Popular, I Wanna Be Popular! (Episode 287)
Remember the song in the musical Wicked, “Popular?” Popularity seems to be the desire of so many tweens and teens as they try to figure out their independence – and their place – in the world. But what does it really mean to be popular? Is it sitting with a certain group at a lunch table, […]
Continue readingThe Danish Way of Parenting (Episode 286)
Have you heard of the Danish way of parenting? While I knew Denmark has ranked first or second for the happiest country in the world for the past 50 years, I hadn’t really researched their way of parenting. So when I read a random article last year that referenced a book on this, I immediately […]
Continue readingBetterSpeech with Lenora Edwards (Episode 284)
As we roll into a new year, I’m hanging with a bunch of little cousins who are in heaven visiting with each other. I’ve watched all six of them learn our language in their own way, some needing a bit more support than others. This episode I interviewed Lenora Edwards of BetterSpeech.com to get her take on […]
Continue readingCreating Systems So You Stay Sane (Episode 283)
This week I’m thrilled to have a guest interview with Laura Hernandez of MamaSystems.net. As her family grew from 4 kids to 10 in a four-year span, she spent hundreds of hours reading numerous books, blogs, and articles and devouring podcasts on organizing, scheduling, and self-care.When nothing fit her family perfectly, she developed her own systems […]
Continue readingJust Own It (Episode 282)
As we peer down less than a week before Christmas, I know those expectations and tensions can be high, or in full tilt as the festivities have already begun. Where is your joy? Can you…just own it as your own, regardless of what is around you? Can you find joy in what is, despite it […]
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