Blog – Sustainable Woman

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We Don't Have a Stuff Problem

Same words every time: "I have so much stuff." But it's not about the stuff. Read more...

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The Maybe Someday Pile

The maybe someday pile doesn't motivate. It haunts. Here's the one question to ask. Read more...

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The Woman Who Wouldn't Wear Red

She loves red. She never wears it. The clothes are almost never the problem. Read more...

The Hidden Rules

Andrea is naturally organized. She purges regularly, keeps things neat, doesn't hold onto clutter. So when I offered to do a closet edit with her, neither of us expected it... Read more...

Is Your Closet Telling You Something?

I've spent 15 years in women's closets. I know that sounds weird, but stay with me. I own a consignment boutique in Vermont, and for 15 years, women have been... Read more...

I Recorded an Episode About Burnout. Then I Burned Out.

A few weeks ago, I sat down and recorded a podcast episode about the winter I learned to stop—about an energy healer telling me I was "f'ing exhausted" and what... Read more...

Permission to Pause

Winter Taught Me How to Stop For a long time, I believed winter was something to push through. Something inconvenient. Something to endure. Something to survive until spring arrived. That... Read more...

A Season for Listening

Winter Isn’t About Doing. It’s About Listening. There’s a moment many women reach — often quietly — when life no longer feels wrong, but it doesn’t feel quite right either.... Read more...

A Note to the Women Who’ve Walked With Me

For the women who know me through sustainable fashion… If you’ve been part of the Zippy Chicks community for a while, you know that what we do here has never... Read more...

Ease + Flow: My Non-Negotiable

Two years ago, I landed on a phrase that has shaped everything in my life since: Ease + Flow. It’s my life code now. My non-negotiable. It’s worth everything to... Read more...

🌑 New Moon in Virgo: A Cleanse of the Soul

This New Moon in Virgo has me thinking about cleansing. Not just our spaces, our routines, or our diets — but the deeper layers. The wounds we carry. The thing... Read more...

It's Okay to Fail

(A Love Letter to the Woman Who’s Rerouting)By Ellen Adams We don’t talk about failure in polite circles.It’s whispered behind closed doors.Filed under shame. Labeled as weakness.A chapter we hope... Read more...