Our bus rattled to a stop on the side of a dirt road, the driver motioning with his hands that we should all pile out. We stepped down from the bus and into the dusty brush of a Zambian landscape. The driver and a few volunteers set to work on a flat tire. The rest of us would wait. The …
Permission to Unfollow: Social Media and Emotional Health
A couple of years ago, I was following a woman on social media. I liked that she didn’t try to paint herself as perfect. For every styled-out photo she posted of herself holding a cup of coffee with beautifully manicured hands, she shared one of herself with a wild-haired toddler on her hip and not …
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5 Exhausting Pressures Parents Can Let Go Of Forever
Prior to becoming a parent myself, I was a Know-It-All. Shortly after joining the ranks of motherhood, I quickly became a Do-It-All. Let me explain the difference. A Know-It-All simply believes they know everything. A Do-It-All actually attempts to act on everything they know. You know, …
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Mess Causes Stress: 11 Rules for Messy People Who Want to Get Tidy
My friend Sydney’s husband—a man far too young to be bound to his bed—recently tripped and fell while walking through their cluttered home. It was the kind of accident that could happen to any of us. A simple fall. But somehow it damaged his spinal cord… limiting his mobility for the rest of his …
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Morning Pages: A Practice to Help You Clear the Chatter and Start Each Day with Clarity & Peace
A big welcome to today's guest writer, Lilly Neubauer of Open Hearted Home! Three years ago, I sat front row in an auditorium listening to Elizabeth Gilbert speak on creativity. Going out on a weeknight to sit smack in front of a favorite author seems like the chosen activity of a woman with her …
43 Hard Things Women Are Struggling With (You’re Not Alone!)
I have a friend who always seems like she has it together. (Maybe you have one too?) She's been this way for as long as I've known her—almost 15 years. When we were in college, it seemed like juggling classes, work, and a social life came to her as easily as breathing. She had plans laid out …
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