When pressure, expectations, and stress make your daughter’s world start spinning a little too fast, this is one powerful way to guide her back toward inner calm, peace, and stillness. Below are three ways mindfulness for teens is pivotal during these transition years. Kids are incredibly mindful beings, able to hyper-tune into their current surroundings in an awe-inspiring way. After all, have…
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Hosting an informal hygge party is a fun way to improve your dark mood and help ditch seasonal depression. Below are five simple tips for making your hygge party a relaxing evening with friends and family. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. I look out the window and feel the weight in my chest as I sigh — another monochromatic gray winter day. I put…
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This Slow-Cooker Beef Stew recipe makes dinner easy. Whip these five ingredients together (Hint: They’re not what you’d expect!) and you’re done. Best recipe ever. Your family will be BEGGING for more. It’s literally comfort in a bowl. A big thanks to Reames® Frozen Homestyle Egg Noodles for sponsoring today’s dinner recipe. I remember being a kid during Wisconsin winters like it was yesterday… Looking…
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Life should be taken at the pace that suits you and your family. Embrace an un-busy life today. Enjoy these ten benefits shared from Let Why Lead to living slow (and purposefully) with your kids. I sit with feet stretched out in front of me, bark chips in my sandals and the sound of playful children in my ears. It’s been twenty minutes since school got…
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There are many variables involved in making the perfect cookie, but certain ingredients and reactions that occur in the oven make all the difference. Learn how to make THE BEST chocolate chip cookie EVER using cookie science! We have an ongoing heated debate at our house — What do perfect chocolate chip cookies look like? Should they be thin and…
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This collection of Valentine gifts for teens is made up of super-simple ways to tell your teen or tween, “I care.” We could all use a little extra love this time of year, right?!? There once was a time when we had had stacks of picture books about love, when our windows were covered in brightly painted coffee-filter hearts, and when DIY…
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Overwhelmed by the giant catalog of options on Netflix? Check out this list of the best teen movies, documentaries, and series currently streaming on Netflix. Snuggling in with a bowl of fresh popcorn and watching a movie or two is a great way to connect with your kids. The sheer number of choices on Netflix can be overwhelming. Here is a…
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