Be Fit and Healthy – Outdoor Fitness Tips for the Family
The flowers are blooming and the sun is out! It’s time to get outside and enjoy the outdoors in Indiana! After the winter we had, it’s wonderful to finally be able to do outdoor activities and enjoy the beautiful weather with your family! If your little ones are anything like mine, they love to be […]
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Hiking With a Toddler Part 2: Hiking With Anxiety…and a Toddler
This is a little bit about hiking, but mostly about how hiking has unexpectedly become a tool to help me win against my anxiety. My 2018 New Years resolution is to hike once a month every month this year. When I shared this goal back in February, I mentioned that my 3.5 year old was […]
The Ideal Tribe Reconfiguration
Who Are Your Five? I often speak to businesses and other organizations on topics of stress management and productivity enhancement. One of the most important points I try to get across in the 30-60 minutes I’m with the group, is the idea that you become like the five people with whom you spend the most […]
Training My Toddlers to Wear Sunscreen
Remember that song, based on a graduation speech, that started with: “If I could give you one tip for the future, it would be wear sunscreen.” I may have taken that a little too much to heart, especially when it comes to my kids. I’m probably a little obsessive about this, but my kids don’t […]
One Day I Was Pregnant, and the Next I Wasn’t: My Miscarriage
I want to add my voice to those that have talked openly about miscarriage. By sharing my story, I hope to help others who have suffered a loss, in any stage of pregnancy. Writing out my feelings and talking about it has helped me, so I encourage anyone who has gone through this to do […]
We Decided to Sell our House – to Build Our Dream Home
I did something crazy. It was totally out of my character. I decided on a whim that I want to sell our house. We bought this house less than 2 years ago. It was new construction. I work in real estate so I understand the business and where interest rates are going. After running the […]
Living on the Corner: Between a Rock and a Gentrified Place
Life on the corner is super-weird, people. I’m not talking about working the corner—although I’m sure that’s weird too, in different ways. I’m referring to living on a corner. Corners are very exposed and become involuntary check-points in the landscape of a neighborhood. People recognize our house as “the big green one on the corner.” […]
June Guide to Family Events in and Around Indianapolis
June is here, which means summer is almost here, too! And yep, just like May, there sure is plenty to do all month long! Here is our June round up of fun family activities (and events for parents looking for a night out!) right here in Indianapolis and surrounding areas! June 1 – August 28 […]
How to Have the Best Divorce Ever
At the end of April, my divorce was finalized. It was almost one year in the making, from the day of our split. We just had the best divorce ever. Easy transition to co-parenting, easy division of property and debts, comfortable being around each other every day, lots of communication and even chatting like friends. […]
Junior League of Indianapolis: An Inside View
About the Junior League of Indianapolis (JLI) The JLI website states: “The Junior League of Indianapolis (JLI) is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Known as the premier training organization for women, the Junior League of […]
First Steps for First Steps
The average age for a baby to take their first steps is between 9 and 12 months. My son’s first steps were at 18 months, and it wasn’t until he was almost 2 before he really had the hang of it. His friends were literally able to run circle around him, while he sat (contently […]
