“Joy [is] a spiritual way of engaging with the world that’s connected to practicing gratitude.” ~Brene Brown If you’ve been working on happiness, get ready to up-level it to JOY. Joy is different than happiness. It’s deeper and more eternal…
Discovering Your Worth Through Music || with Paul Cardall, Kenz Hall, and Charley Jenkins
“We need to create something for someone else that they might not be able to create themselves.” ~Charley Jenkins Surely, we can all agree that music…
Managing our Thoughts to Find more Joy in Parenthood
“We can flip our thinking about our kids. They don’t make us feel any certain way. It’s us. We have that control.” You want to know a magical trick for parenting? You’re in charge. I know, revolutionary right? But really–you…
Overcoming The Complexities of Our Childhoods || with Rachel Nielson
“Think of your own child being that scared and how you would comfort them. Treat yourself with similar grace.” Rachel Nielson didn’t realize how much her mother’s long battle with cancer affected her childhood until it was affecting her…
Are You Happy?
Today, I sat on the couch reading my boys a book. I was running on just a few hours of sleep, I hadn’t showered for two days or even brushed my hair (#newbornlife), my outfit involved the few items I…
How to Find Real Strength in Vulnerability || with Preston Pugmire
“Weakness is pretending that you’re not feeling emotions, [and thereby] denying yourself of that humanity.” If you haven’t heard of Preston Pugmire, get yourself acquainted quick. This “renaissance man” has a lot to say and it’s going to change your…
Baby E’s Birth Story || with Laura Dugovic
As a follow-up to my interview with childbirth educator Laura Dugovic, here is the birth story of my sweet baby born on February 5th. (I share his name briefly on the interview, but won’t be typing it up here. I guard…
Mikael Monson || Taking a Leap of Faith
“I have learned that anything that I thought of myself, that I saw of myself, is not nearly the capacity that I truly am.” Mikael Monson NEVER planned on homeschooling her four children; in fact, she was staunchly against it…
Nesha Woodhouse: Developing Our Gifts to Improve Ourselves and Bless Others
“I don’t think that ‘acceptance’ is an excuse to diminish yourself or to not hold yourself accountable to your best work . . . We should develop and expand and grow in whatever we feel called to do.” Nesha Woodhouse…
Dina Alexander: Inspiring Positive Body Image for Kids In a Social Media Age
“If we get so caught up in how we look, how our friends look, if we look good enough, we are missing the richness of life.” Dina Alexander is back to teach us how to combat the perfect images social…
