The main reason people give for not being able to practice self care is that they don’t have time.  But in my experience (both personally and professionally), I think the real problem is we somehow get to a place where we are thriving on our chaos.  By that I mean, our frantic lifestyle somehow becomes […]

Today I want to introduce you to my new favorite word:  Maybe.   My family is gearing up for our big move next month, and although we are excited, the whole prospect is also a bit nerve-wracking. Even though we are only moving a few minutes away from our current house, my boys are still feeling […]

Happy Monday, my Besties!  I hope you had a great weekend and that you were able to do something just for you.  I wish I could say I did, but I had the opportunity to serve at a Young Life camp for the weekend and it was pretty exhausting!  However, being a leader to high […]

If you follow me on Instagram, you already heard the big news:  we’re moving!  Exactly one month from today, we are packing up our lives and moving…five minutes away from where we currently live.  It’s a loooong story (and pretty boring really) so I’ll spare you the details, but all you really need to know […]

If you’ve been reading my lil blog for any length of time, you know I love movies, and especially quoting movies.  The movies I quote the most are definitely my favorite movies, including, but not limited to:  The Princess Bride, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Coming to America.  Yet my most oft quoted line doesn’t […]

Affirmations are really big in the world of self care right now, and I understand why.  I have seen my clients utilize the power of restructuring their automatic thoughts and underlying beliefs to change their behavior, and thus, change their outcomes. In psychotherapy, we call it CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy). While I’m a huge fan […]

When I was a kid, I had a lot of nicknames…my dad is hilarious and often did silly things with our names to make us laugh.  He would tell us stories where it was obvious my siblings and I were the main characters, but every time we would call him on it, he insisted this […]

Well, hello my Besties!  Is anyone else going a bit cuckoo with the whirl of back to school?  No lie, I’ve been up since 3:45 am because there is just so. much. going. on.  Today was my older son’s first day back and I’m just hoping he got a better night’s sleep than his mama! […]

Years ago, I remember being absolutely entranced by a mom blogger whose blog was a collection of homemaking tips, family fun ideas, and gorgeous interior shots of her house.  She would bake and create amazing crafts and home projects while her children napped.  But she had six children, which often left me wondering two things: […]