Making Purpose From Pain
Not a single one of us will make it through life unscathed by something that shakes us to our core, brings us to our knees, changes us on an elemental level. Some people experience...
Better Off Healed Surviving to Thriving
15 Ways To Hack Into Your Happiness
From the time we are young, the world tells us that the ultimate goal is to be happy, as if happiness is a one way destination and once we have arrived, we get to...
What’s Black, White, and Gray and Has an Opinion?
What has happened to the middle? It seems that we are moving rapidly into a world of extremes. From politics, to religion to everything in between-where is the in between anyway? The most opinionated...
The Only Thing You Need To Do To Trust Again After Betrayal
Once you have been betrayed by someone you really believed in, you will wonder how you can ever trust anyone ever again. Betrayal can come from a parent, a partner, a friend. People are...
21 Truths About Raising Girls That No One Prepared Me For
Sugar and spice and everything nice. I don’t know who said that, but I think they meant glitter and sass. Raising girls is a different kind of wild. While parenting boys requires a lot...
21 Truths About Raising Boys That No One Prepared Me For
Coming from a home with three sisters and practically swimming in an ocean of estrogen my whole life, I had no idea what to do with a boy. When I had my firstborn, boyhood...
How to Be an Anti-Pinterest Mom in 11 Easy Steps
This post may contain affiliate links. I may be compensated for any products bought through links. In other words, happy shopping! I admire the Pinterest Moms. You know the ones. They have it together....
How To Find Your Green Flagger And Live Happily Ever After
We all think we want that storybook romance. We want a partner to sweep into our lives, sing love songs outside of our bedroom window, buy huge bouquets of flowers for no particular reason,...
How Trying To Control Everything Controls You (and 6 Things You Can Control)
Control is an illusion. It is born out of fear-usually a fear of loss or pain. If we can control the events and people in our lives, we believe we can reduce the possibility...
Simple Ways To Add Gratitude To Your Life
The benefits of gratitude are endless. Science tells us that practicing gratitude can benefit virtually every aspect of our lives-physical, mental, emotional, and social. So why don’t we all prioritize gratitude all the time?...