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Motherhood

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The Right Way to Have A "No Gifts" Birthday Party
The Right Way to Have A "No Gifts" Birthday Party
The Power of Words and Your Kids
The Power of Words and Your Kids
Giving Your Kids the Gift of Less
Giving Your Kids the Gift of Less
How Minimalism Impacts Kids
How Minimalism Impacts Kids
The Incredible, Life-Giving Gift of Minimalism For Mothers
The Incredible, Life-Giving Gift of Minimalism For Mothers
How to Declutter Your Wardrobe (& Love Everything in Your Closet)
How to Declutter Your Wardrobe (& Love Everything in Your Closet)
The Secret for Moms Who Want to Get More Done
The Secret for Moms Who Want to Get More Done
A Guide to Your Best Mornings + Most Productive Days
A Guide to Your Best Mornings + Most Productive Days
Becoming a Woman of Intent this Year
Becoming a Woman of Intent this Year
How to Take Ownership of Your Day with Time-Blocking
How to Take Ownership of Your Day with Time-Blocking
How to Motivate Yourself to Wake Up Earlier
How to Motivate Yourself to Wake Up Earlier
How to Declutter Your Home with Kids in the House
How to Declutter Your Home with Kids in the House
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Kids + Minimalism
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Kids + Minimalism
Why We Chose to 'Soft Start' Our Homeschool & How It Works
Why We Chose to 'Soft Start' Our Homeschool & How It Works
The 5 Rules of Modern Motherhood You Can Totally Break
The 5 Rules of Modern Motherhood You Can Totally Break
How to Let Go of Perfection in Motherhood
How to Let Go of Perfection in Motherhood
7 Ways to Make Fitting Multiple Kids in One Room A Lot Easier
7 Ways to Make Fitting Multiple Kids in One Room A Lot Easier
How to De-Stress Your Home in Ten Minutes
How to De-Stress Your Home in Ten Minutes
For the Chicken Nugget Mom
For the Chicken Nugget Mom
7 Life-Changing Things I Learned From 30 Days of No Yelling
7 Life-Changing Things I Learned From 30 Days of No Yelling
Why Mothers Need Minimalism
Why Mothers Need Minimalism
Minimalism & Sentimental Items
Minimalism & Sentimental Items
Why I Let My Kids Feel the Weight of the World
Why I Let My Kids Feel the Weight of the World
Why You Can't Just Stop Yelling
Why You Can't Just Stop Yelling
5 Reasons Men Are Better Parents
5 Reasons Men Are Better Parents
How to Move Long Distance with Little Kids
How to Move Long Distance with Little Kids
Why I Homeschool [it's not why you think]
Why I Homeschool [it's not why you think]
A Typical Homeschool Day
A Typical Homeschool Day
How to Find Joy in Your Last Baby When You Weren't Ready to Call it Quits
How to Find Joy in Your Last Baby When You Weren't Ready to Call it Quits
Life Hacks for Moms
Life Hacks for Moms

Intentional Living + Minimalism

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How We Use Sundays to Hit Reset + Prepare for the Week
How We Use Sundays to Hit Reset + Prepare for the Week
Why A Family Mission Statement Is So Important
How My Blog Got My Husband Out Of His 9 To 5
How My Blog Got My Husband Out Of His 9 To 5
I Don't Have A Capsule Wardrobe, And Here's Why
I Don't Have A Capsule Wardrobe, And Here's Why
The Power of Words and Your Kids
The Power of Words and Your Kids
5 Steps for A Purposeful Morning Ritual
5 Steps for A Purposeful Morning Ritual
It's Time to Start Loving Your Body Better
It's Time to Start Loving Your Body Better
Set Goals With Purpose This Year!
Set Goals With Purpose This Year!
3 Steps to Prepare for a Merry & Simplified Christmas
3 Steps to Prepare for a Merry & Simplified Christmas
How to Raise Unplugged Kids in A Tech-Obsessed World
How to Raise Unplugged Kids in A Tech-Obsessed World
10 Ways Minimalism Helps the Very Busy On-the-Go Family
10 Ways Minimalism Helps the Very Busy On-the-Go Family
How I Simplified Clean Eating & Healed My Gut
How I Simplified Clean Eating & Healed My Gut
How to Declutter Your Kids' Wardrobes
How to Declutter Your Kids' Wardrobes
Giving Your Kids the Gift of Less
Giving Your Kids the Gift of Less
When Minimalism Becomes Ingratitude
When Minimalism Becomes Ingratitude
A Beginner's Guide to A Minimalist Home
A Beginner's Guide to A Minimalist Home
Decluttering 101: The Problem With Selling Your Stuff
Decluttering 101: The Problem With Selling Your Stuff
How Minimalism Impacts Kids
How Minimalism Impacts Kids
The Incredible, Life-Giving Gift of Minimalism For Mothers
The Incredible, Life-Giving Gift of Minimalism For Mothers
Morning Quiet Time Practices
How To Set Yourself Up For A Successful Morning
How To Set Yourself Up For A Successful Morning
How To Simplify Your Entire Life
How To Simplify Your Entire Life
Why I'm Hard to Get A Hold Of & You Should Be Too
Why I'm Hard to Get A Hold Of & You Should Be Too
10 Ways to Declutter Your Calendar & Get Intentional With Your Time
10 Ways to Declutter Your Calendar & Get Intentional With Your Time
How to Say No
How to Say No
Minimalism Is Not A Fad
Minimalism Is Not A Fad
How Minimalism Can Steal Your Joy
How Minimalism Can Steal Your Joy
How I Use Trello to Organize My Entire Life
How I Use Trello to Organize My Entire Life
What To Do When Your Kid Wants To Keep Everything
What To Do When Your Kid Wants To Keep Everything
How to Declutter Your Wardrobe (& Love Everything in Your Closet)
How to Declutter Your Wardrobe (& Love Everything in Your Closet)

FAMILY VLOG episodes

Faith

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Overcoming Your Biggest Hurdles with Mindset Shifts
Overcoming Your Biggest Hurdles with Mindset Shifts
What I Found Beneath the Clutter
What I Found Beneath the Clutter
Why You Should Stop Trying to Make Time for God
Why You Should Stop Trying to Make Time for God
Comfort Zones, Jesus, and Stepping into a Storm
Comfort Zones, Jesus, and Stepping into a Storm
Life Lately & Our Trip to California in Photos
Life Lately & Our Trip to California in Photos
Life Lately, God's Gangster Voice, + Why He's Still Good
Life Lately, God's Gangster Voice, + Why He's Still Good
Fitting In Quiet Time + Favorite Devotionals
Fitting In Quiet Time + Favorite Devotionals
Life Lately [+ the deets on our big move]
Life Lately [+ the deets on our big move]
The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room
From Failing to Flourishing: How Praying for My Husband Changed His Work Life
From Failing to Flourishing: How Praying for My Husband Changed His Work Life
Fear After A Miscarriage
Fear After A Miscarriage

Marriage

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Getting Your Husband on Board with Minimalism
Getting Your Husband on Board with Minimalism
When Your Husband Won't Change
When Your Husband Won't Change
Thriving After Infidelity: A Story of Two Affairs
Thriving After Infidelity: A Story of Two Affairs
5 Reasons Men Are Better Parents
5 Reasons Men Are Better Parents
How Your Words are Creating the Husband You Can't Stand
How Your Words are Creating the Husband You Can't Stand
When Your Husband is Discouraged
When Your Husband is Discouraged
The Problem With Eva Mendes' Sweatpants Comment
The Problem With Eva Mendes' Sweatpants Comment
From Failing to Flourishing: How Praying for My Husband Changed His Work Life
From Failing to Flourishing: How Praying for My Husband Changed His Work Life
How Scheduling Meetings Changed Our Marriage
How Scheduling Meetings Changed Our Marriage
How to Deal When You're Annoyed with Your Spouse
How to Deal When You're Annoyed with Your Spouse
Being A Gracious Wife When You're Hurting
Being A Gracious Wife When You're Hurting
For the Wife Whose Husband Works Long Hours: How To Thrive and Not Just Survive At Home
For the Wife Whose Husband Works Long Hours: How To Thrive and Not Just Survive At Home

Depression

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How to Overcome Depression Naturally
How to Overcome Depression Naturally
Depression + Motherhood
Depression + Motherhood
Depression + Redemption {the story of bella & i}
Depression + Redemption {the story of bella & i}
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Introducing My New Brand! [+ the story behind it]
Introducing My New Brand! [+ the story behind it]
Tips For Decorating A Rental
Tips For Decorating A Rental
How to Make Your Own Modern Wall Printables
How to Make Your Own Modern Wall Printables
Our Time Living in A Camper + Traveling with Four Kids
Our Time Living in A Camper + Traveling with Four Kids
For Brian, On Father's Day
For Brian, On Father's Day
How I Cover Scars & Blemishes with Drugstore Makeup
How I Cover Scars & Blemishes with Drugstore Makeup
The Problem With Eva Mendes' Sweatpants Comment
The Problem With Eva Mendes' Sweatpants Comment
homemade powdered laundry detergent
homemade powdered laundry detergent
Fear After A Miscarriage
Fear After A Miscarriage

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He shows our littles how to work hard, how to care for others, how to build things out of wood, how to do marriage as a team, how to cook a great pancake, how to repair basically anything, and he always pauses to teach them something even when he really just wants to get it done.⠀ .⠀ Happy Father’s Day to the dad who knows how to do everything and is patient enough to teach it. I love you! @brian.casazza 😘⠀ .⠀ (Emmett was napping during this pic)⠀ .⠀ #fathersday #fathersday2018 #dadsofinstagram
A lot of people message me about our marriage, and it’s weird. You’re not weird and your messages aren’t weird, it’s just weird being asked about that at all!⠀ .⠀ I don’t know much, and obviously I’m no counselor. It’s weird for me to be asked about marriage because I know where we’ve been.⠀ .⠀ We’ve had so many hard days and emotional nights, made far too many mistakes and cut into each other’s hearts.⠀ .⠀ It hasn’t been magical the whole time, even though it is in this season.⠀ .⠀ What I do know is that we choose each other. Again and again. Every single day.⠀ .⠀ Love is not a feeling, it’s a choice, and we have decided to choose. That choice shows up in everything...⠀ .⠀ Cooking for each other, bringing each other coffee in the morning, asking about each other’s feelings, me doing the things he likes doing and him taking part in the things I like doing, holding hands on our nightly walks with the kids (even though they’re psycho and it’s inconvenient 😂), pressing pause and asking “what is the real issue here...what are you feeling?” instead of letting an argument escalate.⠀ .⠀ It’s the little choices that add up to the big one. I’ll keep choosing him because I like him, and I love him because I choose to. ❤️⠀ .⠀ @brian.casazza (📸: @lovelylittlelybecks)⠀ #marriage #thatsdarling #momsofinstagram #husbandsofinstagram
This business has brought me out of my comfort zone in so many ways.⠀ .⠀ I don’t like people looking at me. I don’t like being the center of attention. It’s hard for me to let people see my vulnerabilities. And I’m a private person.⠀ .⠀ Can you see the irony here in what God has called me to do with my life? 😂⠀ .⠀ One time, I was confiding all this to a friend and she (meaning well) said to me, “don’t you think you’re in the wrong line of work?”⠀ .⠀ Yup. This role I’m in doesn’t fit ‘comfortable Allie’. I would never get this job on a “your ideal career” test. I am totally wrong for it. The whole thing freaks me out most of the time.⠀ .⠀ But I have a story to tell and a hope to spread. God doesn’t call the equipped, He equips the called. 🙌🏻⠀ .⠀ So I go to coffee shops and have my photos taken while everyone rolls their eyes. I stand on the stage with shaky heels and I help. I sit in front of my mic and tell you how I’ve lightened the load of motherhood and how you can too.⠀ .⠀ I want to live my life outside my comfort zone, especially if it will lift another woman up. 💃🏻❤️ (📸: @lovelylittlelybecks) .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #momlife #motherhood #joyfulmamas #motherhoodinspired #momliferocks #dailymotherhood #thisismotherhood #slowmotherhood #bloggermom #thatsdarling #thepurposeshow #liveauthentic #mompodcast #minimalistmoms #simplify #simplifiedmotherhood #motherhoodunplugged #motherhoodthroughinstagram #motherhoodsimplified
Let’s talk about being present, mamas.⠀ .⠀ Isn’t it so hard?! Sometimes I feel like motherhood is a constant tug-of-war between get stuff done and be there for your kids.⠀ .⠀ And these are little souls we’re dealing with, so it’s not something any of us take lightly.⠀ .⠀ We want to be present, happy moms, but we also have a 💩load of things to get done.⠀ .⠀ Soooooooo what do we do?⠀ .⠀ I am always learning and am by no means talking from a pulpit here, but one thing that changed my life and lightened my load as a mom is developing rhythms and routines.⠀ .⠀ Rhythms are doing the things that need to get done daily/weekly/monthly in a habitual way that keeps you caught up, and because you’re doing that thing rhythmically, it’s a lot less work each time.⠀ .⠀ Basically, you’re not doing something because you notice it needs to be done. Like the laundry. Instead of doing laundry once or twice a week because it’s screaming for your attention, do a small load every morning.⠀ .⠀ Rhythms keep you from bottlenecking in your life and create a ton of breathing room!⠀ .⠀ They’re the reason I feel able to sit and play with my kids and not go crazy constantly. I think we need at least 3 praise hand emojis for that! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻⠀ .⠀ Of course, I’m a human being with four kids- life is still chaotic! I have really hard days, breakdowns, and I feel inadequate often. ⠀ .⠀ Rhythms won’t make your life rainbows and butterflies 🌈🦋⠀ .⠀ I think the point is, finding what works for you and balancing rigidity and flexibility. Go with the flow, but set yourself up for success with the things you know have to get done everyday or week, regardless.⠀ .⠀ Make sense? If you want some help with rhythms, go snag my FREE Rhythms Workbook by clicking the link in my profile 👏🏻⠀ .⠀ Don’t forget to tag a friend who would benefit from this! We’re all in this thing together 💛⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #momlife #motherhood #joyfulmamas #motherhoodinspired #momliferocks #dailymotherhood #thisismotherhood #slowmotherhood #bloggermom #thatsdarling #thepurposeshow #liveauthentic #mompodcast #minimalistmoms #simplify #simplifiedmotherhood #motherhoodunplugged #motherhoodthroughinstagram #motherhoodsimplified