Spring has sprung and with it comes a rebirth. For me when the weather changes it feels like the time for a clean slate, even when it’s still chilly outside. Sure we all can spring clean our homes, but what…
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What Anxiety Feels Like
I wake in the morning with the familiar start of panic, it feels as if there’s an elephant sitting on my chest. I try to calm my mind with deep breaths, but I can feel the electric currents running through…
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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…
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How & Why To Use A Gratitude Journal + FREE Printable!
When we were struggling with infertility, staying positive was nearly impossible. It seemed like when we were trying for a baby everyone else around us was getting pregnant, except us. And after seven years and multiple treatments and surgeries, the…
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How To Make a Vision Board that Works for You
I first heard of a vision board back in 2008. The Secret was all the rage and Oprah had just endorsed it and the phenomenon of the vision board. We were knee-deep in our infertility struggle, and I was looking…
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7 Ways to Become Less Busy and More Still
It was nearly midnight the night after Christmas and I was driving home from another long Miami HEAT broadcast. We had just finished a marathon: two games on the 22nd and 23rd, a hectic Christmas Eve which included a Nutcracker…
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Why We Are Doing So Much Less This Holiday Season
I’ve been feeling it for a while, the pull to do less. It started as a whisper this summer when I did nothing with our girls. No planned activities, just freedom to be and do what we wanted to do….
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Living Life Through The Lens of Gratitude
I was standing at my farmhouse kitchen sink washing dishes after dinner. The girls were watching a show and for a peaceful moment, I stared out our window at the view. The sun was setting and I could see a…
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How to Say No Without Being a Jerkface
How many times do you say yes when you really want to say no? Why do we all do this? FOMO? Fear of disappointing someone? Fear of not being liked? But how many of us really consider our needs before volunteering…
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Why We Celebrate Failure
This weekend we had a nice family dinner to celebrate and our oldest daughter. We made her favorite dinner and chocolate chip cookie brownies for dessert, and we toasted her with sparkling cider. Why? Because she lost her student council…
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