I love to read so much, but as a busy mom I often can't fit it in. I feel like my days are spent doing chores, running kids around town, helping them …
Small Habits Big Difference
7 Things You Should Prepare the Night Before
You know the mornings. The ones where you're running around the house trying to simultaneously shove breakfast into your kids' mouths, find someone's …
5 Reasons Kids Should Do Household Chores
As a child, I didn't like Saturdays very much. Saturday was the day that my mom made us do chores—lots and lots of chores. I remember having to clean …
Use the One-Touch Rule and Save Hours of Cleaning
Have you heard of the one-touch rule? I just learned it while at an Education Week class a couple months ago, and it opened up my eyes to why …
5 Ways to Make Your Prayers More Meaningful
The scriptures are chock full of verses admonishing us to pray to our Heavenly Father. The commandment to pray can sometimes be a tricky one because …
21 Ways to Exercise Without Heading to the Gym
I'm not a big fan of exercise. At least, not the kind that involves changing into special workout gear, driving a few miles to the gym, and then …
5 Reasons to Read Out Loud to Your Kids
As a mother, bedtime is a difficult time of day for me. I'd even go so far as to say it's the absolute worst time of day for me. Everybody is …
How to Have a Cleaner House in 15 Minutes a Day
With three kids and a busy life, I feel like I don't actually have time to really clean my house. And while I'm driving the kids all around town or …
4 Ways to Practice More Gratitude
I had a temper tantrum today. You might think that it was directed towards my children, or maybe even my husband, but it wasn't. I had a temper …
3 Easy Ways to Increase Your Water Intake
As an opera singer, I have the whole hydration thing totally down. I generally drink well over the recommended 64 ounces most days, especially on the …
5 Reasons to Do the Dishes Immediately
I absolutely loathe doing dishes. Very few household chores are as unappealing to me, except for maybe cleaning the toilet. Because I hate doing the …
5 Simple Ways to Make Someone’s Day
Sometimes when I look at the world around me, I feel a sense of despair at how unkind and entitled people behave. Consequently, I think a lot about …