Simple on Purpose

Looking for ways to have more fun in motherhood and BE more fun as a mom? I have asked myself this question too.  Inside of our FB Group – Simple ... Read more The post 138. Is momlife UNFUN? How to be a more FUN MOM, stop withholding fun from yourself first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

It’s back to school time! Are you ready? I know we have been enjoying the slow pace of summer and will need to put ourselves back on schedule to make ... Read more The post 137. Back to school routines that we have in our house first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

How did your summer go? Anything you wish you that you did more of or less of? Today I have a PROMPT episode for you – where I will prompt ... Read more The post 136. How to do better, next summer (PROMPT episode) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

Procrastination is an avoidant strategy and there are so many layers to it, why we do it, how to redirect it, how to accept it, and so on.  It is ... Read more The post 135. Procrastination tips for moms first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

When an actor is typecast, they are locked into being cast for a certain TYPE of character, always a version of the same thing. And as parents, we can typecast ... Read more The post 134. Do you typecast your kids? (Labels + how they impact our parenting and our kids) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

I have been researching goals and habits since we started setting them in 2015. You can hear Conor share his take on doing this work as a couple in this ... Read more The post 133. 4 simple habits that make my momlife better first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

Andrea is a Registered Dietician who is here to talk with me about our relationship to food and teaching our kids a healthy relationship with food I also had a ... Read more The post 132. Teaching our kids a healthy relationship with food (+ our own food guilt and body shame) with Andrea Heyman first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

This is a Q+A episode featuring questions from the Simple Squad (the Simple on Purpose Facebook Community). We are talking about feelings, marriage, seasons of life, parenting and family chores. ... Read more The post 130. Q+A (seasons of life, husbands, parenting, family chores, choosing our feelings) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

Expectation overwhelm is when you have a to-do list that is so long that it overwhelms you. This starts a defeating cycle of hustling, beating ourselves up for not doing ... Read more The post 129. Does your ‘to-do list’ overwhelm you? Expectation overwhelm and how to handle it. first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

Do you struggle in your relationship to getting dressed each day? Do you feel guilty for it, or lack confidence in it?  Jaime McLaughlin is a hair and make-up artist ... Read more The post 128. Getting dressed every day, with less guilt & more confidence (with Jaime McLaughlin) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

When we think about being home with the kids for the summer there can be a lot to dread AND be excited about in this season.  I have found my ... Read more The post 127. Planning your Summer on Purpose (Tips for Moms) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

As moms who want to have hobbies and do things they love we get bogged down with notions that we have to monetize our hobby, or that we have to ... Read more The post 126. The Joy of Being Mediocre (hobby without the hustle) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

Do you wish you made time for the things you enjoy? Maybe you aren’t sure what hobbies you would like, or you think you aren’t ‘creative enough’ to have hobbies.  ... Read more The post 125. Creativity vs Productivity in Motherhood (making time for the things you love to do, with Siobhan Jones) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

This is not the house I would have chosen to be my forever home, but over the years I have come to terms with us staying here – but how ... Read more The post 124. How to love your home (when you wish it were different) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

This is the LIVE recording from a Facebook Live held earlier today in the Simple on Purpose Community group I am answering FAQs and addressing the myths we might have ... Read more The post 123. Myths about emotion coaching our kids [LIVE] first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

Health class may of taught us about anatomy, maybe our moms taught us about how to manage a period (but if you are like me, you just figured it out on ... Read more The post 122. What your mom never taught you about hormone health (with Dana Irvine) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

As we talked a lot about emotional intelligence, I want to move over to the physical side of emotional awareness. So often we just ignore our bodies and treat them ... Read more The post 121. Paying attention to how you feel (body and emotional awareness) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

I have had some great questions on how to teach our kids emotional intelligence – and I will answer them in this episode. I will also run through the 5 ... Read more The post 120. Teaching our kids emotional intelligence first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

I want to run through the steps of teaching your kids emotional intelligence. And to lay the groundwork for that, let’s take a minute to explore our relationship to uncomfortable ... Read more The post 119. Tolerating tough emotions in our kids (and ourselves) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

There is an emotional experience of motherhood that can feel dark, angry, exhausting, hopeless. Some of us even experience postpartum depression or other hormonal imbalances that impact our emotional experience.  ... Read more The post 118. Joy amidst depression in motherhood with Jenna Griffith first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

What does it mean to be ‘Emotionally Intelligent’? How can this help you in motherhood and your life? I’m sharing the basics of Emotional Intelligence (aka EQ) and giving you ... Read more The post 117. Emotional Intelligence 101 (and by Enneagram Type) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

This is a bit different of an episode – it is a FUN episode! It is OUR episode – the one where I tell you what is happening behind the ... Read more The post 116. Survey Says (what you had to say about Simple on Purpose) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

I was a controlling mom. I turned on the NO switch and said no to my kids, to my husband, to myself. But this need to control everything came from ... Read more The post 115. A Controlling mom, or a capable mom? first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

What it means to be a mom on purpose – and it is not about having happy, obedient kids. It is actually about being a mom on purpose when our ... Read more The post 114. Being a Mom, on Purpose (it’s not about happy, obedient kids) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .

There is a quote ‘don’t just survive in motherhood, thrive in it’ When I first heard this quote I really hated it.  I was home with three kids under four ... Read more The post 113. Why you aren’t thriving in motherhood (stress and surviving) first appeared on Simple on Purpose .