Category: <span>Finding Rest</span>

Become the After-School Activity Rebel

#Thrive Thursday: Yes, this is a day late, but that’s what adrenal fatigue can do to you. When you face physical health challenges, you need to be wise with what you can and can’t do and with this particular challenge, you can go for days feeling relatively fine until you …

Including God in The Three Envelopes

One of the resources we as SMART Moms have at our disposal, is the resource called Prayer! This week we are talking about the three envelopes method of learning how to manage household finances. It is typical that one of those envelopes, the one labelled “Giving”, contain at minimum, 10% …

Boundaries! Pandemic! and the Single Mom Who Works From Home

We are talking about the necessity and benefits of establishing boundaries for ourselves and our kids. As business-minded, entrepreneurial Christian single moms, building in mostly-non-negotiable boundaries benefits us in several ways: 1) We get time for work, devotional time, or housework 2) The kids get alone time to daydream, get …

The Need and Necessity of Setting Boundaries for Yourself and Your Children

https://youtu.be/O2ao37bTj4I   Today we are continuing our conversation around boundaries building further on a previous blog post, the necessity of instilling boundaries for yourself and your children. We discussed some of the many benefits of those boundaries for your children directly.  Many parents don’t have boundaries for their kids because …

Gathering as a Family for Mealtimes

(edit end of 2024:  Originally written when I was seeking to coach Christian single moms around stress, money, and feeding their kids a healthy diet.  The advice here is applicable to everyone however, so it stays posted here) Mealtimes are one of the major ways you can live this out …

Because of Christ’s Victory over Sin, You can Tune out Entitlement and Tune in to Serve

(edit end of 2024:  Originally written when I was seeking to coach Christian single moms around stress, money, and feeding their kids a healthy diet.  The advice here is applicable to everyone however, so it stays posted here) Today is Sonday, a day to consider all that God is teaching …

What Does Good Friday Have to Do With De-Cluttering?!

(edit end of 2024:  Originally written when I was seeking to coach Christian single moms around stress, money, and feeding their kids a healthy diet.  The advice here is applicable to everyone however, so it stays posted here) Good Friday everyone! I previously shared some behaviours and thought patterns that …

Cluttered Homes, Minds, and Societal Expectations

(edit end of 2024:  Originally written when I was seeking to coach Christian single moms around stress, money, and feeding their kids a healthy diet.  The advice here is applicable to everyone however, so it stays posted here) Clutter! Warning! This post may offend some! Clutter seems to be a …

Finding Rest in the Mayhem: It Started with Stop Lights. . .

(edit end of 2024:  Originally written when I was seeking to coach Christian single moms around stress, money, and feeding their kids a healthy diet.  The advice here is applicable to everyone however, so it stays posted here) It had been another seemingly non-stop day. The kids had been dropped …