There are ways we can simplify kids birthdays! Sometimes the thought of planning another birthday party for your child can begin to feel overwhelming, stressful, and pressure-filled. However! There are always ways we can simplify and systemize things that we will do more than once. This includes birthday parties! Rather than thinking through all the…
How to Plan a Birthday Party Your Kid Will Love
Our children’s birthdays and the parties we throw to commemorate them can be very meaningful when we make it about them (rather than the pressure to keep up with our neighbours or the images we see on socials). Kids birthday parties can also be quite overwhelming. The repetitive nature of kids birthday parties You know…
Considering the Root of the Birthday Party Pressure
Birthday party pressure – it’s a thing! We’ve experienced it. 🫣 Kids’ birthday parties can feel like a looming pressure and stress-inducing obligation for a lot of parents.😬 🥳 This week, we are in the middle of party planning for our daughter’s fifth birthday – We get it, it can be a lot to think…
Rhythmic AUTHENTICITY: Ways to Keep It Real (7 of 7)
1. Purpose 2. Unity 3. Individuality 4. Curiosity 5. Care 6. Consistency 7. Authenticity. If we do not intentionally work to ‘keep it real’ with our people, even our closest relationships will slowly begin to lack the thing that infuses them with meaning. Truth. Is being loved but not known really love? We all desire…
Rhythmic CONSISTENCY: Streamline Life with Clearly Defined Roles (6 of 7)
1. Purpose 2. Unity 3. Individuality 4. Curiosity 5. Care 6. Consistency 7. Authenticity. Clearly defined roles and responsibilities are a crucial first step in the pursuit of consistency in our daily life rhythms. Sometimes dividing up responsibilities happens completely organically. Other times, it takes some intentional discussion, or even some productive debate. Either way,…
Rhythmic CARE: Small Things, Done With Great Love (5 of 7)
1. Purpose 2. Unity 3. Individuality 4. Curiosity 5. Care 6. Consistency 7. Authenticity. Caring for our partner is something that can actually be quite simple to do. It is also something that can easily get left behind as the demands of family life grow. As parents, we show care for our young kids all…
Rhythmic CURIOSITY: Deepening Connection by Asking Genuine Questions (4 of 7)
1. Purpose 2. Unity 3. Individuality 4. Curiosity 5. Care 6. Consistency 7. Authenticity. Sustaining and strengthening relational curiosity about our partner, even once we are committed, established, and secure in our relationship, is vital to staying close throughout our lifetime together. Express relational curiosity and care by asking genuine questions Asking one another questions,…
Rhythmic INDIVIDUALITY: Sameness May Seem Easy, But Is Not Always a Sign of Strength (3 of 7)
1. Purpose 2. Unity 3. Individuality 4. Curiosity 5. Care 6. Consistency 7. Authenticity. Our individuality is something that we each bring to our relationships. We tend to enjoy finding other individuals who are similar to us and as society, we organize ourselves into groups based on our similarities … similar hobbies, passions, professions, skills,…
Rhythmic UNITY as Parents: Pulling In the Same Direction & Keeping it That Way Over Time (2 of 7)
1. Purpose 2. Unity 3. Individuality 4. Curiosity 5. Care 6. Consistency 7. Authenticity. Carving out time and space to cultivate unity as parents makes it possible for us to pull in the same direction as a team. And, to keep it that way over time! Cultivating unity as parents takes communication Cultivating unity as…
How to Implement 7 Principles of Parenting Teamwork (1 of 7)
1. Purpose 2. Unity 3. Individuality 4. Curiosity 5. Care 6. Consistency 7. Authenticity. These ideas and principles connected to parenting teamwork feel more approachable when we consider ways to incorporate them into our lives rhythmically. Teamwork is something that characterizes the way partners and families do life together. Rhythms help us engage the things…
