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What is Hygge Life | 30 days of Hygge Challenge
During busy seasons, busy moms around the world crave just being home. They need and silently ask the powers at bay to give them just one day at home. No expectations. No plans. Just blissful fun, laughter, or moments of quiet (and not the quiet where you need to find the kids to see what they did now). The Danes have cracked the code for improving life and balancing public and personal time. They call it Hygge, but what is Hygge life? Before discovering this term, I had integrated it in many ways throughout my Seeking Simple Life journey. I honestly, didn’t know about minimalism, Hygge, mindfulness, or intentional living…
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How to Teach Kids Integrity | Coaching the Future Generation
One of the greatest gifts a parent can give their child is teaching them about integrity. Integrity is the foundation of a very important life skill that leads to accountability and trustworthiness. Learning how to teach kids integrity not only helps your child, but it will bring you closer to your child as they grow. Throughout our intentional parenting journey, we often coached our kids about having integrity. While coaching the kids we had to “walk the walk”, not just “talk the talk”. Telling them not to lie to us wasn’t enough. Our actions and words had to show them how to have integrity. We had to intentionally parent in…
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What is Intentional Parenting | Connecting with Our Children
Parenting can be hard, but also very rewarding. When the days are good, they are great! When they aren’t going so well, it is very hard to remember the good days. What is intentional parenting and how can it help us connect with our children? We have three children, two of whom are adults now. I hadn’t heard of intentional parenting until recently and it struck me that this is exactly how we raised our own kids. Which makes sense considering we have been personally creating an intentional life now for years. The process for creating an intentional life naturally flowed into our parenting style. How we disciplined each child.…
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How To Get Over Mental Barriers | Create The Life You Want
Barriers come in many forms, but learning how to get over mental barriers is the worst. Mental barriers come with that inner voice that tells you what to do or not to do and they can hard to recognize and hardest to overcome. In the Goal Setting and Tracking Series, I talked about the categories of barriers and how to identify barriers that may stop or delay your goals. What happens when you come across a mental barrier? What do you do when you are frozen in fear of overdoing that next step? You thought that the barrier was ‘lack of knowledge’ or ‘lack of time’ or just some other…
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Is Stress Killing the Libido? | Building Strong Marriages
When life is chaotic and stressful, sex is the last thing on your mind. That busy mom brain has no desire for sex. Is stress killing the libido? How is it that when you are on vacation, the libido improves? Why does it take getting away from “all the things” to help find that connection with your spouse? I’m fascinated by the science behind this topic, mostly because of my inner geek. Don’t worry though, I won’t get deep into the scientific reasons because I want to help you find healthy ways that will help you boost your libido. I want to help you build a strong relationship with your spouse or…
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Date Nights at Home | Building Strong Marriages
With Valentine’s looming most people are looking for romance tips and date night ideas to spice up their relationships and “Wow!” their partner. I commend you for taking the time to celebrate your spouse, but what about the rest of the year? Are you finding fun in your marriage all year round? Here are some fun date nights at home ideas that I’ve recently found to change up our weekly date nights. My husband and I have been married for 25 years. He’s not what I would call a huge romantic, but he shows his love for me in his own way. I appreciate all the little ways he shows…
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The Secret for Successful Work Routines | Improving Productivity at Work
“We’ve always done it that way.” This is the single worst sentence anyone in business can say. However, routines are more than just “doing what you’ve always done”. Why is it that some think routines are horrible, while others swear they are the best? I believe there is a secret to successful work routines and when you add this secret ingredient to your day, you can achieve success. Some people feel stagnated by routines and look at routines as stifling, boring, and non-creative. Many feel that if they plan their day ahead of time they are less creative. Then there are others that feel lost without some structure, or without…
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How to Connect With Your Teen | Flexible Parenting When It Matters
Are you ready for the teen years? The hormone changes, the peer pressure, the confusing environment constantly bombarding your teen? Learning how to connect with your teen creates a solid foundation to help them thrive through their teens and maintain their sanity. My husband and I are parents of three. Two of our children are now adults, living on their own and starting their own life. Our third is just entering her teen years. We are survivors of our teen years. We made it out of two seasons already and are entering our third. I used to think we got lucky with our kids. Then I read Tough Guys and…
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Surviving Working Moms Guilt | Redefining Supermom
To the mom that works long hours outside the home or running your own business in the home, all while juggling mom-life and a marriage. It’s hard, I know. The guilt of not being able to do it all and be everywhere is the worst. Maybe there’s a way for surviving working moms guilt? Can we redefine supermom? I’ve worked outside the home my entire career, and even now as I build my business I am working full-time outside the home. Life is pretty chaotic for us and the working mom guilt isn’t anything new for me. I’m pretty seasoned (with the grey hairs to match) when it comes to feeling overwhelmed with…
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Lessons from Creating a Simple Christmas
It’s been a busy Christmas season so far and I’m exhausted going into the final week of Christmas. Work has been more demanding than normal. When this happens life can get pretty chaotic around the house. Thankfully we’ve simplified Christmas again this year. These are my lessons from creating a simple Christmas. No matter what is happening, I always try to center myself and be mindful at how I’m feeling. It took years of practice for me to be able to do this and it is getting easier now. During this extra busy Christmas season, I’ve learned a few lessons about myself and my family that I thought I’d share…
