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

We are in the busiest season! Can you feel it? Do you find that your to-do list is a mile long? I know I do! There are parties to plan, people to see, parties to attend, gifts to buy, wrap and maybe mail, Christmas cards to write, lights to put up, the house to decorate, the tree to get and decorate, cookies to bake... and so much more on top of all the normal things you do right? Ok, take a deep...

Christmas is here! The build up and the anticipation to Christmas is such an exciting time, but after Christmas do you feel a bit depressed and blue?  Every year after Christmas I feel sad that it is all over.  I know internally that Christmas is not all about presents, but celebrating the birth of our Savior.  Still I feel a bit let down after it is all over.  Over the years I realized that God h...

Christmas is always a big holiday in our house! We love it, our kids love it, it's Jesus's birthday! It's the best!  Our family loves warm apple cider and hot chocolate, snuggling up in blankets and watching Christmas movies, eating yummy food, and playing Christmas music from November to February.  In this episode I get to share our favorite family Christmas traditions.  Hopefully this will spark...

Happy Thanksgiving! Time with family can go by so fast over the holidays.  We become consumed with family food, football, and fun! How often do we sit still and reflect? Do we take the time to be quiet in Gods presence and think about the blessing we have been given?  In this episode we talk about some easy ways to focus on reflecting on our blessings and encourage our kids to do the same.  Listen...

Thanksgiving is almost here! Are you excited to spend time with family, enjoying good food and good fellowship? We love seeing family over Thanksgiving.  Although with all the yummy food, a different environment, and lots of time on the couch watching football you can feel a bit like a bear gearing up for hibernation.  It's important to get out and get moving to help you mentally, physically, and...

Thanksgiving can be a sweet time with family and/or friends.  How do you enjoy celebrating Thanksgiving? Do you do the same traditions every year?  Do you drive long distances? Fly across the country? Are you pulled in three directions trying to connect with all the family and then feel guilty when it is just not logistically possible? Listen in ...here are some helpful tips on how you can make th...

Do you love decorating for the holidays? We do (or I should say I do)! But decorating takes time, money, and energy!  As moms we have very little time (especially over the holiday season), and usually just toss up what we have and call it a day.  I have found that decorating for the holidays makes our house feel magical, and we are able to truly enjoy the season. The smell of warm cider or a peppe...

Who doesn't want their kids to be more thankful, right?  As Thanksgiving and time with friends and family is approaching, this is a great time to connect with your kids and teach them thankfulness.  It can be easy to take the world around us and the blessings God has given us for granite.  In this episode we explore four ways to help your kids be thankful and think about the community around them....

Are you tired of giving the same gifts to loved ones this Christmas or wracking your brain trying to find the perfect gift?  Maybe you are looking for a special gift that isn't going to break the bank, but that will expresses love, and celebration to those around you.  Let's be honest the perfect gift doesn't exists, but there are secrets to giving fun creative gifts on a shoestring budget.  In th...

Have you gotten a gift for Christmas that made you cringe when you opened it? Maybe an obnoxious noisy toy that your children love? Something that sings or beeps or has a repetitive sound?  A toy you secretly want to run over with your car, but you decide to just take out the batteries?  If you answered yes to any of these questions then this episode is for you.  In this episode we go over three p...

If your kids are like mine, then they are hungry all the time.  They want all kinds of unhealthy snacks.  Especially in the next few months of sugary treats, candy, more sugar, Thanksgiving meal, yummy Christmas baked goods, and New Years celebrations.  How do you get your kids to eat healthy food in the midst of all the sugar? In this episode we go over three main tricks that can help your meal t...

As moms we face insanity about 99.999% of the time in a normal day.  Someone is unhappy about something, feelings get hurt, physical bodies get hurt, wants needs and desires are not met, expectations are too high, something did not work out, anger ensued, tempers escalated...all the things.  So how do we stay calm when our children are screaming and angry?  In this episode we go over ten practical...

I started this podcast to bring more joy and vibrancy to moms in their everyday.  What does that mean? What is true joy? What does that practically look like?  How do I get joy? How do I become more vibrant? Does that look like a Disney princess singing in the midst of problems? Am I supposed to suddenly be Polly Anna? Or Mary Poppins? If that is the case then I need a magic wand, stat! In this ep...

As moms we can feel exhausted keeping track of all the things.  The decisions small and large, the schedules, the information, the solutions, the preferences of our children, the reminders, the rituals and memories, so many thing we keep track of as moms.  Sometimes it makes us feel like we are drowning under the weight of all these decisions.  In this episode we go over ten emotions we often feel...

Hello friends! What is the one invaluable resource? Time! There never seems to be enough time in the day right? Most days seem to race by as we shuttle kids from place to place and knock out our to do list.  Let's face it our kids take up a lot of our time.  Keeping them on track, entertained, healthy and alive are all important.  Then there are all the other things like events, school, sports, ho...

Yep, it's almost the holiday season!  The hamster wheel of fun is about to start rolling.  Are you ready? The holiday season is full of yummy treats, traditions, candy, seasonal treats, and every good food is about to hit.  So how do you enjoy the holiday season without gaining the holiday weight? It feels unavoidable, but it's not.  You do not have to gain all your weight back by January 1st 2022...

As parents it can be overwhelming to get out of the house without your kids.  Whether it is for an evening date night, a lunch date, or maybe a weekend get away.  Once you complete this mission of getting the kids settled, breaking up fights, feeding them dinner, answering tons of questions, getting them showered, teeth brushed, giving hugs and kisses, answering more questions....you might feel mo...

Can you believe it's already fall? The holidays are upon us! It's the hamster wheel of busyness, and fun, and magic, and all the things! Are you focused on doing all the things? The decorating, the traditions, the kids school events, buying gifts, sending gifts, creating and sending Christmas cards, organizing New Years celebrations, making New Years resolutions....all the things.  Do you start th...

We could all use more rest right? It seems like we are constantly running around, checking off our to do list, shuttling kids, and all the things.  I'm not sure if it's the fact that we are coming off a restful season of Covid when we were forced to slow down, connect with our family, and stay at home.  Either that or the fact that we are entering the holiday sprint to New Years.  Already the holi...

Hello friends! Health and fitness is a huge industry that is growing by leaps and bounds every day.  We feel bombarded trying to keep up on all the healthy habits, and do all the things.  Working out 24/7, countless diets that don't work, drinking the right amount of water, getting enough sleep, managing stress, the list goes on and on...right? Well there are five key lies that we as a society hav...

In this episode I want to introduce you to an amazing organization that gives moms community, encouragement, and so much more!  MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers, is an amazing organization that has helped me fight the discouragement and loneliness that can come with being a stay at home mom stuck in the normal every day routine.  You can find MOPS groups all over the country!  Just recently MOPS had...

Listen in as Heidi Bramm, host of Covered Beloved, and I continue our conversation about five easy ways to keep yourself and your family healthy this fall.   Now more than ever getting sick can be overwhelming.  We worry about COVID, normal germs and bacteria are increased during the fall flue season as kids are returning to school, and the weather is changing.  Especially now with the heightened...

Now more than ever getting sick can be overwhelming.  We worry about COVID, normal germs and bacteria are increased during the fall flue season as kids are returning to school, and the weather is changing.  Especially now with the heightened stress, anxiety, and fear around COVID we as moms want to do all we can to keep ourselves and our family healthy.  If you want some helpful easy tips on how t...

We all have toxic people in our life, right?  People who can not get enough drama.  They invent drama, create more drama, talk non stop about drama, or make a big deal out of nothing.  We all have friends, relatives, or acquaintances in this category, right?  So how do we deal with them without falling into the drama triangle?  In this episode we focus on five easy steps to take so that we can rep...

Have you ever wished that you could do something someone else is doing? Something you are scared to do.  Maybe something you have always wanted to do.  It might be a bit scary or out of your comfort zone.  Maybe a hobby or an adventure you never thought you would have the chance to do.  Doing something that is a bit scary or out of our comfort zone is actually good for us.  It stretches our mind i...