It’s important to accept that perfect, ongoing balance is just not going to be possible for most of us. And that’s OK. But it’s also important to find a simple system for ensuring that we do some things we really care about every day.
Balance Begins with Me
My past experiences and our life as a globally mobile family have taught me that if I want balance, if I want time for relationships, and if I want time for rejuvenation, it needs to start with me. I alone am responsible for making this happen.
Balance and Fly: Our Story
After months of feeding my newborn, changing her diapers and occasionally getting a shower, I realized something was missing. Balance. I had no clue how to find the magical formula until I attended a yoga class.
Putting Down the Whistle: Four Ways to Help Your Children Get Along
Summertime generally means more family time. But does it also mean more sibling squabbling? If you feel like you’re spending your summer playing referee, Amanda Hamilton Roos has some new roles for you to play to end (or at least minimize!) the fighting.
Book Summary: Stress-Free for Good
Does living “stress-free” sound too good to be true? This book will not take the “stressful” things out of your life, but by describing a series of stress-reduction techniques, it will teach you to respond beautifully to the pressures each of us face. I just wish I had read this 15 years ago!
Spiritual Sundays: Grace or a Spotless Kitchen
How many times have you looked into pleading eyes, wanting to say no, but ultimately saying yes? How many times have you been glad that you did?
Cleaning with Kids
Watch as Aubrey Degn uses some creativity and a lot of fun while teaching her children to empty the dishwasher and put away their toys.
Plans and Seasons
Have you ever watched a gymnast perform the daunting task of a balance beam routine? The skill, precision and strength required to complete the task can be overwhelming. Please join author Danielle Porter as she shares how having plans and remembering the different phases of life can help us find balance in our lives.
Book Summary: Life Matters
How do you define balance? Does balance look like a scale to you, where every aspect of your life gets the same amount of time and energy? Or does balance look like a baseball field where you’re trying to run around the diamond fast enough to touch each base? These are common “myths” that we have about balance and this book introduces a new view: balancing as opposed to balanced.
The Tightrope Walker – Part 4
In this final installment of the High-Wires of Motherhood, we explore the tentative and ever-shifting balance required in our relationship with our children. We go to The Incredible Tightrope of Raising Children.
Is it Ever Too Late to Become a Great Mom?
What would you say to a mother who is wondering if it’s too late for her to have a positive impact on her children?
Have You Ever Put the House Before the Children?
Every day requires constant decision-making . . . clean up the mess or enjoy the children? Here are three guiding principles that continually set me straight.
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