If you have been thinking about how to stop resenting and start loving your partner too, you're not alone. What if you started evaluating all of the other things that you do in a day? You can decide that asking for help and delegating is the fastest way to get what you ultimately want - more time and space in your days.

Do you make time for things you love that have nothing to do with work or being a mom? If you don't have a regular practice of doing this, why? Well, I want to tell you how I consistently make time to read so that you can take this lesson and apply it to the thing YOU want to go do.

If you’re an overwhelmed working mom, I hope you meet Katelyn and get some of these big gifts from Beyond Balance. Not a silver bullet. Because the real, messy, nitty gritty, down and dirty, silly and serious life stuff is so much better.

Thinking about a goal and taking action toward a goal are two different things. I've had the same goal for myself for the last three years but have very few results to show for it. Why? Because I realized I've been spending my time thinking, researching, and planning instead of DOING.

Having a plan for dinner, knowing you have all the ingredients you need, and having food on the table at a reasonable time is like the biggest exhale. Not to mention it helps keep that bedtime train on the tracks. So I thought I would share the nitty-gritty of how I meal plan for our family of 5 with a simple routine.

One of the best things I did for my health in 2022 was to prioritize sleep. With full-time work and 3 young kids, it's not always easy but this one simple change to my evening routine really made a world of difference, and now, 8 hours of sleep a night is just what I do!

If you want to join me in journaling and reflecting, here are the prompts I'll be using to guide my thinking. Use one or use them all. But lean into this last week that sits between 2022 and 2023. There will be plenty of time in January to take action. I promise.

Thinking about the moon and the sky reminds me, in a good way, how small I am in the grand scheme of things When it's all too easy to get caught up in the little things like work, schedules, family dynamics, my clothes, or what we're eating for dinner, I'm reminded that there's a much bigger picture outside of myself.

When you plan an activity or outing, do you think ahead to the memory it will create? It's kind of like taking a picture to capture a moment so you can have physical evidence to go along with the memory. I love looking back at photos from years past and being reminded of all of the things that we did, the places we visited, and the milestones we crossed. And...I want to remind you that those memories also happen in the little things as well.

What makes you feel alive? That's a question I've been asking myself on repeat ever since I watched one of my clients achieve a BIG goal because it was something that made her feel alive. I have to tell you this story because it's inspiring AF.

“You’re the one who chose to have kids.”

That comment was made over the holiday weekend during a heated discussion about keeping our gathering small because of all the viruses going around our extended family.

And this person, like so many others without kids, sees kids getting sick as the parent’s problem to figure out.

Coasting at work or quiet quitting is getting a lot of air time these days. But the truth is, working parents have gone in and out of phases of coasting for years as we navigate returning from parental leave, co-parenting with a partner's demanding work schedule, or just daycare illness season each fall/winter. It can be necessary at times and life/career-saving too. But what if you're stuck coasting because you think you don't have the time or energy that "leaning in" to your career will take? And what if the truth is, it doesn't take that much more?