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How to Brighten A Room Under $60: 8 Amazing Tips!
Learn how to brighten a room for under $60. For most people, your home or office is where you spend the majority of your time. So it’s important that the room you spend a lot of time in makes you feel good. If you want to be a happier person, take a look around and...
Versatile Grain-Free Pasta Salad Recipe
Try this amazingly simple grain-free pasta salad recipe. Only seven ingredients and easy to make. Plus it has bacon! I love this recipe because it is versatile. Going gluten-free is hard enough, but grain-free is even more challenging. The beauty of this grain-free...
Stress-Free Moving: 2 Critical Steps
Stress-free moving sounds amazing and IS possible, the trick is to know what stresses you out and beat it at its own game. Moving is one of the biggest stressful events in someone’s life. It’s no small task whether you’re moving down the street or across the country;...
Benefits of a Garden: One Huge Reason to Take Up Gardening
The benefits of a garden are more than growing pretty flowers and organic vegetables. A garden serves many purposes, but on this particular day, it served a HUGE purpose I didn't see coming. Walk with me into my garden, this just may be the best-kept secret to peace,...
How to Reduce Stress in Your Life: 10 Breakthrough Tips
One of the pillars to a happy life is to know how to reduce stress in your life. If you think you’ve heard it all about stress management, think again. Get these 10 impressive tips on how to reduce stress in your life so you can live a healthy happy life. Seriously,...
4 Simple Reduce Stress Strategies for You & Your Kids
When we look at our children we can easily think they don’t have any stress. We might say, “What possibly could they be stressed out about?” Kids have stress, just like us. It might look different, but they do, and knowing how to relieve it can be confusing for them,...
How To Be Less Busy: #1 Mistake People Make
Let me help you to know how to be less busy by avoiding this one mistake people make. But before I do, can you relate? Every year I say to myself, “I can handle May and June; "busy" won't overtake me. I’m prepared for it.” But when that time hits all the neat and tidy...
How to Have a Happy Family: 3 Revolutionary Steps
We all want to have a happy family, but how do we have a happy family? Every family has its traditions, quirks, and drama. First and foremost, you have an amazing family. Family is fun in its own way, simply watch your family and learn what makes it tick. However,...
7 Surefire Ways to Save Money Grocery Shopping
Save money on grocery shopping every time you shop. Let's get to be better shoppers so when inflation hits we're not going hungry. I've got seven surefire ways that will help you to know how to grocery shop and save money. It's not just coupon clipping anymore. You'll...
3 Simple Anger Management Tips
Anger management tips are not fun words, but words to take seriously. If someone tells you that you have anger issues, they are... unfortunately...probably on to something. So how do we control our tempers before they erupt? I have three simple ways to turn our lion...
3 Problem Solving Strategies People Often Forget
Problems are going to happen, be ready for the next one by learning these three problem solving strategies people often forget! In life, we are going to be dealt some hands we may not be able to control, but we can adjust how we react to it. Let me share a personal...
9 Easy Ways to Learn More About Yourself
God created us each uniquely. Navigating away from the world's pressures and into His kingdom is a journey, but it's in God's hands that we learn more about who we are. Learning more about yourself is kind of like a treasure hunt. There's a moment of "Wow, I never...
Learn How to Relax: 5 Essential Must-Have Tips
When it comes to learning how to relax there are a few things one must do to achieve a peaceful relaxed state. If there is one thing that can mess with our minds when we're trying to relax it's guilt. To feel guilty because we are taking a break can ruin our efforts...
How to Get Motivated: 4 Critical Tips to Start Anything
If you were to ask Mark Twain how to get motivated, he'd say this, “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” Getting started is probably the most difficult task ever. We know what we want to do, we can see where we want to go, but we don’t necessarily know how...
11 Quotes on Success to be Successful
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...
How to help your digestive system: 10 triggers to watch for.
If there is one thing in how to help your digestive system it is to figure out what is causing the digestive issues. When it comes to gut cramping and rushing to the bathroom it’s usually a bad burrito and clears up in a few days on its own, but when the bowels howl...
Martin Luther King Jr. in Child’s Eyes
Every year we recognize Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday. Banks close. The Post Office closes. Public schools close. If you haven't heard of Martin Luther King Jr. or haven't understood his stand, he was the most visible spokesperson in the Civil Rights Movement from...
Brat n Bacon Stew Recipe
The combination of brats and bacon is amazing! Add them into a stew and you got yourself a hearty winter meal. This simple and tasty bacon stew is loaded with flavor. It might not be the leanest, but if you want to splurge on a cozy winter evening, this is a stew you...
10 Free Things to do on Thanksgiving Weekend
Thanksgiving activities can be more than shopping, tree trimming, football, and food! There are loads of Thanksgiving activities can we do...for FREE! Let's dive into 10 free activities you can do with your family. I personally love #6. Make this Thanksgiving memorial...
The BEST Gluten-Free Granola Bar Recipe EVER!
This is by far the BEST homemade gluten-free granola bar recipe EVER! These granola bars are actually healthy for you. There is no added sugar other than natural honey. They are also gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, and nut-free! My gluten-free granola bar recipe...
Chronically sick? Choose the right water filter.
As a kid, I never thought about a water filter. Yet after being diagnosed with autoimmune diseases, I wouldn’t drink any water without one. How do I choose the right water filter? In this post, you’ll learn about drinking water and my journey of not submitting to...
The #1 Way to Simplify Your Life for Good!
If you want to simplify your life, there is only one thing you need to do. When people think of simplifying they generally think of decluttering, painting their interior walls white, and swapping out their tv for books. All those things are awesome but simplifying is...
Quick Healthy Meals On a Budget? 5 Criteria
How can we make a quick healthy meal on a budget? When it comes to meals I use five criteria to measure success: taste, health, speed, digestion, and budget. These days we need anything that helps! Dive into my secrets to help you get more flavor, more money, and...
10 Inspirational Quotes You Don’t Want to Miss
Inspirational quotes are not all fairies and rainbows. Inspiration is meant to make things happen, not to sit on a cloud and wander. We all need encouragement or stimulation to get moving. We all certainly know how to complain, and lately, in the world, there has been...
Simple Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Leg Recipe
The bacon-wrapped chicken leg recipe is a tailgate show stopper. This recipe is also a hit at summer barbecues, picnics, and Super Bowl parties. With only two ingredients this dish is super easy to make and fun for the kids. Bacon + Chicken? Bacon marries well with...
The Ultimate Scavenger Hunt (kids 8-13+ yrs. old)
Scavenger hunt to the rescue! Do your kids have a lot of time on their hands? Are your tweens feeling dumpy and bored? I have a fun low-cost solution for you! My scavenger hunt takes at least three hours to complete. Can you hear the angels sing? This adventure keeps...
Easy Dairy-Free Nachos with Simple Ingredients!
Nachos no more? If you have to be dairy-free I bet you said goodbye to nachos. I sure did. I also said goodbye to cheese pizza and many other things, but nothing can replace a good plate of nachos. Thanks to some amazing people who feel for us dairy-free folk they...
How to Manage Money Better!
There are massive loads of information about how to manage money, how to budget, how to save money, and how to live a debt-free life. It can be overwhelming and paralyzing! I’ll reveal to you the #1 cause of our money management problems and give you a quick review of...
Amazing Avocado Pesto Sauce & Spread Recipe
Avocado got your taste buds? There are many things you can do with this amazing fruit. Due to my IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) I have had to simplify my diet. So, when I make a meal I keep things as simple as possible. With avocados, I usually just put a shake of...
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....