Joy

Start the New Year right

Hey friends! Are you making new years resolutions, goals, or plans for 2021? I used to track my New Year’s goals with intricate...

Educating the Heart

What do you want your children to learn, above anything else? Teach that today. Not by force, but by example.

Future You Knows What to Do

I choose to believe that in the future: the flowers still grow, the birds still sing, and the people live happily.

Rainbows in the Rainstorm

I think we’re all just hustlin’, trying to outrun discomfort. If we just work hard enough, teach long enough, clean everything, and control

Unseen Burdens

If I think I am succeeding, I will try until I do. I will never give up.Belief in myself gives me power. This is how I create my reality wi

This is as good as it gets

There is no future moment that is better than the one I'm in right now. That moment in the future where the house is clean? It has grumpy ki

The Blame Game

My brain is always on the lookout for ways that I should be miserable. The house isn’t clean enough, the kids are not well behaved enough,

I am Ashamed of Myself

I worry that I’m messing everything up. I’m not patient enough, not organized enough, not kind enough, and not disciplined enough.

Do you want to feel happier?

Too often you are waiting for some moment in the future when all the stars align in order to be happy. Stop waiting...

How to feel your feelings

Although I try to avoid feeling terrible, without the contrast of negative emotions, what would joy feel like? It wouldn’t feel like joy.

I Would Be Happy If __________

You don’t have to be mad, overwhelmed, or stressed, or annoyed, or frustrated unless you want to. What feeling do you want to create today?

Say Goodbye to Stress, Overwhelm, and Burnout

I used to think that being overwhelmed was just the way things had to be, especially when you have a lot of kids and homeschool them....

Blog: Blog2