The Busy Vibrant Mom - Strategic Time Management, Home Organization, Productivity, Christian Mom, Christian Parenting, Declutter

In honor of this crazy fall season, as school starts and our schedules change once again, I am starting a new five week series.  In these five weeks we will focus on ten time saving tools that I teach my clients.  In this episode I share the secret tips to using Google programs like Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive.  These are powerful applications that can help you stay on top of all the...

In preparation as we jump into this new season and the school year coming up.  I am starting a five week series with the top ten time management tools that I teach my clients.  I'm so excited to start this series and share these tools with you, so that you can use them as life gets crazy.  The first tool I will be discussing will be your paper planner.  This is the best visual tool to help you pla...

It is almost fall! As our summer comes to a close and the school year approaches it is important for us to anticipate this transition.  You may already feel the back to school push as you start to receive school emails, see the back to school sales, or print out the lists of supplies your kids will need.  Maybe you are already counting down the days until school starts.  Either way fall is a big s...

As working moms we can feel guilty when we take time away from our family because we need to work.  It can be especially difficult in the summer when our kids are home.  They are demanding our attention or wanting to go do fun things, and we have to say no or not now.  It's hard to do, especially as a mom knowing that we only have so many summers with our kids before they are out of the house.  So...

It is the summer! By definition our schedules are a bit more relaxed in the summer.  We go on vacation, wake up late, stay up late, relax the rules a bit etc.   The lack of a schedule can be fun, but it also leads to bored kids who are constantly asking for something to do, or need help with something etc.    How many times have you been interrupted during your work block, in the middle of finishi...

Do you know the secret to recharging your energy?  It depends on if you are an introvert or an extrovert.  It is so important to know the personalities of our family and friends.  We spend so much time with our family that it can be challenging to refrain from getting on each other's nerves.  Knowing the personalities of those around us and how they recharge can help us communicate more effectivel...

As moms we constantly struggle with the feeling of mom guilt.  We feel like everyone else has it all together.  Facebook, Instagram, and all the social media platforms show people posting amazing vacations, or fun memories, or beautiful homes, or perfect kids, or events fantastic pets! Feeling like other people are judging us, as we judge and compare ourselves to others.  We as moms want to do our...

Is balance achievable as a working mom?  Is it possible to find balance between work, and home, and all the to do tasks?  Balance is more like a teeter totter, as we give our energy to work and family and our home and so much more.  In this episode we talk through the problems of balance, and the argument that instead of seeking to find true balance we should seek to find joy in each day.  As work...

Summer is a time for fun family vacations.  Whether you are doing a day trip somewhere or a long road trip in the car you will need some fun tips and tricks to make your road trip work for everyone.  Before we left on our road trip I had some great ideas of things that would be helpful on a long car ride.  In this episode I wanted to share the things that worked, the things that didn't, and some n...

It is so easy to loose track and focus, as we work on our business.  To do tasks for task sake instead of actually moving the needle and generating income.  We have tasks in our business that need to get done, we misjudge how long a task will take us, we stumble our way through constant interruptions.  At the end of the day we feel discouraged that we didn't get anything accomplished, and we are r...

In the summer we all have a more relaxed schedule.  The lack of sticking to the clock over the summer gives us more time to slow down.  It also gives us time to teach our kids new skills.  A friend of mine and fellow busy working mom, wanted to teach her three boys household chores.  The school year was too crazy to stop the rat race and teach her boys the basic household and life skills, so she s...

Summer rhythm is different.  It takes awhile to adjust to a relaxed schedule, without homework, without time stamps of getting kids to and from school, no after school sports or activities, and no living by the clock.  Just kids...at home...all day...24/7!  So how do we still get things done, feel mentally relaxed, and enjoy the time our kids are home instead of counting down the days until school...

Do you find yourself wanting to get tasks done, but lacking the motivation to move them across the finish line?  We all have those days when we feel a bit sluggish.  The fourth cup of coffee isn't doing much, and we know we need to accomplish lots of tasks, but we are stalling out.  Maybe you are actually lacking energy and not motivation.  In this episode we talk about three tricks to maintain mo...

The days are racing by, and our kids are going up so fast.  So how do we live an intentional life when every day flies bye? When we just keep doing the same routines, and our days feel like they have all meshed into one long season.  So how do you live an internal life? How do you make each day special, even if you are doing the same basic routines and tasks?  The simple solution is that we need t...

We know that clutter can cause us to feel more stressed and more anxious.  Especially as women it can affect us more than men.  Living in a cluttered space can make us feel defeated, depressed, demotivated, discouraged, and/or just down.  So how do we stop feeling defeated by our stuff?  In this episode we talk about three easy steps to tame your stuff, and stop letting it make you feel defeated....

We all love a vacation! A time away from the normal every day routine.  A time to relax, go on new adventures, building lasting memories, and have fun with our family or friends.  You may be going on lots of vacations or new adventures this summer, or even some staycation adventure days.  The hardest part is getting back into the rhythm and the swing of things when you get back home.  The piles of...

It's hard to manage our emotions, especially when we are in a stressful situation.  As moms we are faced with stressful situations all the time!  Especially when our kids are younger.  One kid needs to go to the bathroom, one kid needs a snack, and the other one is about to jump off the couch.  It can feel like you are an ER triage nurse moving from patient to patient! Dealing with stress all the...

Our world seems like a never ending roller coaster.  Work, home, kids, family, church, friends, it all spirals together to make us feel overwhelmed.  So how do we find rest in a busy world? The short answer is that we plan to do less.  Is this hard? Yes.  Do we feel guilty that our kids are missing out on something? Yes.  Do we feel peer pressure to do more? Yes.  Will it have great rewards? Yes....

It can be very hard to know what to prioritize in your day.  Email, to do tasks, laundry, errands, time with family, work projects, daily tasks, kids stuff, school work, etc.   We can fall into shinny object syndrome and keep switching from task to task.  Switching tasks often will not only decrease our productivity, but it also makes our brain work twice as hard.  In this episode I want to help y...

Social Media gives us the message that everyone has it all together.  Pinterest perfect, right? It tells us that we are the only ones that have laundry piled to the ceiling, crazy uncontrollable kids running a muck, and countertops littered with mail, food, and who knows what else.  Right? You feel like you are running an uphill battle, but never getting to the top.  Either that or that you are co...

We are constantly bombarded with stuff, activities, information...you name it!  Our world tells us that we need more, we need to do more, have more, work on more things, more, more more.  It's a wonder that we feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and stressed trying to do all the things.  Feeling like we can never keep up.  It's hard to know what to let go of in our busy life.  All the things we do all da...

Do you feel overwhelmed from the moment you wake up? Kids jumping around and asking for things as you are desperately trying to get a shower.  Maybe you are able to get a shower, but then you have to drag your kids out of bed and practically dress them, spoon feed them breakfast, and grab all their stuff as you run out the door hoping not to get a school tardy for the third time this week! As you...

Organization is hard!  It can be stressful to manage all the things.  Your home can feel overwhelming, especially when the other people in the home are not very organized.  How many times do your kids or even your husband ask you where something is?   You may be tempted to just give up and let entropy take over.  But in this episode we will be discussing why organization might be more challenging...

Spring has come and gone, but it's still a great time to declutter!  Now I know decluttering can be hard.  It can take a lot of mental and physical energy to make decisions and get rid of things.  However, the benefits of living with less can be huge! Decluttering can help decrease the amount of things we have to manage, and it helps us decrease our stress and overwhelm on a daily basis.  In this...

It's almost summer! This summer many families travel to see extended family and friends, or they might be off on another adventure.  Over the years we have taken numerous flights to see family in San Diego, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington DC.  In this episode I share a three fun tricks, that can make flying with kids of any age a breeze.  Grab that notepad, a pen, and your favorite beverage....