Let’s be honest, not everyone is naturally clean and organized. When I was a kid, every Friday was house cleaning day. We would all come home from school, get a snack, and get busy cleaning our rooms. Then we all had another room in the house we were responsible for cleaning. If we didn’t get…
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You Made It Here Alive – Jingle of the Week.
Have you ever had a week that just seemed like everything went wrong all at once? Well…that’s been my week. I won’t bore you with all the details, because some of the stuff that happened is just a normal crappy week…work complications (thanks polar vortex), family stuff…and just the regular nonsense of life that happened…
The Highly Unlikely Podcast Ep. 19
Being organized, getting organized, staying organized…we hear about it all the time! As our lives become increasingly complex, and we try to cram more and more into every 24-hour period of time, being organized can feel like it becomes unachievable, like an ideal scenario that’s not based on reality. But in today’s episode, I am…
Figuring Out How to Get It Together
When you’re short on time with a long to-do list, life quickly gets away from you, and sometimes it feels impossible to keep it all together. As someone who has gotten all the way to the office without my laptop, shown up to work with TWO DIFFERENT SHOES, and even forgotten to pick up a…
The Highly Unlikely Podcast Ep. 18
With Valentine’s Day around the corner and it is the week of love! Unfortunately, there seems to be a national shortage of love these days. If you have spent any time on social media or watching the news, it may seem that love has become scarce. So how do we show love in a world…
The Highly Unlikely Podcast Ep. 17
When someone you love does something wrong, forgiveness is often instantaneous, but that’s not always true for yourself. In fact, many of us carry around guilt from poor choices we made decades ago. Today’s episode dives into the reasons behind the struggle to forgive yourself, and the importance of extending grace to yourself. Whether it…
The Highly Unlikely Podcast Ep. 16
We have all faced challenges and hard times in our lives. We have made mistakes, gone down roads we wished we hadn’t, and have had to face the consequences of our choices. That is part of the human experience. But all of that experience and those challenges have brought you to where you find yourself…
Lessons Learned: The Importance of Planning Ahead
If the last year has taught us anything, it is that we need to plan ahead for times when we may not have easy access to the conveniences we have become accustomed to in life. If you are anything like me, you took for granted that you could pop over to the grocery store and…
The Highly Unlikely Podcast Ep. 15
The last year taught us a lot. Many of our routines, things we took for granted, and activities we enjoyed we disrupted and replaced by uncertainty, anxiety, and fear. Fear serves a purpose. To protect us and help us exercise caution when needed. But fear, when left unchecked, can keep you trapped and unable to…