Minimalist Kid Bedroom Renovations
We live in your typical split entry home, aka BC box as it is called here in British Columbia. By all accounts, our home is big enough for us, we…
Simple + Easy Games and Learning Opportunities for Kids at Home
About four years back we found ourselves sitting together on New Years and having this conversation about how we wanted to raise our family. What things did we want to…
What memories are you making in motherhood (and how it can change your motherhood experience)
How many of us moms have had seasons of our parenting that were hard and maybe even painful? I can think of those times when I was emotionally scarred…
How Minimalism Changed My Motherhood, Marriage, Homemaking and Life
I happened upon ‘minimalism’ by accident. I didn’t even really know it was an option. I grew up in a home filled with stuff. Boxes of photos and books, piles…
Harnessing the motivation to be creative (by following your cycle)
My husband laughs at the tower of clean laundry I crowd into the living room once a week. I gradually queue it up in the basement then spend an evening…
On being a mom who ‘tries new things’
When is the last time you tried something new? A new food, maybe a new hobby, perhaps you got wild and parted your hair on the other side (gasp!). And…
WHY minimalism works at changing your life
There are a lot of views on what minimalism is. Some people think it is a disappointing form of depriving yourself of ‘stuff’, and shopping, and having things that you…
I Stopped Calling Myself a Lazy Mom
Do you ever feel like you go through the bulk of your life smiling and nodding every time a certain topic comes up? Maybe it is grade 11 math. Or…
What happened in my marriage when we started weekly calendar meetings
There was an era of my mother/wife life that was the hardest for me. We had our first two kids 16 months apart and the second, my daughter, needed a…
The Piles of Clutter: how to deal
Sometimes my coaching clients ask for help with minimalism. This is a road I know well and I could talk about it all day. One hot topic is PILES OF…