Advice for Moms
Helping Your Kids Survive College Rejections
For nine months, life has been about helping your kids survive college rejections. Pascaline has had quite the journey filled with pain, confusion, disappointment and…
6 Most Important Goals for Homeschooling
What I’ve discovered over the last 15 years… As a veteran mom of homeschooling, I want to encourage you with the 6 most important goals…
Marriage Tips and Advice After 20 Years
Are you looking for REAL marriage tips and advice? If yes, Brian and I are celebrating our 20 year wedding anniversary with a special video…
The Best Way to Handle Fears: Ring Your “YES” Bell!
My mom and I took a special three day hiking trip together. Along the way we discovered a huge YES bell in the middle of…
12 Gifts for Cool Dads
Anyone else draw a blank when it comes to shopping for men, especially dads? Would you love a go-to list of the 12 Gifts for…
5 Ways to Accept Compliments
Some of you may not know I’m one of the lucky ones. Twenty plus years ago, I was a patient in a psychiatric ward. Yes,…
Moms are Brave and Afraid
Self Portrait with Pascaline I feel like my heart is resurfacing. And even though I have been brave, I want to cry. The last few years…
9 Travel Tips for Working Moms
In five weeks, I traveled to Florida, New York, Vegas, Nashville, Dallas and somewhere else that I can’t remember. Talk about a whirlwind of travel…
8 Ways for Mom to Look Great in Photos!
Everyone wants to look great in photos, especially mama! Why? If mom doesn’t like how she looks, I guarantee the photo will never see the…
How to Determine if You are Failing or Succeeding
What determines if you are failing or succeeding? I have to ask myself this question to stop a vicious mental cycle. I want to start…
When Following Your Dreams Means Letting Go of Back-Up Plans
Our family of four stepped into the unknown on March 25, 2014. We put our sweet home of 10 years on the market, packed all…
When a Boy Turns Ten: Birthday Photo Essay to Blaze
When a boy turns ten, his whole world transforms. For starters, his physical body seems to change overnight. His chubby arms, legs, and squeezable cheeks…
5 Ways to Help Kids with Writing
Before becoming a professional photographer and a mom who buys one way tickets to New Zealand, I was an English teacher for middle school and…
Dreaming and Grieving from Taking a Risk with the Kids
The countdown is on. In less than a month, our family is planning to take our biggest leap ever. We are putting all our belongings in…
The Risks and Rewards of Committing Yourself to Your Art
As we allow our art to evolve, we give space to grow beyond the limitations we can struggle to hide behind. The risks and rewards…
My Self-Portrait with My Twelve Year Old Daughter
Get ready, it’s a long one today! My self-portrait with my twelve year old daughter is where I start my new year. What started out…
Creative Exercise for the New Year: My Word
Let’s dive in to a favorite creative exercise for the New Year! You can do this in seconds or spend ten minutes processing it with…
4 Creative Exercises to End the Year
Today is about setting you up to finish the year strong with 4 Creative Exercises to End the Year! It’s hard to believe we are…
Preparing Your Heart for the Holidays
The holiday entertainment can be a joyful time, but for many they can also be a painful and uncomfortable time. If you are hurting this…
To Those Who Worry, Fear, and Doubt
If you worry, fear, and doubt, you are in good company. Fear and doubt are like old, unwanted companions. Some mornings I feel like I…
Are You a Reluctant Salesman?
Did you spend a ton of time building a business or creating a product you are passionate about, only to find that you are a…
My Mom’s Disruptive Moment (and how it changed everything)
I was eleven years old, and our family was late for church (again). It was a small neighborhood church that we had just started attending. …
13 Fun Exercises to Teach Kids Photography
Kids are fearless when taking photos. Their creativity knows no bounds. But one of the most common questions moms ask me goes something like this,…
Cast Your Cares: How the Camel Reveals Our Hearts
After the many responses and comments from last week’s post “How to Survive When You Feel Like You are Crashing” I was reminded of how…
Why We are Taking the Kids to Egypt and not Hawaii
When I tell people we are taking the kids to Egypt, I get two responses: The first is sudden, like a knee jerk reaction: “Have you…
Understanding Desire
This weekend I was in TX giving the closing keynote for a powerful women’s conference. I spoke on the topic of understanding desire. There were…
When a Mom Feels Empty
Her words of wisdom give me comfort as I sit in my remote office at aisle 11, seat D. When a mom feels empty, emotions…
A Fall of Sustaining Energy
There is a new term that is swirling in my head and heart these last few months. The term is Sustaining Energy. Sustaining Energy. I’ve…
Letter to Pascaline: Turning Ten with a Sway in Your Hip
To my dearest Pascaline, I’ve been writing this in my head since we were in Thailand, trying to figure out how to articulate all that…
A Mom that Inspires: The Repossesed Car Wouldn’t Stop Her!
Meet Shawna Smith! This is a woman who has a story that will leave you changed for the better. Shawna emailed me her story of…
Is My Normalcy Another Mom’s Insanity?
Do you ever wonder ‘Is my normalcy another mom’s insanity?’ It’s that moment when I start to feel insecure and struggle with comparing myself to…
