by Jenn Pipe | Oct 5, 2013 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Entrepreneurial, Kids, Life, Love
I know I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: I believe EVERYTHING in life is a choice. And, to take it one step further: I believe if you tell yourself that your life is NOT a choice, and you are merely a victim of circumstance(s) — you are either...
by Jenn Pipe | Sep 25, 2013 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life
I was relaxing in the living room with my daughters a few days ago. It was the tail end of a monster week and we were all kind of needing to recharge our batteries and just veg out for a while. My husband wasn’t home, so I had control of the remote (bonus) and...
by Jenn Pipe | Sep 20, 2013 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life, Love
The Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz probably had it pretty easy. There, I said it. He just clanked along, oblivious to love and hurt and pain and joy. There were no emotive highs followed by crushing lows. No heart = no feelings. There was just a body, in a suit of...
by Jenn Pipe | Aug 29, 2013 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Entrepreneurial, Life, Scrapbooking, self esteem through art
Ever sit down and just take stock? Evaluate? Reevaluate? Assess? Tweak? Think about work? Worth? Contemplate life? I do. I am actually in the midst of a MASSIVE “twessaluation” (yes, I made that word up) right now. My recent findings have me admitting that...
by Jenn Pipe | Aug 27, 2013 | Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life, Love, self esteem through art
Since much of our summer looked like this, many would argue that our kids didn’t learn anything at all and their brains went to mush. Knowing that I don’t believe in formal dining, formal dressing, formal learning, or pretty much formal anything in the...