This post is part of my Slow Motherhood Challenge Series. Oh wow. I can’t believe it is over. Thanksgiving is such a whirlwind. With travel and cooking, and friends and family it can all happen in such a blur. Then…
Yes, it is possible to enjoy the holidays as a minimalist. You might enjoy it more… Just the other day, I saw a Christmas Tree. I was driving home from a Halloween party and I saw a Christmas tree, 100…
Cold season is here! Ugh. And we are right in the thick of it. One of my little ones has a cough that wakes us all up at night, and the other has had a runny nose since the beginning…
Your lifestyle reflects your values when how you spend your time and attention lines up with what you say matters most. For many overwhelmed moms, the gap isn’t a values problem, it’s a busyness problem: too much automatic “yes,” not…
The weather has finally cooled down a little. Mid-mornings are absolutely beautiful, still a little crisp, but not yet hot. All summer long, I look forward to fall so much, when we can go to a park without overheating or…
I learn something interesting with every client I work with. Sometimes, it is new tidbits of info that don’t really matter but thoroughly interest me. Other times, I get something truly of value. This is what happened when I started…
I went back and forth about this post. Wasn’t sure if minimalist beauty fit with what I normally write about with Raising Slow. But, I decided, minimalist beauty is nothing if not a time management tool and an act of…
A Slow Motherhood Challenge You have probably heard about slow fashion, slow food and even slow beauty. I’d like to make a case for slow motherhood (or fatherhood, honestly just slow parenting. I am going to refer to it as…