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Using Candles for Hygge Life | 30 Days of Hygge Challenge
I set a goal this year to dig deeper into Hygge life. As part of that, I needed to learn what is Hygge life. As part of this journey, I decided to commit myself to 30 days of Hygge. When I made the commitment to 30 days of Hygge I was stressed and worried that I’d be adding to my already busy schedule. However, Britta Olsson, author of Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness, starts Day 1 with a simple task. Day one of the challenge is using candles for Hygge life. Sounds simple right? It is simple and I loved that!!!! I thought the task would be to use…
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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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The Risk of Gender-Balance at Work | #Balanceforbetter at Work
Is gender balance at work a positive step towards equality? Or does it raise more questions and doubts? These are all valid questions that we need to ask ourselves as we strive for equality in the workplace. I’m a female engineer with over 20 years of working in a man’s world. It hasn’t been easy and there have been times where I’ve had to adjust my approach to “earn” enough respect to be heard at that conference room table. It is easy to get upset at that last statement and shout from the roof-top that it shouldn’t have happened. However, I want to offer you a different perspective today. One…
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Gender-Balance Starts At Home | #BalanceForBetter at Home
It’s International Women’s Day this week and it has me thinking about gender balance. Not just gender balance in the workplace but gender balance starts at home too. The theme for the 2019 International Women’s Day is #Balanceforbetter. Many moms feel like they carry the burden of home organization and parenting by themselves, and don’t realize the benefits of delegation. Should gender balance start at home? I keep hearing moms, tired and exhausted moms, say their husbands don’t do enough around the home or with the kids. These are moms that work outside the home, moms that work from home, and stay-at-home moms. I’m going to be very clear here.…
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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…
