Life with kids is so unpredictable. As soon as you get into a groove, things always change. And nothing blindsides you more than the tween stage. One minute you have a sweet, cooperative, loving, compassionate child, and then BAM! In...
33 Simple Ways to Create a Happier and Healthier Life Right Now - At the turn of every year, we all want to make a fresh start. Finally, start crushing our goals and living our dreams like a rock star. But the reality is we have jobs, kids, bills, responsibilities, and change is...
Before Setting Goals First Celebrate Your Wins - It happens at the end of every year. As the cold settles in, and the gifts are unwrapped, we start to see the reminders. What’s your word of the year? Don’t forget to make that New Year’s Resolution? Time to...
What a Flat Tire Taught Me About Expectations - It had been a long week and I was emotionally and physically overwrought. I had just come home from visiting my brother and helping him with the funeral home and planning the celebration of life for his wife. Our lives...
IT DIDN’T SPARK JOY IT SPARKED PAIN, BUT I KEPT IT ANYWAYS - I started decluttering three months ago before the holidays, and I purged everything in my path. Clothes, toys, linens, my mom’s wedding dress…it felt liberating to make space in our homes and have less clutter. But there’s one thing...
Enough with the Stuff! Stop Putting Pressure on Us to Make the Holidays Perfect - Thanksgiving weekend came and went and I didn’t get the decorations up. I have no intention of putting up outdoor decorations this year either. My usual love of shopping and picking the perfect gifts for the ones I love has...
8 Tips to Choose the Best Outfits for Family Pictures Without Going Broke - Choosing what to wear for family pictures can be a daunting task. When you finally find a time, a place, pick a photographer, and pony up the money – you want your pictures to be awesome! But how do you represent... 10 Signs You Are Living with a Tween - Life with kids is so unpredictable. As soon as you get into a groove, things always change. And nothing blindsides you more than the tween stage. One minute you have a sweet, cooperative, loving, compassionate child, and then BAM! In...
To My Tween Daughter, I’m Sorry Your Life Sucks - To My Tween Daughter, I’m sorry you have to make your bed, filled with organic bamboo and cotton sheets as soft as butter – topped with a Pottery Barn duvet and monogrammed matching sham. (I know the six throw pillows...
Why I Let Our Kids Pick the Photos on Our Holiday Cards - It was a quiet Saturday morning and I had my laptop open on my couch. I was marveling at the images my friend Melissa captured, and couldn’t believe it took us almost a decade to do a beach shoot. We...
Be Who You Want to Be – Meredith Masony - Have you tuned in to my new podcast yet called Be Who You Want to Be?! This week I interview the founder of That’s Inappropriate Meredity Masony. Meredith is a friend and hilarious mom, comedian, and an author Scoop the...
Be Who You Want to Be with Stacey Skryzak - Ever read something online that’s so powerful it brings you to tears? That’s what happened when I read news anchor Stacey Skryzak’s Facebook post recently about being done. Done with judging her body, done with comparing herself to others, and...
The Yap – Daniel Euan Henderson - If you’re on Facebook, then you know who Daniel Euan Henderson is. He’s the charming, enigmatic, and totally handsome Scottish vlogger who boasts more than 1.1 million fans and counting. He also is a self-proclaimed self-help guru who wasn’t always...
Paleo Tomato & Basil Mini Frittatas - If you’re truly on a paleo diet or follow the autoimmune paleo protocol I know what you’re thinking, “Tomatoes are nightshades!” I get it. But some of us aren’t truly affected by tomatoes and can handle them once in a...
Will You Take the February Self-Love Challenge? - Don’t you love it? As soon as the holidays are over the stores are full of chocolate hearts and greetings cards, and the kids can’t wait for the next party at school. But lost in the hoopla of Valentine’s Day...
Our Inspiring Gratitude Journal is Here! - For over a decade I’ve been on the path of self-discovery and healing. First, it was learning to release past shame and guilt to eventually be able to finally get pregnant. Now it’s trying to heal my body from an...
Do This and Your Kids Will Wake Up Happy Every Day - Are your kids not morning people? Maybe wake up like a grump monster? One of mine does, but it’s not a little grouchy, she is like grumpy cat times 10,000,000. I used to struggle every single morning to get her...
