In a recent post, I shared the why and the how of my latest efforts to cut down on screen time. This endeavor has rendered countless benefits, key among them an opportunity ...
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Breaking My Phone Addiction: The Problem, My Solutions, and Some Takeaways
Hi, my name is Kendra, and I am addicted to my phone. The Problem I can’t quite pinpoint when the addiction began. I was fairly late to getting a smart phone (I ...
A Few Thoughts on Therapy
There was a time when mental health was a taboo topic, something seldom acknowledged and grossly undertreated. Fortunately, mental health care no longer carries the stigma it once did. An APA study ...
Cinco de Wednesday: 5 Start Points for Becoming an Idea Machine!
Last year I started to become an Idea Machine. Here’s an excerpt from my first post about this project: I recently came across a blog post by James Altucher that addresses [the ...
My Learning Bucket List
A few years ago, Luke and I took a life changing marriage course. For one of the exercises in the class, we were encouraged to identify our individual values. We both discovered ...
Cinco de Wednesday: Intellectual Pursuits
I’ve shared quite a bit about my enthusiasm for Gretchen Rubin’s podcast, Happier. Each week Gretchen and her sister, Elizabeth, discuss simple happiness strategies that have added value to their own lives ...
Lately // October 2015
For as long as I can remember, October has been my favorite month. I have no idea why this is: October doesn’t fall within my favorite season (summer) and it doesn’t contain ...
Beyond Brain Training: 8 Other Ways to Achieve Brain Fitness
A few weeks ago I shared my current obsession with the topic of brain fitness. In that post, I talked about how I’ve been exploring cognitive training as one way to increase ...
Mind Over Matter: My Quest to Establish a Brain Fitness Regimen
An interesting question was recently posed by a member of a Facebook group I’m a part of: what are the topics you CANNOT stop talking about? Faithful readers of my blog can ...
What I Learned in August {2015}
One of the most amazing aspects of raising a child is having a front-row seat to a baby’s rapid development. It’s incredible to watch Charlie take in his surrounds and assimilate knowledge ...