eating a lot of (but not always exclusively) plant based stuff already, but it's about to get stricter. (No dairy, low fat.) #nutrition #plant-based #wholefoods
Today I have an appointment with a nutritionist named Dr. Gobble. It's like he was named to step into his profession and I am totally here for it. :)
patrick star from spongebob squarepants is eating a bunch of burgers .
ALT: patrick star from spongebob squarepants is eating a bunch of burgers .
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April 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today I have an appointment with a nutritionist named Dr. Gobble. It's like he was named to step into his profession and I am totally here for it. :)
My favorite treat has gone up from $9 (which was already WAY too much compared to what it sells for in Germany) to $13-14. Guess I'll have to celebrate all this tarriff induced winning without chocolate.
April 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My favorite treat has gone up from $9 (which was already WAY too much compared to what it sells for in Germany) to $13-14. Guess I'll have to celebrate all this tarriff induced winning without chocolate.
Can we please just stop accusing everyone older person whose policies we don't like of having dementia? Some people are just assholes and I can assure you that armchair diagnoses are not effective. There is no reason to give people who are knowingly causing harm a free pass.
April 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Can we please just stop accusing everyone older person whose policies we don't like of having dementia? Some people are just assholes and I can assure you that armchair diagnoses are not effective. There is no reason to give people who are knowingly causing harm a free pass.
How did I miss Bunheads and why do I always find things a decade after they're over and enjoy the weird, quirky things that get abruptly canceled after a season or two?
three women are dancing in front of a window with the abc family hd logo
ALT: three women are dancing in front of a window with the abc family hd logo
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April 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
How did I miss Bunheads and why do I always find things a decade after they're over and enjoy the weird, quirky things that get abruptly canceled after a season or two?
After months of feeling crappy more of the time than not, I'm seeing doctors, getting labs done, cleaning up my diet, and buying fitbits.
The world outside may be a total shit show right now, but personal spring is all about self-care and happiness.
The world outside may be a total shit show right now, but personal spring is all about self-care and happiness.
April 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
After months of feeling crappy more of the time than not, I'm seeing doctors, getting labs done, cleaning up my diet, and buying fitbits.
The world outside may be a total shit show right now, but personal spring is all about self-care and happiness.
The world outside may be a total shit show right now, but personal spring is all about self-care and happiness.
True love of country is not turning a blind eye to its flaws. It's seeing them and loving your country enough despite them to take action to make things better.
April 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
True love of country is not turning a blind eye to its flaws. It's seeing them and loving your country enough despite them to take action to make things better.
I am 80% creative-chaotic, but have just enough organizational nerd in me to be totally excited at having finally figured out how to make Smartsheet charts and dashboards today.
April 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I am 80% creative-chaotic, but have just enough organizational nerd in me to be totally excited at having finally figured out how to make Smartsheet charts and dashboards today.
Listening to the stories @booker.senate.gov has been reading for has me reflecting upon my experience as a caregiver for my own mom. She would never have survived w/o social security, Medicare, & Medicaid. Even with it, I spent my 401k on her care. People will die without access to care or SS.
April 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Listening to the stories @booker.senate.gov has been reading for has me reflecting upon my experience as a caregiver for my own mom. She would never have survived w/o social security, Medicare, & Medicaid. Even with it, I spent my 401k on her care. People will die without access to care or SS.
Thank you @booker.senate.gov for standing up for us. Perhaps you'll inspire more of your party to do the same. We want you all to fight back.
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Thank you @booker.senate.gov for standing up for us. Perhaps you'll inspire more of your party to do the same. We want you all to fight back.
He's talking about a 3rd term and it's unconstitutional and serious, yet it feels like this is in the news again to distract from Signalgate and other more pressing things. The end of his current term is still a long way off.
Reporter: You said you were not joking about a third term. Does that mean you’re not planning to leave office?
Trump: I have had more people ask me to have a 3rd term which in a way is a 4th term because the 2020 election was totally rigged…
Trump: I have had more people ask me to have a 3rd term which in a way is a 4th term because the 2020 election was totally rigged…
March 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
He's talking about a 3rd term and it's unconstitutional and serious, yet it feels like this is in the news again to distract from Signalgate and other more pressing things. The end of his current term is still a long way off.
My favorite thing on the internet today. I hope this evening finds you as happy as a donkey with a peglegger rubber private chicken. :)
"I can 100% guarantee that you'll never see a donkey as happy to get a peg-legged pirate rubber chicken!" 🤩
🔊sound up!
🔊sound up!
March 31, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My favorite thing on the internet today. I hope this evening finds you as happy as a donkey with a peglegger rubber private chicken. :)