Life works best when you aim for balance, not perfection. And one of my favorite ways to explain that balance to my kids is with the 80/20 rule. Eighty percent of the time, you put in the work. You take care of your health, you use your time wisely. And you do the things that […]
No is a Full Sentence
Hopefully my kids learn this lesson earlier than I did. You’re allowed to say no. And no is enough. No explanation, no long backstory, no guilt-soaked apology trailing behind it. Just… no. It feels uncomfortable, right? Especially if you’re someone who wants to be kind, helpful, or easy to get along with (which I’d say […]
Life is Hard, Choose Your Hard
Everything is hard… You just get to choose which hard you want. That sounds like something you’d slap on a motivational poster, but honestly? It’s one of the most real-life, long-term lessons I can think of. Getting up early to work out? Hard.Not feeling great about your health? Also hard. Speaking up when something’s bothering […]
Make Mistakes and Keep Going
Getting it wrong helps you learn how to get it right. We put so much pressure on ourselves (and sometimes unintentionally on our kids) to get things right the first time. But that’s not how life works. That’s not how we grow. The real learning? It lives in the mess. In the missed shots. In […]
You Don’t Have to Like it, but You Do Have to Try It
There’s a rule in our house that gets repeated almost as often as “wash your hands” and “shoes off at the door”: You don’t have to like it, but you do have to try it. It started as a parenting tactic to get our kids to stop writing off entire food groups after a single […]
What You Can’t Control (And Why You Should Stop Trying)
Don’t stress about what you can’t control. It sounds simple, right? But we all do it. We worry about what other people think. We replay things we can’t undo. We brace for outcomes we can’t predict. And in the process, we drain our energy, cloud our thinking, and sometimes miss the good stuff that’s actually […]
