belovelive

10 years ago I hit publish for the very first time on belovelive.com. I was 36, newly married, and had just completed my first 7 months of living in Norrköping, Sweden. Life was uncertain…

Hello, friends. And welcome to my own little celebration for belovelive.com. Monday, April 1, I will have been blogging + writing + creating + documenting in this space for 8 crazy amazing years. I…

Or, rather. November is never how I want it to be. I want November to be slow, cozy, and filled with days of blankets + coffee + red wine. What inevitably happens, every single…

There are just a few short weeks left before 2019 + I am really feeling a deep calling to grow + expand + try something new. It’s time I create a new vision and…

Is it just me, or does today feel like this week has lasted foreeeeever? I’ve been a day ahead every day. It’s been a week that has been tons of fun, lots of work,…

Happy April, lovely soul! I sure do hope you’re having a long weekend however you want + need it to be. For me, I’m taking it very, very slow. Celebrating just being here. And…

It’s time for the big Year in Review countdown! In this end-of-the-year post, I’m sharing with you what turned out to be my top seven posts from 2017. They are the ones that I…

photo by jeremy trimnal photography. image by lier.se. Liz + Lina are back for a second season of their podcast! In today’s episode, hear a tiny bit about what they’ve been up to; but…

Hellooooo there, my friends! As you can see, belovelive has gotten (another!) makeover. I have had a little picture in my head, an inspiration, a kind of mood, that I wanted to convey on…

Hello! Just wanted to check in and share with you the latest Liz+Lina podcast! We wren’t really sure what to do, so we brainstormed a bit before going to bed one night this past…

I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t go any longer without creating a playlist. It’s just in my bones. Now, I wasn’t really trying to not create any playlists. I just wasn’t putting any pressure on…

Well, we’ve seen it. Our episode of House Hunters International aired in the States last night – and we saw it live! We woke up at 4AM, made a pot of coffee, Face-Timed my…

We’re gonna be on tv!!! But, that’s not all. We have lots to share with you today – everything from our response to global news (i.e. President Trump) to personal triumphs to some VERY exciting…

I’ve read a few places that blogs are on their way out. Say it ain’t so! I suppose with the popularity of social media channels (instagram, snapchat, youtube, Facebook, twitter, etc…), people get their information +…

Happy weekend, y’all. Its Friday and I am home. All. Day. Long. I’m gonna be home every Friday from now on. And that means that now my Fridays are the shit. Here’s why. This past…

Two weeks in and things are perhaps beginning to settle a bit. And with that settling comes… fear. It may even be that some of us have that “Oh shit. What have I done?”…

A few weeks ago, I started to think about how I wanted to summarize 2016 on the blog and I just started getting stressed out about it. Well, not stressed exactly, but I couldn’t quite…

i have a confession. for as much as i say that it’s up to us to make ordinary days extraordinary, and that it’s the regular old days that are actually all of the sacred…

It’s been a while, my friends. Too long. And I have so much to share with you. So much really good stuff. But, that’s gonna have to wait until this weekend/next week when I…

The weekend is finally here, and Lina and I have an incredible one on tap! We’re revealing a tiny bit of a secret project that we’re involved in and some pretty other freaking amazing…

i don’t really remember much from last week. i’m just too obsessed with this past weekend to tell you the truth. and if you follow me on social media, then you already know exactly…

I can’t believe that we’ve been doing this for a month now! Our podcast is 4 weeks old! It’s been an incredible beginning and we definitely want to say “THANK YOU” to all of…

we’re coming up on autumn up here in the northern hemisphere – and that means that i’m getting into that nesting mood. it happens every time this year… i start to stock up on…

Hey y’all. Happy Monday to ya. It’s a new week + with that, we’ve got a whole new opportunity to take whatever steps we want to take in creating the life that we want…

i am not ashamed at all that i have spent the better part of my weekend so far in bed and in my pjs… because i have been so productive it’s crazy. and i didn’t…

i don’t know about you, but it’s been a whirlwind of a year so far. with a flurry of changes and tons of activity, change has most definitely come to my life. in so…

when I think of being grounded, i think of being humbled. in awe. i think of all of those feelings + moments that lead me to bow my head or close my eyes and breathe deeply. after…

well, if you are a regular reader, then you know that this week has had it’s share of craziness for me. on tuesday, after dinner out with my new co-workers, i came home to…

lately i’m digging these different lists that pop up and make their way through blogs. i think it’s fun to do a post that’s a bit different. it helps me to not get stuck or…

hello, dear friends! i’ve got two important + fun purposes for this blog post. to share a few of my thoughts about the blogging community. to respond to some questions that i received because i…

lately i’ve had a few days where i look in the mirror and think to myself as i twist + turn to catch a glimpse of all of my sides, “yep. i feel pretty…

my blogging + instagram buddy kate, from 365til30, has a fabulously inspiring blog series called “project 30”. it’s a little q + a with different women in their 30s. last week i got an…

hi friends! be.love.live turns 4 today! on the 1st of april 2011, i began this crazy, beautiful, wonderful blogging journey and here i am, four years later, still going strong. and loving every single…

morning, friends! i was wondering… have you ever heard of Bloglovin? it’s a great website where you can discover and follow blogs. once you follow a blog, it shows up in your Bloglovin feed (Bloglovin’s…

hi friends!! well, i have worked almost all freaking day on this website, and it has not been without some stress, including some feelings of complete + utter confusion. at one point, for some…

good morning, everyone! and happy hump day! ok, guys. it’s happening. the blog transfer is in the works, and within a few days (or later today possible!) i will no longer be part of…

ok. ok. better late than never, right? i know it’s december 2/3 and if you are not following me on instagram [you can do that { here }], then you have not yet seen…

i’m gonna try to write words, but i know that my words will not do the experience justice. today, i had the pure joy, honor, + privilege to perform my first wedding ceremony. and…

happy monday, friends! i’m back from sweden (and a little side trip to the beach in north carolina) and it feels like i’ve hit a mini-reset button in my life – like one little phase…

today i am hopping on a plane with my love and our amazing friend, paige, and heading home to sweden for a month-long vacation! woo hoooooo! after our first year back in asheville (and…

i have the pure joy and good fortune of having my parents live at the beach. they live on the coast of north carolina, a place that has been part of my life as long…

it’s been almost 2 weeks since my love and i got to share a super, great, amazing evening. i’ve been dying to write about it and share it with you all – but, to…

well, folks. i think it’s time to retire the ole sensory overload title. i’m not retiring the category, though. so, you can always click on the tab at the top of the page that…

in our little home, we had a quiet and beautiful easter sunday. after dreary, cold rain on friday & saturday… accompanied with a bit of pensive, contemplative moments (read about it here), easter sunday…

Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older & think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time. what’s the meaning of life? what’s the purpose of life? how should we live?…

half way there! today’s wednesday wisdom post is the ninth one, meaning that we have now moved through the first half of the dalai lama’s 18 rules of living (not in order of course).…

last friday i walked into the cathedral known as the basilica of st. lawrence in downtown asheville ready to spend an hour or so in quiet. it was the first day i had been there…

think spring!! amazingly, mother nature decided that she’d show us a taste of late spring/early summer up here in the north carolina mountains last week. trees have begun blooming, grass is getting greener, and…