Today’s guest post comes from Andrew Christian at Arrow Liquors. Are you looking for the world’s top wine brands from different wine stores? Hundreds of wineries from prominent wine regions such as France, the United States, Italy, Germany, Australia, and others may have approached you. But which brands are you going to choose? What criteria …
The Best Back-to-School Deals
By: Shannon Dwyer from The Real Deal This year, back-to-school prep feels a bit different than previous years. Many school districts are opening up with safety precautions in place, which means that it’s time to get ready for returning to classrooms. Even if your kids are still learning online, families need to get new school …
Things That Inspire Me
I already mentioned that I like the outdoors. Taking time for downtime always leads to inspiration for me. Rather though than write an essay, I’m just going to make a bullet list of things that inspire me. Perhaps some of these things also inspire you. The smell of rain Playing with kids Taking a hike …
Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
Probably the most useful piece of information I’ve gotten that has helped me with combatting anxiety has been learning the difference between having a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. I also keep this in mind when talking to my kids – and the kids I work with. This YouTube video from Sprouts is incredibly …
Just Add the Outdoors
As a kid, I spent hours in my backyard. We were lucky enough to grow up with a huge yard that backed up to a hill. I was only a Brownie Girl Scout for a year and while I bridged to Juniors, I didn’t get to participate that full year. Being outdoors is my happy …
There’s No Instruction Manual (AKA Simplify)
No matter how many self-improvement, business, productivity, parenting, success, etc. books line our bookshelves, the truth of the matter is that when it comes to life, there is no instruction manual. How convenient it would be if there were, right? The fact that we can’t just open a book and say “hey, here’s how we …
A Step-By-Step Guide to Getting Your Shit Together
Don’t we all need this after the year and a half we’ve had? I know I feel like I do. I created a set of pages in Notion called “Project Get My Shit Together.” For this very task. I feel a little messy even sharing this with you, but if it helps one person to dig out of …
Looking Forward
Looking forward is hard to do right now, I’ll be honest. There are a lot of things I would like to do and accomplish, but at the same time my emotional bandwidth is short. Between dealing witth the pandemic and adding a fifth small person to the mix, it hasn’t been easy and I’ve been …
Five Things Your Mom, Dad or Disabled Friend May Not Be Telling You (Guest Post)
Today’s guest post comes from Francine Falk-Allen, author of No Spring Chicken: Stories and Advice from a Wild Handicapper on Aging and Disability. Everyone eventually has physical challenges as he or she ages. Many of my girlfriends and I started having arthritis or other painful hand issues as early as our late 50’s or early …
Looking Back
What a year, eh? When I was a kid, I really wanted to grow up to be a writer and a teacher. In the sixth grade, I spent a lot of time turning my weekly vocabulary words into an ongoing story about a kid who was also a Boy Scout and would get into the …













