I want to share with you what I learned about blocked care and give you hope that we can overcome the conflicts we experience with our children. That these ill-feelings are not just the result of poor parenting techniques or broken children, but sometimes they arise from our own overtaxed or even underdeveloped parenting brains. And there are ways to help our brain parent better.
Read MoreJazz up your summer with some new style ideas!
Read MoreHere are some fun activities we like to do with our boys, especially in the summer.
Read MoreDealing with criticisms in marriage is not easy, but Adam Lane Smith provides a solution to that problem. We try out his method and give you the rundown, pros and cons.
Read MoreHere is a quick summary of this winter 2024’s trends that I have seen online and on the street! In this post, I use artificially generated images (Chat GPT) to demonstrate the styles that are in fashion.
Read MoreHere is our list of essential items for your baby from birth to six months!
Read MoreTo feel really cared for, I don’t just need the occasional bubble bath—I need so much more: good relationships, time to explore nature, an organized home life, and a vision for my future. All these things make me feel cared for by myself as if I were my own best parent.
Read MoreHere are fourteen ways that we can love our husband better! These tips are based on conversations, personal experience, and especially the research done by Shaunti Feldhahn, John Gottman, Gary Thomas, and Gary Chapman.
Read MoreCheck out the new styling trends for winter 2023! I also include some styling ideas for maternity winter with a simple trick that will make it EASY for you to pair items in your closet and look in style this season. No more of those closet moments!
Read MoreIn this growing digital age, it is becoming harder to define what exactly a friend is, what friendship requires, and what a healthy friendship looks like. In Rule 3, Peterson speaks of choosing friends that draw us up toward our ideal good. We can improve the quality of our life by improving the quality of our friendships.
Read MoreIrene Freundorfer is back! In this episode we sit down with her to discuss the virtue of Justice, one of the foundational cardinal virtues.
Read MoreOver the last few years working on articles for this site, we’ve come across articles, books, and resources that claim there are some small things we can do to allow that romance back in. Things that are actually possible, may require a bit of effort, but have a lot of payoff.
So let’s talk about sex.
Read MoreIn this first part of our virtue series, we interview Irene Freundorfer of 10kids.com. Mother of ten and mentor to many mothers, Irene speaks to us from experience about what it means to raise a child of character.
Read MoreIn this podcast episode, we look at the big picture of marriage through the years with Irene Freundorfer, mother of ten and wife to her husband for over 35 years.
Read MoreNew for our podcast series: We interviewed our friend, Steve Holt, father of three, on what it means to be a melancholic husband and father.
Steve’s secondary temperament is phlegmatic, and with his engineering and military background, he brings out the dutiful, idealist, and noble side of the melancholic.
Read MoreI’ve taken some of the following fashion ideas from mainstream fashion setters, such as In Style, and designers, such as Justine LeConte. I have also perused higher-end fashion retailers (Net-a-Porter) as well as some Pinterest Boards designed by people like you and me. I pick and choose the clothes I promote here based on trendiness, but also on practicality.
Read MoreIf we want our children to be successful in life, then we have to school them in the emotions. This is Daniel Goleman’s running thesis in Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ, a pioneering book that helped bring emotional intelligence into homes and classrooms. Drawing on brain and behavioural research, Goleman’s primary purpose is to explain that education and IQ alone don’t determine positive life outcomes. Rather healthy self-awareness, self-discipline, and empathy help a person stay afloat in life.
Read MoreAs you know, I am not much of a shopper or buyer. I just like to know what’s in style! As a mom, I want to have an effortless and easy style that looks “with it.” Want to know what’s in? Or some easy way of tweaking your wardrobe? Read on below!
Read MoreLet’s face it—it can be awkward to talk about sex. And problematically, there may not be someone we feel comfortable talking to about the intimate aspects of our marriage. That’s why I was so happy when some friends of ours introduced us to the book Holy Sex by Dr. Gregory Popcack, PhD.
Read MoreRomantic relationships can be unpredictable and chaotic. How do we adapt to change and keep the romance afloat? Jordan Peterson’s Rule X, from his new book Beyond Order, is about negotiation. Negotiating our needs together as a couple leads to goodwill, mutual regard, and heartfelt cooperation—all of which is needed for romance to flourish.
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