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  • How To Take the Action To Create What You Wish Existed

    How To Take the Action To Create What You Wish Existed

    Have you heard about Headbands of Hope? It’s an amazing company that sells headbands, and, for every headband sold, they donate one to a child with cancer. It’s a beautiful example of an intentionally crafted company that’s taking meaningful action to make an impact in the lives of children. Started…

  • Sarah Von Bargen on Building Joyful, Intentional Habits

    Sarah Von Bargen on Building Joyful, Intentional Habits

    Sarah Von Bargen of the blog Yes and Yes joins me for a second visit this week to talk about building joyful, intentional habits. She’s the amazing person behind the blog Yes and Yes, and she has a refreshing no-nonsense take on how you can create room for more happiness…

  • Content Planning and Strategy for your Podcast, Retreat, or Blog

    Content Planning and Strategy for your Podcast, Retreat, or Blog

    This week on the show, I’m explaining the basics and tactics of content planning and strategy for your podcast, retreat, or blog on this solocast. Learn how to take your idea to a solid plan that you can execute using project management and inspiration. It’s one of my favorite topics:…

  • Fun Halloween Dinner Ideas: Mummy Meatloaf, Monster Mash (Potatoes) and Dracula’s Dentures

    Fun Halloween Dinner Ideas: Mummy Meatloaf, Monster Mash (Potatoes) and Dracula’s Dentures

    Happy Halloween! Here are some fun Halloween dinner ideas that are sure to scare and delight your guests. Last night we had dinner with my sister’s family and I whipped up a frightful meal to celebrate the holiday. Ready to see this? Monster Mash (Potatoes) Just regular mashed potatoes, with…

  • Ten Time Management Strategies for Very Busy Working Moms

    Ten Time Management Strategies for Very Busy Working Moms

    For the last year or so, I’ve been juggling a ton of stuff, and I mean a TON of things. I want to be super clear that I am not glorifying the art of busy. I don’t really like busy, and you’ll see that I address the fact that this…

  • How  to Plan a Retreat: Coming up With a Theme

    How to Plan a Retreat: Coming up With a Theme

    The last time we chatted about how to plan a retreat, we talked a little about the beginning of the process. What kinds of roles you might need, what kinds of things to think about before you jumped in, feet first. If you’d like to tune in to a podcast…

  • DIY Thanksgiving Turkey Hats

    This year I decided to make some turkey hats for my family to wear at Thanksgiving. They were easy to make and everyone had fun wearing them 🙂 I bought 8 pre-made party hats at Target, along with some construction paper and glue sticks. I also used scissors and tape…

  • How To Make Liquid Hand Soap

    As part of February’s Finance month, I’m still on the hunt to find ways to save money around the house. Since we were running out of refills for our usual soap, I decided to google ways to make liquid hand soap at home. As detailed by Savvy Housekeeping, it’s really…

  • Gluten Free Spinach Dip Bread Bowls

    This last weekend I tried out a new recipe for Spinach Dip Bread Bowls that I’d found on the Grocery Budget site, which I modified to be Gluten Free. We are on week two of trying to keep our grocery bill under about $75.00 This week we managed to save…