Can we grow by improving how we relate with those around us? Once we’ve taken care of ourselves and created a little room to breathe, we can begin the real growth and take small steps to relate to everyone around us in a positive, feel-good way. It’s not always easy! We understand it’s overwhelming to…
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This Is the Grill You Need for Your Summer Vacation
Whether you’re grilling on the go, or need a portable solution from year to year, I have a grill for you. UPDATED FOR 2024. Back in 2017, I wrote about the Coleman Road Trip Grill as the perfect road trip solution. Summer vacations often involve some kind of grilled dinner. And there were enough years…
Fertility Treatment with Family: Seven Tips to Ease the Juggling Act
Those dealing with secondary infertility have a unique challenge. These are tips from someone who has been there. It’s a rough juggling. You’re running a blessedly busy household. You are also emotionally depleted from your fertility treatments. You also feel so alone. But remember there are so many other women dealing with this. Here are…
The BCP Summer of Growth. Week Two: Embrace the Season
Has summer so far been just the same ol’? Even if we don’t change our location, there’s things we can do to feel and appreciate the change of season. Sometimes, it’s the little things that make us feel a change or that we’ve had a bit of a break. But if we do nothing and…
Road Trip Essentials
If you’re going on the road in the near future, some of these items might come in handy for your trip. There’s our favorite games and activities that work while traveling in a car…to simple really practical things that make the going just a little easier. Have a fun and safe trip!
The BCP Summer of Growth. Week One: Rest and Reset
Do you use summer to recharge your batteries for the year ahead? Or do you run into the new year just as breathless as when you finished it? It’s overwhelming to commit to something lasting. The Summer of Growth Challenge is a 5 week challenge, the “rest and reset” theme is for this week only–but…
The BCP Summer of Growth Challenge
Don’t let summer go by without making the season a meaningful one for you. Often, when summer starts we have big dreams. We have dreams of what we’re going to accomplish or how we’re going to enjoy the season. And, too often, summer just goes by. We keep running like we do all year, without…
A MRSA Journey: A Mother Shares Tips That Bring Relief
There is more a mother can do to help ease her child’s MRSA symptoms. I hope many of you can read this article and say you’ve never had to deal with your children having the pesky, painful, and persistent MRSA infection. You can tuck this away in case you or a loved one have to…
Menopause…Yikes!
What should you expect? And how can you alleviate your symptoms so you can still feel your best self? My body was slowly experiencing a hostile takeover. I did not understand why this was happening. I had gained some weight that I couldn’t lose as easily as I used to. I wasn’t sleeping well anymore,…
Which Ice Cream & Cookie Dough Scoop Is the Best?
You want one great scoop that’ll last for a long time, give you pretty ice cream scoops, and do the double task of also scooping cookie dough. Which one do you choose? It’s officially the season of cold, frozen treats and refreshing ice cream and sorbet desserts. And while we have really popular 9×13 ice…
