Create A Space of Purpose & Peace
How do you feel about your “space”? Your space can be your home, your office, bedroom, wherever you have designated as your “hang out” spot. That is your space. When you look around your space, does it make you feel happy and at peace? Or does it make you feel frustrated, over whelmed and a little crazy? This month we are spending time setting ourselves up for success this year. One thing we need to do for this to happen is to set up our “space” for peace. When you walk into your space I want you to feel an overwhelming sense of calm and happiness. How do we create…
Embrace The Slower Pace Of Winter
When you think of winter, you may think of snow and the cold, shorter daylight hours, the winter blues and how the season drags on longer than all the other seasons (or at least it feels that way). As much as I dread the painfully cold weather, I actually appreciate the winter season for it’s slower pace. Here’s why… I use the slower pace of winter to get inspired, make plans and get organized. I’ve notice that as soon as Spring hits, time starts to fly and my calendar is full. Before I know it we are at the end of the year and I don’t know how we got…
Make A Plan For 2020
There are only 2 days left in 2019! I am taking these last 2 days to decide what I want this next year to look like. I want 2020 to be a year of intention and for that I need to have a plan. Here's how...
Making Memories – December 2019
This summer someone said to me, “You only have 18 summers with your kids.” They were talking about going on vacation and creating experiences and memories with our children before they go off on their own. Thinking about it like that, “18 summers”, put things in perspective for me. I have 18 Decembers with my kiddos (actually, I only have 11 left) to make memories and traditions. December is the perfect month to make special memories with or without kids. Here are some of the things we do to make this month leading up to Christmas special: Go to a Christmas Tree Farm to pick a tree – this is…
Help Fight Human Trafficking with Blue Bear Coffee Co
I love company’s with that work for a purpose and a cause. Blue Bear Coffee Co is one such company. Below is an excerpt from their website that tells their story. Consider purchasing your next bag of coffee from this company (purchase here). Your mornings will be a little brighter knowing you are doing aiding this worthy cause to help end human trafficking. From Blue Bear Coffee Co Our story began a few weeks before Christmas in December 2017, when Bryn, Blue Bear’s founder, an ex UK Police Officer, was working for a charity investigating human trafficking in the Dominican Republic. After one particularly poignant rescue, a young girl was…
Making Fun Christmas Garland
I kept seeing garland made with colored felt/wool balls. Sure I could buy a strand but that would take most of the fun away so I bought a bunch of colored wool balls. The kids LOVED them and I see us getting more for other holidays in the near future.
30 Days of Gratitude
November is here! For a lot of people their minds are already on Christmas. Some can barely wait (or don’t) to put their Christmas tree up and start “The most wonderful time of the year”! But I am going to encourage you to pause the rush into Christmas and spend time to focus on gratitude. November leads up to Thanksgiving, so there is no better time to acknowledge all the things we are grateful for in out lives, big or small. Here’s the deal, every day this November spend a moment to write down something you are thankful for. Maybe it is your family, job, or roof over you head.…
365 Days of Personal Growth
This weekend I came across a show where they do a mini documentary on an innovative thinker. They talk about their lives growing up, all of their accomplishments and how they got to the point they are. It was incredibly interesting and inspiring. It was also the kind of show that makes you feel like you haven’t accomplished much in your own life. Instead of getting down about that, I have decided that I want to change a few things to be more like these people I admire. It is easy to fall into a routine and once you are there you can get stuck. Routine can be great for…
Accomplish Your Goals & Start Living Your Dream!
“Accomplish your goals and make your dreams come true!” Yes, I have found the secret! Well, sort of. I have found 89% of the secret. This is starting to sound like one of those really frustrating posts that promise to tell you something, then they keep dancing around the thing, so you read to the end only to find out they never tell you the thing and most often want you to pay them to tell you. This is NOT one of those posts (I hate those)! You want to know the secret to reaching your goals and dreams? Stop thinking about them and GO AFTER THEM! I am a…
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
The color is yellow. It’s the color of sunshine, flowers and honey; a happy color. Maybe that is why it is the color used to raise awareness for children fighting cancer. Children should be living happy, carefree lives, not spending days in bed, sick from chemo, in pain and weighed down by the fear and worry cancer brings. Cancer is something no one should have to deal with, especially children. It is heartbreaking. And the children and parents who are fighting or have fought this battle are some of the strongest people there are. I can’t even write this much without tears. Often, we feel powerless and don’t know how…
