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Learn to Love Mom Taxi Time | Changing It From Dreaded to Cherished
Hours and hours spent in the vehicle every week, driving kids from one activity to another. You are exhausted and run down. Changing the way you think about your Mom taxi time can help you learn to love Mom taxi time again. This simple change in thought takes dreaded Mom taxi time to cherished Mom taxi time. I find that Spring is the busiest time of the year, and Fall is a close second. The Fall reminds me of a wave of cold water hitting us with after-school activities and new schedules. Spring has new spring activity schedules and winter wrap-ups rolled into hours and hours spent driving kids from…
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Breaking the Chains of Bad Habits | Achieve Goals the Right Way
Bad habits are a pain in the backside when we try to achieve goals; making it hard to succeed. We blame ourselves for a lack of willpower or determination. What if it wasn’t a lack of willpower or determination? This refreshing method for breaking the chains of bad habits helps us achieve goals the right way. This post may include affiliate links. I only recommend products that I love. All opinions are genuine. Any purchases made don’t cost you any additional money but help me earn a commission. Thank you for helping a girl out! Please read the Disclosure and Privacy Policy for more information. This topic is a sore spot…
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When Overwhelm Consumes You | How We Tackle Feeling Overwhelmed
Feeling overwhelmed stops you in your tracks. Your brain has scrambled thoughts of everything you need to complete, anxiety threatens to break you into pieces, and you feel like there is chaos everywhere. When overwhelm consumes you, how we tackle feeling overwhelmed helps move us forward. When life is overwhelming, the feelings you have are natural. Feeling overwhelmed can make you feel: anxious confused out of control depressed The truth is, feeling overwhelmed can’t be ignored. If you try to push them aside, the feelings become worse and your health will start being affected. But where do I start? When you feel overwhelmed this is the BIG question bouncing around…
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Surround Yourself with Great People | Positive Influences for Happier Life
Do you know people that are constantly negative? Don’t smile, or laugh easily? They see the glass half full all of the time. Do you follow those people on your social media? It is easy to get sucked into that environment if we aren’t careful. Surround yourself with great people; it is these positive influences that lead to a happier life. How resilient you are by the influences of others will vary from person to person. There are people that just ooze sunshine all of the time. I personally am in awe of these people. They seem to be always happy and bring light into the world where ever they go.…
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It Takes a Village to Raise a Child | Learning to Ask for Help
Busy parents do their best to make sure everybody gets to where they need to be on time. There are times though that life hands you a curve ball, and we need help from someone else. This is when it takes a village. Learning to ask for help can be hard, but this simple task helped my kids more than I thought possible. Growing up in a small farm community, I was always told of days when farmers would help their neighbors get the crops off the field. They would come together and help each other out in times of need. People would look out for each other. They had…
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Vacations for Two | Level Up Your Normal Quality Time
It took years for my husband to convince me to take a vacation without the kids, but trust me there is nothing better than taking that vacation for two! Finding a way to tune out the chaos for a bit, is amazing. Vacations for two will level up your normal quality time with your spouse; date nights can’t compare. Growing up some of the best memories I had were vacations with the family. We didn’t go far, mostly camping, but we were together. My husband grew up in a similar environment, so it was natural for us to always bring the kids with us everywhere. Letting Fears Stop You It…
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How to Grow a Strong Marriage | Staying on the Same Page for over 25 Years
We were 19 and 20 when we married and it will be 27 years ago next month. Life hasn’t been perfect but through everything, our marriage is stronger than ever. Over the years, friends have asked how we did it, what is our secret? We don’t have a secret, because I’m willing to tell anyone what works for us; how to grow a strong marriage. Have you ever felt like you were roommates with your partner? You live together, raise the kids together, pay bills, fix up the house, clean the house, and do the yard work. Life goes on, but there isn’t a connection. You are two adults living…
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How to Find Quiet Moments When You Are a Busy Mom | Learn to be in the moment
When you lead a busy life, there are distractions and obligations around you constantly. It is easy to fall into a habit of multi-tasking everything. You are thinking of your to-do list while you are working on a project report. While folding laundry you are planning your meals for the week. The truth is our minds never stop planning for future events or feeling guilty of what we missed doing. Learning how to find quiet moments will help us enjoy life again. When I first started reading about mindful moments and taking quiet time, I honestly thought it was impossible to do. What mom can go to the bathroom by…
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Emotional Self-Awareness Creates Simple Life| Figure Out Where to Start
You have to work late again, to finish that project report that is due tomorrow morning. This isn’t the first time this week you’ve worked late at the office. In fact, over the last year, you have had to work late more often, and you even bring work home with you. You feel tired, frustrated, and guilty. The guilt of work taking time away from your family never goes away. You get home after that long day and stuff is everywhere. You step over the pile of shoes at the doorway and cringe at the mess. Dishes aren’t done. Flyers are on the kitchen island, along with everything else it…
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Workplace Improvements Start with Empathetic Listening | Learning to Listen for Improvements
Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil doesn’t work so well for business. Problems happen, but it is how you address those problems that will matter. Do people listen, or are they making a snap judgment on what they think is happening? How engaged are people in their jobs? Workplace improvements start with empathetic listening; learning to listen for improvements. When you are able to help people with their work frustrations, you will build both morale and trust within the workforce. People want to do their best work, but don’t always feel empowered to make the improvements to make it better. Listening for improvement opportunities is one of…
