Becoming Me

How to Really Fill Your Life with Harmony

Heather Stephens — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:07:33 +0000

Harmony, how can it be defined? “The inner cadence of contentment we feel when the melody of life is in tune.” ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance When is life in tune? When we’ve somehow managed to balance the expectations of our loves, families, jobs, and homes, with our own expectations in the areas of our [...]

The Absolute Best Resources for Family Budgeting

Heather Stephens — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:55:51 +0000

I just blogged over at FatWallet a post, sharing 10 Ways to Involve Your Kids in Your Family Budget. Having grown up in a household that didn’t share a whole lot about money, I went through some “growing pains” with money that resulted in a few skinned knees along the way. It’s my husband’s and [...]

Who Do You Want to Become?

Heather Stephens — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:35:48 +0000

Who would we see if we were to take a peek into your calendar? Most of our calendars reflect the life of an overwhelmed, overworked, person who is living reactively pinging from one “have to do” activity to the next. Calendars have the potential to be a life-changing tool if we use them properly. However, [...]

Resources to Inspire You to Realize Your Worth

Heather Stephens — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:32:21 +0000

Have you ever wanted to find a way to supplement your salary with a side-gig, make extra money from home, or build a dream business around your talents, skills, and passions? I just wrote a post on FatWallet in celebration of Women’s Money Week on the topic of Using What You Know to Increase Income. And [...]

Mom, I thought you hated exercise? Apparently not!

Heather Stephens — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:12:27 +0000

Most of the time I’m totally grateful for the memories I’m making with our kids, but not always. I read a hilarious post on ScaryMommy last night about a texting lesson she had with her 13 year old son that reminded me of a horrifying life-scarring situation I created for my oldest daughter earlier this year. It’s easy [...]

Organized Confusion or Creative Freedom

Heather Stephens — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:44:01 +0000

As much as I’d love to be a neat freak, it’s not in my DNA. My house is only clean when company’s coming. I’ve lived my whole life in a state of organized confusion. I always know where things are, but to someone else it looks like a mess. We laughed with friends a while [...]

Simple Steps to Start a Daily Gratitude Journal

Heather Stephens — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:00:12 +0000

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a [...]

A Sojourn from Scarcity to Security to Serenity

Heather Stephens — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:24:44 +0000

Have you ever been stuck in a cycle you can’t seem to break? Whether it be personal, generational, or environmental like being lost in the woods, we all have moments in life where our progress stalls and we feel like we keep having to experience the same things over and over again. I had an aha moment [...]

Gratitude Journal: January 2013

Heather Stephens — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:23:21 +0000

“Be Nimble” seems to be the theme of the month for me. There is lots of change happening, and adapting is the name of the game. I am re-evaluating my goal to blog daily on what I’ve read in Simple Abundance. As much as I’d love to, blogging through the book daily was sacrificing other [...]

Back to Basics: Embracing Simplicity

Heather Stephens — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:14:42 +0000

Life is overwhelmingly complicated at times. Between careers, kids, taking care of the house, family, friends, and schools, the life of a mom (or dad) often resembles a juggler or plate spinner at the circus, running from one end of the ring to the other, keeping everything in the air. My husband and I often [...]