I am so uncomfortable with his discomfort, that I make it mean something terrible about myself. I desperately want his approval, love, and

My brain thinks I am a failure today. I am not doing enough, I am not far along enough, my kids don’t know enough, and I’m not enough.

If you have something you want to achieve, go for it! Not because you will be a better person, but because you want to.

Choosing to feel love for others is a beautiful choice that I make. Remember that the love you feel comes from YOU. You don’t feel other peo

Whatever you want in life - whatever you want to be, whatever you want to accomplish, whatever you want to do, you will need to be uncomfort

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,

Wishing that I would just lay down on the couch, eat the bag of oreos, watch some tv, and send the kids to public school....

What if I wanted the life I am in? My house with the faded paint, messy yard, and endless projects is enough. I can focus on “awareness” or

If you don’t have to wait until your expectations are met to enjoy your life, you can start enjoying it right now! The question is how?

Teaching kids to be afraid of fear sets them up for failure. Failure because they will not want to take the action required to achieve their

Worry robs you of the moment you are currently in. Instead of being focused on what is happening right now in your life,...

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

Being a mom is messier, louder, smellier, and crazier than I ever imagined. It is also more beautiful, lovely, and joyful than ever...

What if in any given moment, what you choose to do is the right thing to do?

I don’t know is a lie. It keeps you stuck. It stops progress.

What you truly want is to feel positive emotions. Like most humans, I don’t like to feel negative emotions, so I avoid them at all costs.

There was a huge to do list, therefore I had to feel overwhelmed. The list was long, so it had to take a long time to accomplish it.

Other people are allowed to judge you. They are allowed to not understand. They are allowed to think badly about you.

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

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. There was no other option. I did alternate between stress and giving up as well, but basically most of my time was spent knowing that inevitably I would fail, so I worried about it. I stressed, I analyzed, I tried to avoid it, I tried to be perfect, and I tried to keep the impending disaster from ever arriving. It was exhausting. Then I learned