I just finished a coaching conversation with a dear client of mine, Kate, who feels like she is always living in survival mode. She struggles with the fact that she is always running from thing to thing, swooping in to her work appointments in the knick of time, showing up late for kids’ games, and sacrificing her own self-care to fit it…. Read more »
Shortly after I was married, my mom sent me at least 18 boxes of my childhood memories to Iowa. She was remodeling my old bedroom and ready to solidify my adulthood by passing all the “treasures” on to me for safe keeping. I had to let the boxes sit in our garage for weeks before I was ready to deal with them….. Read more »
At a recent doctor visit the assistant asked, “Are you staying busy?” A common question to start small talk, yet it always sits with me the wrong way. Is it a good thing that we are “busy?” Is that the standard we aim for to determine how we are doing? As long as we are busy, then we must be doing well?…. Read more »
Spring is here and you’re itching to start purging the house and say good-bye to the winter blues. I’m right there with you! But spring is also a season where graduations and end of school year activities start to pop up. Which means more things on our calendar and less time to get it all done. So we need to get a…. Read more »
All the paper in your household fits into three categories. That’s it. Three categories and all those piles will be organized and have function. You’re thinking, how could it be that easy? That’s just it. We make productivity and organization way too complicated. We get overwhelmed by the piles and the never ending school papers that come in the door. We over…. Read more »