You Matter

Sometimes I think it's easy to feel like the world is going on without you, especially when you are knee-deep in child rearing.  Like, who will ever know how many diapers you changed today or how many times you reminded a small person about using good manners or how...

Happy New Year Lionesses!

I'm always thinking about you. I'm in awe of what you are accomplishing and how determined you are to continue to learn and to improve your life and the lives of your family members! This year I've committed to sending out a short, daily thought or affirmation with...

Hooray for Summer!

To schedule or not to schedule; is that the question? I have heard several of my clients express anxiety over the changing of the seasons and the inevitable change that brings to their sense of control and mental stability! When summer came each year when my kids were...

Welcome to Lioness!

Hi! Thank you for visiting Lioness at the Door, holistic health coaching for women and their families! Please join me for this year's 7 Steps to Family Wellness seminar, designed for busy women of faith.  We focus on one step each month so that we can take baby steps...

Gotta Love a Clean Slate!

I get an energy burst as the calendar fully turns to the clean slate of a bright, new year. To me, it's a time to take stock of where I've been and to reset my vision for the year ahead. It's clean. It's uncluttered. It's an opportunity to acknowledge what I've...

That’s What Love is For

Have you discovered that sometimes family relationships are a little more challenging than you thought they might be? {I think that's the understatement of the world myself!} Being in it for the long haul, rain or shine takes everything we've got and ultimately calls...

Claim Your Power

I usually end my written or video posts by saying something like, "I hope you're taking really good care of yourself!" Today I'll tell you why. It's because I am a recovering perfectionist/negative thinker/codependent-validation-seeker. How's that for an exhausting...

Lemon Poppy Seed Bread

Lemon Poppy Seed Bread

Do you ever ask yourself this question, "Do things have to be so hard?" In the Lioness seminar, 7 Steps to Family Wellness, we've been working on learning to manage the conversation in our heads.  You know, the constant jabbering that is going on every waking moment...

Rethinking Work & Mint Chocolate Cookies (GF)

Rethinking Work & Mint Chocolate Cookies (GF)

First, a little more about rethinking the job you dread... I mentioned that laundry was a heavy burden to me as a young mother.  It was daunting to watch it pile up through the week and a high mountain to climb come Monday morning. When I was challenged to change...