Julie Barron

As moms, we can often be really hard on ourselves.  We have a never ending to-do list, a million details to keep track of, so many schedules to juggle, and people to care for. ...

For the last eight or nine years our family has been doing something different at the start of a new year.  Instead of making traditional goals or resolutions, we each pick a word for...

When I was pregnant with my third baby, I realized I needed to simplify my life.  I had two little ones aged 5 and under, was about to have a third, and had just...

Fact: Kids are highly emotionally attuned.  They feel their feelings, they recognize their feelings, and usually they aren't afraid to have them.  In fact, we could all learn a thing or two from them.  ...

There are a few precious things in life that transform us. Moments where there is a distinct "before" and "after." Where you can feel the shift as quickly as it begins. Motherhood was one...

  Mother’s Day is coming up, and it’s easy to feel stumped about what to buy for the women in your life that you love.  I feel like May rolls around and my mind goes...

  When was the last time you spent time thinking nice things about yourself?  Our brains are filters, and biologically they’re programmed to notice what is “off” or wrong in a situation.  They are attuned...

  I think it’s easy to imagine that surrender is doing nothing. Just waiting--for the time to go by, or for things to happen. But surrender is a verb: it’s an action. It’s an acceptance...