Conscious Parenting: Finding Balance with Self-Love
Stop and think for one second. Imagine you are another person in a relationship with yourself. Notice what you say to yourself. How do you treat yourself? How do you speak to yourself? Would you want to be in a relationship with that person? It is quite common, and yes I do this myself on occasion, for people to beat ourselves up with hateful self-talk; have unrealistic expectations causing depression, deprive ourselves of what we...
The Fresh Start Effect
Whether you are ready for it or it is being forced upon you, fresh starts can be amazing. Tomorrow, my children and I will embark on a fresh start, a new beginning. And the science behind the fresh start effect has me excited. Nervous, scared, anxious… but really excited! What is The Fresh Start Effect? The fresh start effect is the idea that people can disassociate their past performance outcomes finding the motivation to change...
My Power Word of Intention For 2020!
Happy New Year! Can you believe it is 2020? We are so glad to see 2019 go and 2020 get here. We have so many new exciting things ahead for this year – like moving in 2 weeks. Its time for a fresh start and we are so blessed to have the opportunity to make one together. It’s been a tough road. 2019 threw so many curve balls my way, it did knock me down for a bit. But one word kept me going. My intention word, the one I had set at...
Goodbye 2019
I used to think that the older I got, the more peaceful and easier my life would be. As I became wiser, I would find peace and make better choices leading to happiness. Right? Well they forgot to mention all of the curve balls life throws at you and boy has the universe had a lot in store for us this past year… Peaceful? Hah, I don’t even know what that is anymore!! Let’s see, we started off 2019 with a bang and very positive. Being a...
19 Reasons To Be Thankful In November 2019
It is the week of Thanksgiving here in the US. There is a chill in the air (thankfully rain here in SoCal!) and everyone is busy getting ready for their families or friends to come together and feast. This year, we are hosting our first ever Friendsgiving. The kids and I have been busy planning it. Along with all of the fun, good food and laughter this season brings us, it can easily (and quickly) overwhelm us. So I like to take some...
5 Ways To Stay Organized & Ahead This Holiday Season
The holidays always seem to quickly creep up on us, don’t they?! As much as I love them and look forward to them, I could do without all of the stress that comes with them. From planning to entertaining to gift buying to gift giving to travel planning to coordinating schedules, it can all be completely overwhelming. So I am constantly on the lookout for great conscious hacks that will de-stress and still dazzle my holiday season. It...
What Is Domestic Violence Abuse?
The word domestic violence floats around a lot and covers a huge amount of territory. We never seem to specifically identify the type of violence, just that it exists. I do get asked periodically, my partner never hits me, but they know how to make me feel really bad and do sometimes, is that abuse? YES! And because this is such an important question, an important thing to try to define, I have turned to the US Department of Justice...
5 Ways You Can Get Involved In Domestic Violence Awareness Month Today!
The ugly truth is that we all know someone effected by domestic violence in some way,behind the scenes or otherwise. It is common to think ‘well they are staying in that situation, so I’ll just let them deal with it’. It is easier for some people to just pretend it is not going on. But the easy way is not always the best way. In fact some of the best things that have ever been accomplished in this world took an incredible amount of...
7 Ways Self Love Will Change Your Life
At this point in our lives most of us have become very good at our relationships with other people – our family members, our children, our friends. But how is our relationship with ourselves? Do you remember to treat yourself the way you treat others? Do you take the time to let yourself know just how important you are? As you know, when I came out of the darkness and into the light, my journey to love myself began and became the...
A New Year, A New Life
My favorite thing about the New Year holiday is taking the time to think about the previous year and how I would like things to be different in the upcoming New Year knowing that anything is possible with a fresh start. Some years things are going great so it is a matter of upping my game, right?! Other years, not so much and a total energy revamp is needed! 2018 went out in a blaze of craziness for me. So 2019 is definitely one of...