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Systems thinking

Your focus last week was surviving. (Congrats, you made it.) This week your focus should be systems. You want to move out of taking it...

Help, my partner travels all the time!

Today’s question comes from one of our readers: My husband travels the entire work-week. How do I keep my sanity? I want to give you a...

How to Crush it as a Working Mom

59% of working moms of young kids do 30-minutes or less of professional development per month. Get ahead of the pack this month by...

My First Podcast!

I’m a total podcast junkie. Working out, cleaning, driving, I rarely don't have one on. So, I was psyched when I had my first podcast...

Five things

“What happened today?” gets total silence from my four-year-old, or his favorite line, “I can’t remember.” Here is a great hack to break...

(Not) Snapping at kids

And, our final tip from a single dad, Marc Pickett... This is a recent discovery. I found myself getting into the habit of speaking...

Write a few more emails for future you

As I was setting up the food spread for my NYE party, I remembered thinking last year post-party that I wanted to serve half the volume...

Free classes for rainy days

Now that it’s winter, my go-to entertainment of nature isn’t as reliable. The good news? So many stores offer free kid entertainment....

Throw a regular event

My family and I just hosted our 4th kid’s NYE party. We have a balloon drop at 6:30pm, so the kids can all be home in bed by eight. The...

Healthy Travel Part 2

Yesterday, I gave tips on how to eat healthy on vacation. Today are ones on acting healthy. Be active Walk. A lot. Walk whenever you...

Host an Instant Party

I love hosting low-key parties on Friday nights. Who has the energy to go out? And, feeling social on Friday stretches out the whole...

No More Morning Nagging

I'm continually optimizing our weekday mornings. My newest addition has been a game-changer: I set a timer and tell them that they have...

Look at What's Working

Rowan hates school. It's heartbreaking. Every morning I leave a screaming kid to head to work. Talk about mom guilt. As a Type A mom,...

Can't Decide? Try this Hack

Dan and Chip Heath's new book, Decisive is waking me up to issues in my decision making. The biggest culprit is framing the problem too...

Overwhelmed today? This can help

I'm always fighting the feeling of being overwhelmed, which is why I love Shawn Blanc's tool—the overwhelm grid. First, make a list of...

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