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I'm Robin Benson, A Vermonter turned Minnesota rancher.  I am an expert at creating positive energy, confidence, and living the life you love. And I love teaching you how to do the same. Entrepreneur, rancher, homeschool mom, author, animal lover, outdoor living and healthy whole food maven. We explore all the things and simplify for you.

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Finding Strength in the Messiness Dec 11, 2025
Where are all my mid-life magical women who have it ingrained in them that you just need to “deal with it”?

That you should just cowgirl up, tough it out and not take the easy way out.

And you have always just figured it out, made do, and made it happen.

But what happens when your body doesn’t co...
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How to Advocate for Yourself in a World of Opinions Dec 05, 2025
Your journey is your journey.

There. I said it.

Whether it’s healing physically,

Emotionally,
Mentally,
Spiritually,
Or any combination of the above.

There are countless options and assortments out there that work for some and not others.

The bottom line is, find what works for you and embrace it....
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Celebrating Small Wins Transforms Your Health Journey Dec 05, 2025
Celebrating small wins is everything!

So often we are focused on our big goals and gloss right over the little, incremental progress that adds up to being able to check off those really big goals and experience growth.

Today, I’m celebrating a healing milestone. It’s not a final, done and finished kin...
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Unpredictability of Ranching Dec 05, 2025
One thing about ranching is you never know what each day will bring.

You think you know but generally it only goes partially as planned.😅

The fun part is you are consistently pushed outside your comfort zone and have to just figure it as you go!

In fact, what are comfort zones anyway??

Oh yeah… ...
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Joy and Practice in Winter Ranch Life feedingcows jerky jerkylady ranchlife winter Dec 05, 2025
Armed with a pocket full of jerky, I headed out to feed this morning.

Some bovines are more patient than others at -10° F and windy and I can’t say that I blame them.

When I hit frozen poop piles, sticks and rocks under the snow, and bounce all over, making the bales go off course, I keep reminding m...
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