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10 Inspirational Quotes You Don’t Want to Miss
Inspirational quotes are more than words. Words that breathe inspiration are meant for ignition. Think of inspiring words as a spark to fan into flame creativity, imagination, and to achieve a passion that is truly yours to go after. It's amazing what a little bit of...
Amazing Gluten-free Molasses Cookie Recipe
There is something about molasses cookies that I crave. When I grew up, every Christmas my grandma would bake molasses cookies. Her cookies were about the size of a silver dollar and so addicting! My grandma would always have them neatly packed in a wax paper-lined...
5 Simple Stress Management Tips: Habits to Break Free
Let's get this straight: stress management is a skill. Managing stress is something we learn either subconsciously or consciously. In some ways, how we manage stress is a form of protection. Stress management can either be healthy or unhealthy; it's a matter of what...
10 Amazing Quotes on Challenges
My top 10 quotes on challenges are peppered with encouragement, hope, and motivation. There is nothing so comforting to the soul than encouraging words. Quotes and inspirational sayings, young and old, impact our mental health. I’m sure you have infamous words of...
The Best Gluten-Free No-bake Cookie Recipe with Coconut!
Hold on to your apron for this amazing gluten-free no-bake cookie recipe with coconut! It's one of the healthiest cookies for school lunches and after-school snacks! They taste so good, you wouldn't even know it. These are easy to make and are gluten-free, dairy-free,...
Road Trip? 16 Essentials You Don’t Want to Forget!
What is a road trip? A road trip can be spontaneous or well planned, it can be a short distance or a lengthy one. Road trips are simply a trip on the road. To make your road trip a smooth one, consider taking some essentials with you. What items are considered...
5 Tips on How to Pace Yourself in an Accelerating World
The pace of life is unsustainable. Do you find this statement true? Technology is moving so quickly, it’s hard for the tech-savvy to stay on top of it. How about that statement? Social media is ridiculously distracting, addictive, and toxic that unless firm boundaries...
11 Powerful Quotes on Success. Don’t miss these!
Quotes on success can carry many of us. For others, a lot of what determines success is how to talk to ourselves. How others speak to us plays a huge factor in our success as well. Yet, sometimes all you need are a handful of quotes on success to keep in your back...
4 Amazing Tree Planting Tips + Earth Day Activities
Planting a tree is a simple act that has a big impact. However, before you get dirty, there are some tree-planting tips you're going to want to know! Whether it be Earth Day, Arbor Day, National Tree Day, or an ordinary day there is always a reason to plant a tree....
10 Amazing Quotes About Courage + 3 Tips
Do you have a collection of quotes about courage? Let me ask you this, do you have courage? Are things happening in your life or are they just going with the flow? If you’re finding yourself on a hamster wheel day after day, you might need a little courage to change...
6 Simple Ways to Save Money on Valentine’s Day
Let's save money on Valentine's Day this year. You'll get my 6 simple ways to save money on Valentine's Day along with a little history about February 14th. Explore my simple and inexpensive gift ideas for you, your family, and your friend; but first I gotta tell you...
First Incredible Step to Losing Weight. Don’t miss this!
The first step to losing weight isn't cutting back on calories, it's much simpler than that. To be successful with weight loss and the management thereafter, it’s going to take a pencil and paper. There’s more to weight loss than weight. That's why the first step in...
How to Relax: 4 Reasons to Enjoy the Silence
Knowing how to relax sounds simple, yet relaxing can be hard to find, especially in the Christmas season. We live in a world that thrives on speed and noise. As things spin faster and noisier; it's now more critical to put yourself in a timeout to relax. Why? Because...
5 Important Ways to Measure Success without Numbers
To measure success in this day and age it pretty much boils down to a number. Sales numbers, weight on the scale, pant size, steps walked, income, number of orders, miles ran, test results, and so forth. There is nothing wrong with measuring success by numbers, I...
How to Build Confidence & Courage: 5 Easy Ways
In 2007 my confidence collapsed and my heart panted for fullness. My independence, which I held on to so tightly, attached to others. The attitude to do more than exist went to merely existing. I desperately needed to know how to build confidence and courage once...
How to Start Volunteering: 4 Tips to Succeed
Have you wondered how to start volunteering? I've got 4 great tips to help you succeed with your helping hand. But first, let's reminisce. Have you caught yourself saying, “Oh, someone else will do it.”? We all know volunteering is essential for our charities,...
How to Fight Stress: 5 Tactics Most People Forget
How to fight stress is something we need to address every day. Stress can make us do funny things with our actions, words, and even our bodies. Stress is something we live with minute by minute, and not all stress is bad, but we need to find ways how to fight stress...
How to live your dream life: embrace this 1 word.
How to live your dream life starts with looking at one word in a completely different way, this one thing can be a huge game-changer in how you move forward. To help paint this picture let's look at a movie. In 2018 the movie I Can Only Imagine debuted and has made...
How To Be Creative: Step 1
If you want to know how to be more creative it starts with understanding the purpose of creativity. How to be creative is meant to be yourself. Taping into our God-given talents and abilities helps us naturally be creative. A big part of how to be creative is...
5 Best Pieces of Advice for How to Simplify My Life
How to simplify my life is more than just throwing my stuff out. We're getting rid of stress and welcoming happiness into our home. Simplifying and organizing are sometimes used interchangeably, but we’re not going to organize today. We’re going to focus on...
5 Simple Mental Health Tips for Teens. Don’t Miss this!
Mental health tips for teens coming right up! Mental health is just like taking care of our physical health. The term "Mental Health" is not a bad word, it's not "crazy", and it isn't something to take lightly. How to manage mental health is daily exercise, just like...
How to Comfort People: 6 Ways
How to comfort people can be confusing, so much so, that we end up doing nothing. Doing nothing isn't the answer. We weren't put on this planet to go through hardship alone. Let's pull up our bootstraps, and open our hearts and our arms for those who need to lean on...
Winter Blues? 13 Ways to Naturally Beat It
Come January and February the winter blues gradually sneak up on us. Winter blues disorder is a thing. According to Cleveland Clinic having the "winter blues" is actually normal. You're totally fine to feel a little down during the colder months. They refer to it as...
How to Achieve Goals: Top 4 Sabotages You’ll Never Guess
Off-track? Want to know how to set goals and achieve them? When our goals and declarations stutter to a stop, our proactive self immediately turns into a reactive being. We get into a vicious cycle of reacting to our circumstances instead of making things happen. I’m...
How to Build Self Esteem: 3 Tips to be Yourself.
How to build self-esteem is so critically important, that it WILL affect your future. Talk about a simple act with big impacts! Do more than exist today by working on your confidence and self-esteem. I'm not saying for you to walk around and boast about yourself. The...
Gift Ideas for Hard to Buy People
The joy in giving gifts is a way to show others that they matter to you. Gifts are an actual love language. The gift doesn't need to be an expensive or elaborate present. Gift-giving is a great and easy way to show your fellow neighbor, friend, or family member that...
Kale Salad Recipe with Squash!
Oh my goodness, I am hooked on this kale salad recipe! Seriously, this is my new favorite lunch. I actually call this recipe Autumn Awesomeness, but I've been eating it all year round. There is something about all the flavors blending so well, crispy curly kale,...
How to Teach Your Child to Use Their Head
Some people are born smart, others learn how to be smart. Being smart isn't an amazing test score, that just says you can take a test. Being smart is how to navigate through this world with the intent of making it a better place. We are reminded of stories of people...
Corn on the Cob Song Fun
Corn on the cob. A vegetable that gives you a rich buttery taste and a little crunch. Who doesn't enjoy this golden treat? It's so delicious and versatile! Why not sing a song about it? This song was a fun mom-and-son activity I did years ago. It's been hanging out on...
Kid Activities at Home: 10 Things You Can Do Right Now!
Need some fresh kid activities at home? There are three words that wreak havoc on a busy mom, “Mom, I’m bored”. Remember we’ve all been there as kids too. Bored is not a bad thing, but it's a lot more fun when we can spark an interest in our kids and get them out of...