One of the main reasons why Fall is my favorite season is: coziness. Wherever I go, I look for places that look warm and fuzzy, that have dimmed lights, and where I can relax and spend a few moments of contemplation or bonding with friends and family. Cozy places invite me to create new memories, live…
The other night at dinner, my daughter asked a question out of our Table Topics game, “Do you think it’s possible to get over a fear?” Lily, my husband, and I immediately said, “Yes.” While my son, Jasper, answered, “No. I don’t like horror movies and I don’t ever want to!” My son had a…
I’m sitting at my dining room table after a 10 hour work day. No, I’m not eating dinner (might I be so lucky). No, I’m working on a project for the PTO. Not really a project, a project would insinuate an end date, this is more like a job. Another one. Suddenly it dawns on…
When we think of bedrooms we tend to picture cozy retreats; private hideaways from the cares of the world. If we’re not careful though, things start to creep into our sanctuaries, and those cozy retreats can become extensions of the very world we’re trying to catch a break from. Some of that is just life;…
We live in a culture of labels. Whether or not we like it we are all instantly judged on how we look, act, live, who we love, where we worship (or don’t), our jobs, where we live, how we parent, our health, and so on. You name it and someone has been judged because of…
If you have ever been on a diet that didn’t end well, you are not alone. Millions of smart, kind, reasonable women like yourself go on diets every day and “fail”. In fact, the 95% of dieters who actually lose weight end up gaining it back. In no other industry do we reward lousy programming and…
The other night, a friend of mine came over to have dinner with me and my kids, since her other half and mine were out of town on a business trip. Every time this friend comes to dinner, she sends me the nicest thank you text next morning, even if all I served was takeout…
If you’ve been on Pinterest at all in the last year or so you surely would have come across the word ‘Hygge’ a few times, usually associated with gorgeous pictures of fires and snuggly warm beds. But what is Hygge and why on earth is it being paraded across your Pinterest feed? Pronounced ‘Hoo-gah’ the…
Driving into the car park of my local supermarket was something I had done weekly for the past 13 years, but today I saw something I had never seen there before. A homeless man. Surrounded by his bed made of a quilt laid on the concrete, a shopping cart loaded with bags full of what…
Instead of bombarding yourself with a massive detailed list of all the things you need to do in a day and becoming overwhelmed, try doing the opposite. Creating micro lists can help you to keep things as simple as possible. Because the simpler this list is, the more likely we are to achieve it. There…