Mind & Body

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One theme that we focus on throughout this website, and throughout our lives, is balance. The ability to consistently achieve health, happiness and success is directly dependent upon the ability to achieve balance in life. With so many things vying for our time and attention these days, it is getting increasingly harder to achieve balance, but it’s certainly possible. This page is home to a series of posts that share some ideas on how you may be able to achieve balance in your life and some lessons we have learned throughout our hectic lives. Of course, everyone is different so adapt these thoughts for yourRead More →

Frustrated parent concept. Exhausted mom holding crying kid and cooking food on stove. Tired mother with little baby on hands. Motherhood problems, postpartum depression. Sad woman vector illustration

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Good Morning (maybe)! Distractions are going to be coming at you all day long as a parent. The ability to prioritize, execute one thing at a time and avoid sweating the small stuff will help you become a more focused parent throughout the very hectic days. Since When Did Breakfast Become So Stressful? Every morning is chaotic in a house with four children under the age of five. One can hope that the morning starts with the kids waking at a reasonable time after a good night’s sleep, but we know that isn’t always the case. If everyone did sleep, getting the kids up andRead More →

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It’s too easy to get too comfortable with what you know and the things that you have going on in your life. After all, being comfortable is awesome. It’s a nice feeling when you get up and know exactly what’s coming your way that day so you can fully prepare for it and breeze through the day. Unfortunately, one little stinker about being so comfortable is that it’s exactly how you can be sure you won’t continue to grow as a person, spouse, parent and leader. Therefore, it’s important that you not let yourself get too comfortable in your comfort zone. An Everyday Example ofRead More →

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Many people enter the new year with high hopes that turning the calendar will result in their lifestyles magically changing. This year, take a different approach and try not making yourself a new year’s resolution. Don’t Set Yourself Up for Failure I used to be a big fan of making resolutions, thinking that it’s important to keep working at bettering myself. However, I found that the great ideas I had of “working out X times per week” or “drinking less” almost always lost steam once vacation ended and life got back to normal. Does this look like how your exercise resolution usually plays out? AccordingRead More →

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As you continue to design a positive and productive life for yourself using some of the reminders we’ve talked about on this site, let’s add one to the list for the next time you grab yourself a healthy snack. A Daily Reminder While finishing up my afternoon apple with almond butter the other day (healthy and delicious), I was reminded of the importance of establishing and living in accordance with a set of core values. What Are Core Values? What the heck are core values? Yourdictionary.com has a pretty good definition: Core values are the fundamental beliefs of a person or organization. These guiding principles dictateRead More →

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Just like anyone reading this post, the wife and I need a piping hot pot of coffee first thing in the morning to prepare us for what’s to come. If we’re lucky, we’ll get 20 minutes or so together to sip our coffee and chat about how our schedules are shaping up for the day before the kids are turning the monitors red. It’s important for us to make the most of our limited kid-free time by finding ways to make our lives more efficient. One small way we do this is by preparing our coffee the night before and setting the timer for rightRead More →

think outside the box

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How can you remind yourself of the importance of thinking outside the box on a regular basis? This day and age, everyone is getting just about everything delivered to their doorstep on a regular basis. From toiletries to groceries, the boxes keep piling up for all of us. The next time you have a delivery waiting on your doorstep, however, there may be a little something extra waiting for you. Your Daily Reminder Use this image as a reminder of the importance of thinking outside the box. So what the heck is “thinking outside the box” anyway? Thinking outside the box simply means that you’reRead More →

The Long Road to Overnight Success

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The ability to stay in-tune with your environment will ensure that you are always prepared and able to consistently perform at a high level. In a separate post I made about HIIT workouts, I mentioned Joe Wicks, a.k.a. The Body Coach. This guy has a ton of great workout videos but he also started a podcast that I’ve started to listen to a bit. James Bay, an amazing singer/songwriter, was a guest on one of Joe’s episodes. Listen the whole thing HERE. There Are No Overnight Successes…Not Many That Last at Least There were a few different things that caught my ear as I listenedRead More →

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Finding Commonalities in the Most Uncommon Places Two of the most influential people in my life are Warren Buffet and Jay-Z. On the surface, it looks like these guys have nothing in common. Warren Buffet is 90 years old, lives and grew up in Omaha, NE and is much more qualified to have a discussion about how much he loves drinking coke than how he came up on selling coke on the streets. As the world already knows, this is exactly how Jay-Z got his start in the Marcy Projects of the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, NY. Both of these moguls, though extremely different in someRead More →

messy house with kids

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Type A All the Way…Right? One of the struggles I have faced in my adult life is having a type A personality while being a Mom of multiple small children.  If you are like me, everything always has to be neat and organized and nothing can be out of place or you just tend to throw everything away.  The perfect environment for toddlers and babies, right?  Here I am 4 ½ years into motherhood with 3 little ones and another on the way and I still struggle with this every day.  My husband is always reminding me to stop trying to have the perfect houseRead More →

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When Nature Calls… Earlier today I was reminded of a lesson in an unexpected way. The day started off pretty good, having a nice breakfast with the wife and kids before the day got going. I totally forgot, however, to check my schedule before enjoying a relaxing morning a little too much. A full docket of meetings were beginning to creep up all too quickly. I then noticed out of the corner of my eye the dreaded…DOG STARE. You know, when your furry little friend is patiently, or maybe not so patiently, letting you know that you better get them outside soon. Here’s the lookRead More →