How I Maintain A Household While Working Full-Time

One of the women in a Moms Group I’m part of asked us to share how we maintain a household while working full-time, and how we get our kids and partners in on the initiative. Since several people found my response helpful, I want to share it with you: “I have a housekeeper that cleans our house every week and does all our laundry. This is priceless. I know what my time is worth and …

My New Word For 2020 And Why I Changed It

I spent 3 days with Rachel Hollis and 4,000 energetic, heart-open women at the Rise Ft. Myers personal development conference last week. I have a new word for 2020. If you read my last blog, you know that every year I pick one word that is my intention for the year, that will inspire me and help me make decisions about how I spend my time and energy. Before attending Rachel’s conference, my word was …

Resolutions Don’t Work. Here’s What Does.

“New Year, New You!” 🤮 If I hear this again I may actually barf a little. 🤢 Just because the year changes, it doesn’t mean we will. Most of us want to change, but, when it comes down to it, we don’t want to do the work that is required for change. We realize that the work can be hard or messy and that it takes us out of our comfort zone. So only when …

How To Move Past Resistance To Achieve Your Goals

Let’s talk about 2 Essential Ingredients To Make Lasting Change (that most people dismiss) So You Can Achieve Your Goals And Desires In 2020. Because, let’s be honest with ourselves here, all growth and achievement of our goals, whether personal or professional, requires change of some sort. Change can look like shifting our mindset or habits, learning a new skill, or adjusting the way we spend our time. If we don’t initiate change, 2020 is …

Help Your Child (And You!) Re-Frame Fear To Manage Anxiety

One of the most important things that we need to remember as parents is that our children are sovereign human beings, just as we are. Even though they are still developing physically and mentally, they have the same emotional needs that we do. They have the same longing for control, independence, and belonging as we do. And they will process a lot of emotions the same way that we do.  In order to teach our …