How It All Began
I’ve always thought first posts were slightly awkward. Sort of like part ll of the About page, in case you didn’t read it (but statistically people always read it first). On the other hand, it’s...
View ArticleHow I Kicked Stress to the Curb: Part 1
I’m excited to kick off a new series today on the steps I took to eliminate stress. Not only is it my first series on this blog, it is also my first video series. Yay! Now, please note, my video...
View ArticleHow I Kicked Stress to the Curb, Part Two
Welcome to day 2 of my series on reducing stress! If you missed part one, you can catch it here. I’m excited to be offering this series in both video and written form. The video and the actual...
View ArticleHow I Kicked Stress to the Curb, Part Three
If you’ve been following along, today is day 3 in my series on how I reduced stress. The video today is little bit shorter than yesterday and in it I describe some radical changes we had to make in our...
View ArticleHow I Kicked Stress to the Curb, Part Four
Welcome to the final video in the series on how I reduced stress in my life! Thanks so much for sticking around and listening to me ramble on camera. It’s been fun! Be sure and catch the written...
View ArticleWhen Noise Overwhelms a Woman
We traveled all weekend with our two children. 800 miles, two children, one van, a hundred toys, a thousand screaming fits, and a million times I wished we had stayed home. At one point, the crying...
View ArticleStress Sneaks Up
For a long time I thought I was one of the few that couldn’t just grab life by the saddle horn and hang on without falling off and getting trampled in the process. Stress is for the weak, right?...
View ArticleAvoiding Insomnia: Day 9 of 31 Days
A big part of living well is – face it – SLEEPING well. If you can’t get to sleep at night (or if it takes you all night to fall asleep) you aren’t going to be as healthy as you could be. I’ve...
View ArticleMy Indulgence
When I became a mother, I pretty much abandoned me. I sacrificially gave up things that I enjoyed and even needed in some cases. One of those things was reading. I used to read voraciously. Like I...
View ArticleThe {Parentheses} of Peace
When Life Demands More Passion than You Have to Give The holidays are running me over this year. I already hinted at that. But it’s true. Thanksgiving? It was something like driving next to an 18...
View ArticleThe Best Days
Friends, it’s been a long time since my last post where I detailed the lovely cottage we were in the process of buying. Since then, life went a little wonky. The cottage buy fell through two days after...
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