Parenting & Family
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How to Have an Eco-Friendly Winter Break: 6 Tips
Eco-Friendly Winter Break As the winter season sets in, bringing with it crisp air and the promise of snowflakes, it’s the perfect time to slow down and embrace the tranquility of a green and relaxing winter break. Instead of succumbing to the hectic pace that often accompanies the holidays, let’s explore some tips to infuse your winter break with eco-friendly practices and peaceful moments. Read on for ways to have an eco-friendly winter break. Nature Escapes Make the most of the winter wonderland by planning nature escapes for the family. Whether it’s a weekend in a cozy cabin, day trip to a nearby national park, or a walk around the…
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How to Survive as a Stay-at-Home Working Mom
Updated March 26, 2024 This one is for all the parents that work-from-home but also identify as the default parent. You take on the heavy responsibilities of a stay-at-home parent while juggling your career and (hopefully) avoiding burnout. You are a stay-at-home working mom. What does this mean? Mostly, that you never have enough. You never have enough patience. You never have enough balance. You never have enough time for yourself/your partner/your kids/your career. You feel like you’re being pulled apart from every direction and you’re not quite sure how or what to fix to make you feel whole again. The Stay-at-Home Working Mom’s Survival Guide will give you the…
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Lifestyle Shop: How to Live a More Enchanting Life
Products and brands I use daily and refer to friends and family I believe that even day-to-day life should be enchanting. That’s why I’ve put all my favorite products in one spot so my readers can easily navigate and browse through my recommendations. Welcome to The Peaceful Burrow Lifestyle Shop! My favorites include eco-friendly and sustainable products, kid/pet/family-related things, and anything that has helped make my life easier or more beautiful in any way – because they’re both important! I’m going to break this down into categories: Home, garden, beauty, clothing, kids, and travel. This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at no cost to you,…
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How to Travel as a Minimalist Family – Ebook
Minimalist Family Travel
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Mindset Reframe: How to Manage Overwhelm in Busy Seasons
No matter what season of life I’m in, it’s always busy. I’m never not busy. Right now with three young kids, I’m juggling three jobs, celebrating the 6 month anniversary of this blog (woot woot!), writing another book, and preparing for our annual dance recital this week! I like being busy. But busy on my terms. Yesterday I realized it was 11:00 am and I hadn’t sat down or stopped moving since breakfast at 7:00 am. I’ve got things to do! But I do get overwhelmed frequently and find that mindset is one of the biggest things that helps. Mindset can make or break your day. What is mindset? Your…
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How to Simplify Summer Frustrations
Summer brings a natural change in season and routines. The weather change means swapping our jackets for swimsuits, and boots for flip-flops. School is over but we take on pool days, summer camp, and endless days in the sun. Sweaty sunscreen days turn into firefly bonfire evenings of pure magic. Among all the changes come frustrations and re-learning. Where do wet bathing suits go again? Do we really have to stop and come inside to eat? Why am I kicking flip-flops all over the floor? We’re out of snacks again??? So let’s talk about simplification with respect to these frustrations. I naturally use some Lazy Genius principles to tackle these…
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Declutter These 10 Toys Now
10 Types of Toys You Can Get Rid Of Today This time of year I’m really into cleaning out and simplifying. The school year is coming to an end, my kids all have birthdays in Spring/Summer in which they acquire new things (even though we always say no gifts!), the days are mostly spent outdoors, and it feels good to let go of things. I love decluttering and minimizing toys because it allows children more freedom to play. Without the clutter of unused toys, there are fewer distractions to take them from their deep play. It’s also easier to clean up! I follow the advice of Dr. Kim John Payne…
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How to Simplify Kids’ Wardrobes with 5 Questions
5 Questions to help clean out kids’ clothes Simplify, declutter, minimize…whatever you call it, that’s what’s happening in my house right now. And I’m starting on my kids’ stuff for 2 reasons. 1. The change in seasons. We live in the Chicago area and Springtime for us means coats when we walk to school in the morning and then 80 and sunny by 3 pm for school pick up. I’ve held out on swapping out my kids’ summer clothes because of this dramatic temperature swing, but just kept adding more and more “summer” items to their already crammed drawers. 0/10 do not recommend. It’s time to fix that. 2. Birthdays.…
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How to Simplify in 10 Minutes or Less
9 Ways to Simplify Your Life In our busy seasons of life, we tend to get bogged down very easily. We already know we’re at maximum capacity with busyness, so every little extra can overwhelm us. I often find in these busiest seasons that simplifying in little ways helps to ease the overwhelm. I don’t mean throwing out all our schedules and only focusing on THE ONE THING (whatever it is in this season), but I do believe small areas of simplification can make a big difference. How to Simplify Here are 9 ways you can simplify in 10 minutes or less. Double-check your to-do list Is there anything on…
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How to Slow Down with a 5-Finger Affirmation Practice
Busy Busy The month of May is probably our busiest month of the year. Between birthdays, weddings, quinceaneras, and end-of-school activities, we are booked solid. This past weekend was so much fun but so completely draining. It got me thinking…I can’t simplify our schedule at this time of year, but is there another way I can slow down? The answer came to me as I was trying to fall asleep after another busy Sunday when I felt like I didn’t even dent my to-do list. My head was spinning with my to-dos for the following week and I was feeling defeated instead of restful. Then I remembered a technique I…
