Personal Experiences

7 Easy Steps to Change Your Stories so you can Change Your Life!

Today we are going to talk about the Stories we tell our self and how they hurt or help us. Do you notice that you are telling yourself stories all day long?  Stories about your choices, what other people are doing, you name it. For instance, if my husband doesn’t do the dishes at night […]

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Can you have a best and worst day on the same day?

Yep…. This is where the 1/24/50/24/1 comes in handy.  Though sometimes it really can be 50/50 or 99/1… each day is different. It is so interesting, because in reflecting on my life most of my days that have been the scariest and best days have all be about Devon. The day he was born The

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Learning From Past Experiences Can Help You Lower Expectations and Find More Peace

This week I share the importance of learning from past mistakes and how it can lead to lowering expectations for oneself. This is a valuable lesson that can be applied to various aspects of life, including work, relationships, and personal hobbies. Last summer I was feeling overwhelmed and stressed during my busy summer and it

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I finally found the digital calendar that does all I need it to do!  AND it is pretty!!

Part of Parenting Challenging Children – is Keeping Track of All their Appointments! For Devon, when he was little, he was in occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy. This was back in the day before iPhones and I had a paper calendar hanging on the wall, and I know for a time I had

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The Child Whisperer Book was Key in helping me understand my challenging child

I was struggling with a really understanding Devon and what motivated him. This was before Carol Tuttle had released the Child Whisperer, but she had other books explaining the typing system, and I was led to learn more about it. And when I figured out Devon’s type things made so much more sense. And since

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5 Steps to Feel Confident Feeling Your Emotions

What is it about feelings that can be so overwhelming? Honestly, for me, even really happy feelings on an intense level was overwhelming to me as a mom of young kids. Having three little boys with big emotions sometimes just was overwhelming. And then to add my own emotions on top of it was a

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When Your Child Does Something Stupid: Try Curious Instead of Furious

My children have done things that make me feel furious. Bryson, when he was a new driver, he had an 11:30 PM curfew. Well, one night, very soon after he started driving, he didn’t get home until 1:00 AM He did call us and say he was going to meet his brother Carson at In

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