Stuck. That’s how I felt. It could be that I was trying to do too much or that I had too much to do. I’m not sure. What I know is that it helped when I stopped trying to make it perfect and focused on making progress. Even baby steps. They count. They matter. I […] Read more…
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Life Hacks to Hit the Reset Button
Screech! Things get overwhelming every now and then, and you know it’s time to hit the brakes. Life does its thing and everything runs together and overflows. That’s when you have to re-assess what’s going on and see what needs to change. Sometimes it’s a big change that needs to happen. Other times, it’s just […] Read more…
The Case for Celebrating Yourself
There’s no one more critical of us than we are of ourselves. It’s a good thing when it pushes us to be better. When we expect more for ourselves and push to get there, that’s not a bad thing. The tables turn when we are so critical that we only believe the worst of ourselves. […] Read more…
Things I’m Manifesting in this New Year
Every year there’s a debate about resolutions. Do we make them or not? Do we instead choose a word for the year? Or do we let the year roll out as it does and go with the flow? Well, I have done all of the above at some point. I find that resolutions aren’t really […] Read more…
At Least 10 Ways to Practice Self Care
What is self care? It’s defined as the practice of taking an active role in protecting your own well being and happiness. Who can’t get on board with that? It sounds simple enough. For some reason, we seem to make it way too complicated. There are so many talks about self care. How to get […] Read more…
Whose dream is it? Making life make sense
I was sold. Hook line and sinker. I wanted it all. I wanted the house, the car, the husband, the kids, the career and all of the “things” that say I’m rocking this life thing. I got it all sewn up! There’s this idea that if you drive a certain car, wear particular clothes and […] Read more…
Give Yourself A Break
If your’e anything like me, you rolled into this new year with all kinds of plans and expectations. Quickly, we are moving on into March and I am still thinking about what I’d like to accomplish in 2022. I’ve got some idea but I need to zoom in a bit. If I’m being honest, when […] Read more…
5 Random Facts About Me
More and more these days we are being encouraged to embrace differences. Going further, you’ll see those differences celebrated in a way that they just weren’t years ago. That message though, butts heads with everything else we’re shown. One look on Instagram and you might see a lot of people doing the same things and […] Read more…
New Month or New Year? You Choose.
If I told you Happy New Year, would you look at me strangely? As quickly as this year is flying by, I know it’s not January yet. Side note: can you believe soon we’ll be saying 2020 was two years ago. Mind blown. Ok, back to my original thought. It feels like a new year […] Read more…
Today’s Mission: Un-box yourself
You’ve seen them all over the place. Un-boxing videos are crazy popular. From toys to food, we’re sharing what we get with the world. What really shocked me though is how popular these types of videos are. My kids got sucked into them with the toy videos and passed the craziness on to me. There […] Read more…