There is something about being the healthiest you, the healthiest version of yourself that has captivated our attention over the last few months. After waking up this morning and thinking about how quickly I can make coffee, I contemplated the journey I’ve been on to find that place of health. A place of learning to …
Why You Must Do The Next Beautiful Thing
“Well, how about this. How about you go ahead and start the medicine. Let’s see how you do on it. Then, we can make a decision from there. Who knows? It might not agree with you and all this worry will be for nothing. We won’t know until you start. We can figure out the …
Home Remedies For Beginners
You are on the hunt for home remedies for yourself or your family. You don’t know much about home remedies but you hear a lot of people talking about these natural health type things. You know there are home remedies that will help you greatly without having to make a trip to the doctor but …
Learning to Let Your Heart Rest
Oh, the process of learning how to let go. That has been a big part of my year. Letting my heart rest in seasons of change, high stress and challenges. I’ve been in this year of mending. You have been walking it with me. Maybe you are walking your own year of mending. Your own …
Learning How to Say Goodbye
If there is something expats learn how to do very well, it is how to say goodbye. We have said goodbye so often over the past few years. Sad goodbyes. Hard goodbyes. Really teary awful goodbyes. Yet, as a family, we are trying to help our girls learn to say goodbye well, in healthy ways. …
Diminishing Family Stress
Stress management strategies for families is something that we are continually working through in our home. Travel, moving, transition, change, culture shock… it all effects us deeply and learning how to diminish family stress is crucial. These strategies play out in different ways depending on the circumstance but the truth within them stays the same. …
How To Notice Changes in our Kids
As parents with a heart for healthy families, we truly desire to know our kids. We want to know them so we can tell when something is wrong, they aren’t feeling well, something is hurting them or they aren’t dealing with a life situation very well. Sometimes, we do know that something is “off” but …
When You Crave Time Alone
I love people and I also love being alone. An oxymoron that effects my every day life. I love being with people and talking with people and spending quality time with people. I have friends and family and responsibilities and so many other reasons to enjoy time with people. But I have a secret too. …
How to Take Care of Yourself
You are tired. You need to know how to take care of yourself. You take care of everyone else. But how can you take care of yourself and everyone else? What does that mean? How is it possible to take care of yourself? As moms, wives, women, we take care of everyone and everything. We …