Archives for June 2020

Cara Newhart is a DIY queen who is helping women create a beautifully lived-in life through home design advice and chic DIY tutorials on her blog called Never Skip Brunch and through her home design podcast, Make Space with Cara Newhart.Her goal is to help women dive deeper than pin-worthy rooms and beat the “boys club” culture of home improvement to empower women to design homes they love, on their terms.

I smiled and giggled from ear-to-ear, chatting with Cara about my DIY shortcomings and admitting that I don’t know how to use really any power tools at all. She gives great advice on how to get started when home improvement and DIY are so intimidating, how to dive in with power tools when we don’t exactly always know how to use them, how to start projects, and which ones we should leave to the professionals.  

We talk about what a Pinterest worth space REALLY is, the real versus the before-and-after we see on all those home design shows we all love, and intentionally designing our home for the season of life we’re in. Cara takes all the pressure out of DIY and really helps us focus on what’s important when it comes to creating a beautiful home, even with kids in tow.

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Never Skip Brunch Blog

Make Space Podcast

Kate Cartia lives in Dallas, TX with her son and dog. She’s a Work-at-Home Mom, is always the first to sign up to bring paper plates to school functions, and openly has no real idea how to do this parenting thing (I mean, do any of us know??) She also believes humor is critical and lives to make her fellow parents feel like they aren’t the only ones winging it. Seriously, take one look at Kate’s Instagram feed and you’re sure to laugh out loud.

In our conversation, Kate literally talks us out of feeling like we’re a bad mother, or a bad PERSON, just because we don’t do things the way we think they should be done, based on our childhood, society, and all the other ‘shoulds’ that are thrown at us. We shoot down ALL the buzz words, and talk about how we set the tone for our families, ourselves, and the world around us. We also talk about how it’s okay that not every moment of motherhood is enjoyable, and how we need to put ourselves first. 

I expected that Kate would make me laugh and care less about what other people think, but she is so much deeper than the laughter, too.  We really have a heart to heart, and there were moments that gave me chills.  Stop what you’re doing right now, and find As Kate Would Have it on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, and then listen to our talk!

Ronee Welch is a mom of four, and the owner of Sleeptastic Solutions. She is a certified pediatric and adult sleep consultant, a health & lifestyle coach, a pre and postnatal nutrition coach, a lactation counselor, an infant massage educator, and parenting coach. She is also a board member and Eastern Regional Director for the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants.

Ronee is passionate about educating parents and parents-to-be about the importance of sleep, and so much more for both children and adults. Not only does she work one-on-one with clients, but she also offers a variety of affordable online and group courses, and she’s offering one for free for listeners of this show!

Ronee and I not only talk about sleep for parents, but kids of all ages and stages, including school aged kids and teenagers. No matter where you’re at in your parenting, Ronee has fascinating information for everyone in this episode!

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What’s happening around us is not okay: The prejudice, the racism, it’s not okay, and if we choose to ignore it or decide that it doesn’t apply to us or say there’s nothing we can do about it, then WE are part of the problem.

Our kids deserve a better world than this, and if we hope to give that to them, it starts with US. It starts with asking ourselves some hard questions. It starts with loving our neighbor. It starts with talking about real issues like privilege and racism with our kids. We owe it to them.

I sat in my car and recorded some raw thoughts on racism and inequality based on recent events in America, and I’m replaying an impactful conversation I had with a powerful woman who is bringing change and healing to this deep wound in our country, with so much love.