I can not say enough good things about KiwiCo . We have the ages 5-8 monthly subscription and we LOVE it! The minute that the box hits the door Samantha grabs it with such excitement and rips it open. Then she will sit and work with it for hours.

All to often we, as Parents, think we know the best path for our kids. WRONG!!!! We have to remember that this life is their journey...not ours. So, get out of their way and watch them be compassionate, passionate beings that will surprise us while changing the world. 

In this video I share a personal story about how I almost screwed up and said no to real passion over an injured baby bird. 

The other day I posted the article, “Remember to Just Breathe Mommas.” (You can read it by clinking on the link) In that post, I described how miserable I was feeling as I watched my family continuously zone out into our screens. There we were, sitting, scrolling, staring, (in some case all three), like mindless zombies addicted to the shiny bright blue light. It sickened me.

This parenting thing is really, really, REALLY hard. There are days it simply takes you to your knees; having us beg for mercy. It's in those times where I have cried forever, been madder than Hell, and more frustrated then ever. Those are also the times I need the most love and support. I put together this gallery of uplifting & inspirational sayings to help us all through those moments. These are my favorites and the ones I have scrolling over my desktop. Many of them I have printed and hung on my walls. I hope you find them encouraging too!

Yesterday I had one of those days where my spirit felt heavy. Everything seemed more cumbersome than usual. I was sharp and short with my responses. I apologized for it more than once. My mind felt like a spinning top, racing in the fog I couldn't make sense of what it was trying to say. 

Have you ever been really excited to share some news or a story with a friend or family member, only to begin and somehow they bring your issue back to themselves? They basically hijacked your need to share to them sharing their stories or personal experience. Yeah; me too and I have been that person too. (Just being honest.) 

Albert Einstein defines insanity as, "repeating the same behaviors and expecting the same outcomes." Simply brilliant, isn't it? Over the years I have come to embrace this concept. There is no evidence that if what isn't working for you today will ever work for you in the future. Something has to give. Something has to change. The problem is that for most of us, change is scary. The unknown is scary. So we sit in complacency hoping for a better result without doing anything else.

Today I had the opportunity to share some ADHD insight with the listeners of Ally's Attic radio show. I adored our casual open discussion about the struggles that face our children (her grandchild), as well as, simple hands on techniques you can deploy today to help them thrive. Ally's lighthearted sense of humor makes her a delight to speak with, and I love chatting with another amazing women who likes to laugh about life as much as I do. 

What do you think of when you hear the word school? Or what about the word education? Were the memories positive ones? Mine weren't. I loathed school. It was boring, long, and I felt like most of what I spent my day doing was memorizing useless information. I did go on to college and finished with a Bachelors of Art in Business Management. Yet, most of what I've learned came well after I went to school. Some of the most profound lessons and education I've had come from the doing in life. The experiencing.

Let me guess, you have a To-do list a mile long and it seems every time you get one thing off the list two more get added. Yep. That was me too. I was constantly stressed out, frustrated, and short tempered that no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get stuff done. It became so bad that I found my self depressed. I felt I wasn't the Mother I wanted to be, the Wife I once was, the business person I needed to be, or the friend I thought I was. It was an awful time until....I realized that I was the reason I felt this way.