Posts in Intentional living
Ep. 19 When You're Too Busy: Doing Better, Not More
Ep. 19 When You're Too Busy: Doing Better, Not More

In this episode, we’re talking about being BUSY. So many of us seem to be living in constant busy-mode with all the things on our schedules and more we want to fit into each day. We think about, stress about, and talk to each other about just how busy we are. But we wondered if it really needs to be this way. Is there a way we can simplify our schedules? Or even leave our schedules the way they are but change how we think and talk about them? What if 24 hours was really all the time we needed in a single day?

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Ep. 18 How to Have Confidence in Any Situation
Ep. 18 How to Have Confidence in Any Situation

Today’s episode is all about confidence! Both of us have experienced a dramatic increase in self-confidence throughout our adult years and we each share what has helped us with that. Of course there are always surface-level changes we can make like dressing better or learning to be a better conversationalist that help us feel better in certain situations, but we really wanted to talk about the deeper heart-changes that truly can help us be confident, no matter what situation we find ourselves in. We share three fundamental shifts for true confidence and how…

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Ep. 17 The Magic of Creativity with Tessa Lee Brown
Ep. 17 The Magic of Creativity with Tessa Lee Brown

Today we have an incredible guest with us to talk about the magic of creativity. Tessa Brown is a painter and writer and she tells us the story of deciding to pursue a career as an artist and her amazing experience with visualizing it into reality -- it’s a simple exercise anyone can do to start the process for themselves!

This is one of our favorite episodes ever and we’re so excited to share Tessa’s brilliance with all of you!

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Ep. 16 Three Ways to Nurture Your Marriage
Ep. 16 Three Ways to Nurture Your Marriage

In this episode, we continue our conversation about marriage from last week and talk about three ways to nurture your marriage relationship. We discuss helping each other through personal trials, making time for just the two of you, and sharing small gestures of love and support, especially when it comes to encouraging the other person’s interests and dreams.

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Ep. 14 Becoming The Person You Want To Be
Ep. 14 Becoming The Person You Want To Be

In episode 14, we’re talking about how to become the person you dream of being. We encourage you to think of your ideal future self -- what she is like, how she acts, what her life is like -- and intentionally create that self with your actions now.

We talk about the four areas to explore when creating a vision statement for your life and provide a list of questions to get you inspired. Plus Kristin shares the journaling exercise she’s been using to access that future self and learn from her.

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Ep. 13 Helpful Tips for Documenting Family Life With Kylie Whiting
Ep. 13 Helpful Tips for Documenting Family Life With Kylie Whiting

Today we’re sharing our first interview-style episode with a conversation with photographer and designer Kylie Whiting. Kylie shared her top three tips for photographing your children, her method for organizing and backing up all those photos we take, and how she creates her beautiful family yearbooks. We also discuss how we each approach documenting family life beyond photography.

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Ep. 12 Overcoming Worry and Anxiety
Ep. 12 Overcoming Worry and Anxiety

Today our conversation is for the chronic worrier. Both of us have always been the worrying type so we shared a few tips and strategies that have helped us overcome it.

We discuss the question that can help you find out whether your worrying is excessive and three specific tips to help you stop those anxious feeling in their tracks. We also talk about how worrying is a choice and how to use it as a “trigger thought” to replace worry with a better feeling like gratitude or peace. Finally, we talk about many of our worries just being thought habits that we can change for our benefit.

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Ep. 9 Getting Started With Minimalism
Ep. 9 Getting Started With Minimalism

Today’s conversation is about minimalism. And for a topic all about LESS, this podcast ended up with MORE info than we usually record... clearly we’re still figuring out minimalism ourselves! We think of minimalism as clearing the clutter to make room for what’s most important. It’s freedom from whatever is excess that weighs you down. We talk about

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Ep. 8 Continuing Relationships After Death
Ep. 8 Continuing Relationships After Death

Inspired by the anniversary of Laura’s dad’s passing, we’re talking today about how we can maintain and nourish relationships with loved ones who have passed away. Laura shares how she has stayed close to her dad and some profound experiences she has had. We also discuss how to develop relationships with family members we never met in life by learning about them and how that can help us recognize their continued presence in our lives today.

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Ep. 7 Making Space and Time for Rest
Ep. 7 Making Space and Time for Rest

Our episode today started as a chat about giving yourself permission to rest and evolved into a meaningful conversation about how busy-ness is not the same as truly being needed. We explored how to find a true sense of contribution in your life and what to do when you aren’t sure of your purpose. We also talked about creating boundaries for work vs. family time and shared some practical tips on making space for the rest we all crave in our hectic days.

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