Pineapple and Ginger Sticky Rice
I just came across this old post and had to share again! I haven't made this rice in awhile and I thought it might be just what we need on a cold winter day!--- Oh my sisters! I'm excited to share this new recipe I created with you. If you like sticky rice desserts, I...
Lioness Self-Coaching
In the current business world, there are coaching gurus who offer their version of a paved road to success as an entrepreneur. After listening to these many, mostly very successful business people, I think their messages boil down to one thing: In order to be...
Practice Waiting
There isn't much in this world that encourages patience, is there? And yet, the work we do in families is a series of long term investments, many, if not most, with late returns! It's perplexing some days to wonder if your seven-year-old will ever learn to sit quietly...
Lioness Self-Talk
It's been a full day. So full that after dinner was made, served and eaten, I was seriously thinking about putting my feet up and reading a chapter in one of my current books. {David McCullough's 1776 and Cassandra's Sister-Growing Up Jane Austen, by Veronica Bennett,...
Now That’s Sweet!
I'm writing today to fulfill a request to offer some information and experience about different natural sweetener alternatives. I hope you'll find it helpful! First of all, I've been the proverbial canary in the mine most of my life. Sugar has always made me sick. Not...
You’re Doing Beautifully!
Hello my friend, how does this day find you? Challenged? Fighting the good fight? Are you feeling like you have things all figured out, like you have the world by the tail or this mothering thing down pat? {No? I haven't arrived at that mystical place either!} Maybe...
Our Thoughts: The Ultimate Battlefield
We're all fighting a battle at the door of our minds. No matter what our circumstances, no matter the day, we're choosing how to think about whatever is happening, what thoughts to let in, what thoughts to reject. Sometimes we feel frustrated or angry or unloved...and...
Finding the Double Win
In family life, we have to remember, that it's the little stuff that makes all the difference! The baby steps we take, right now, can mean the difference between health or misery tomorrow! Like our thinking for instance- We have equations in our minds all the time....
Coco Balls: Power Packed Protein & Chocolate
Hello, I hope this post finds you well! Here's a little dessert or snack recipe that is packed with protein, healthy fats and is oh, so yummy! (My friend Jenny inspired me with her wonderful nut clusters recipe.) After trying several variations, I landed on this beefy...
How Do I Love Thee?
I love my husband, with "the breath, smiles and tears of my life!" That said, a big part of our relationship, has been learning to understand what each of us wants out of our relationship and out of life in general, and in coming to understand the many ways that we...