“Anxiety is a jab in the jaw for your attention,” says world champion surfer Shaun Tomson and best-selling author of The Surfer and the Sage: A Guide to Survive & Ride Life’s Waves. “It gets your heart beating, your senses tingling, and your body ready for action.” Tomson knows something about anxiety and calm. He
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The new year is upon us and most of us want to make 2023 a better year than 2022. We want to grow, become better, be more successful. But setting goals can be intimidating, especially if we have failed to reach some goals in the past. Breaking goals down into manageable areas helps. One concept
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It was recently brought to my attention that there is such a thing as National Peanut Butter Cookie Day. And why wouldn’t there be? There are national days to celebrate just about everything under the sun. It only makes sense that there would be a special day for something as delightful as this cookie. Given
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“Mommy! Look at this!” my youngest shouts, bouncing down the hall.I’d love to look, but I’m too busy picking dried-up fruit snacks out of the living room carpet. “In a minute, sweetie,” I shout over my shoulder.Thirty brief seconds pass. “Mommy!” The voice gets louder . . . and the bouncing gets closer.“Hold on!”I make a mental note
Familius is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year! Read along to learn what our founder and CEO Christopher Robbins has to say about the last 10 years and our goals for the next 10 years. Goals and Coaches Familius’s goal is to help you have a happy family. We like the goal. We want
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We are all yearning for a spring break refresh. If you have a trip planned, congratulations! If not, you can still have a delightful and restorative week at home. A staycation—or a few day trips—can go a long way towards making spring break a memorable time. If you can’t get time off, the budget is tight,
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There’s nothing like a backyard garden to get the whole family outside working and playing together! But if you’ve never gardened before, or have a not-so-green thumb, it can be a bit intimidating to get started. Here are five, kid-friendly plants that are easy and fun to grow—giving you the best chance of gardening success.
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A March 2012 article in Psychology Today cites several reasons why messy homes cause higher levels of stress hormones in our bodies. Clutter bombards our minds with excessive stimuli, distracts us, makes it difficult to relax, and causes anxiety and feelings of guilt and embarrassment. For many years as I raised young children, I was
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Author Maggie Stevens shares her tips and tricks for teaching kids chores and encouraging participation. Maggie is the author of The Parent Fix which teaches parents how to change the way they react to their children in order to change their children’s reactions. Read along to learn how you can slowly incorporate chores into your
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Of course the real secret to saving money on Black Friday is to not go shopping at all, but that hardly sounds appealing to the average consumer. According to America’s Research Group and Inmar, a solid 50 percent of Americans plan on shopping on Black Friday, up from 43.2 percent last year. It might be
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