Loving Life in Idaho

Recently, I was working on chiropractic billing in my home office. I love working from home because the kids are usually in the room, one or more chatting about life. The best thing I overheard this year was a conversation between Cassidy and Emily. Emily, "Have you ever noticed that relationships get fixed at our house?" Cassidy, "Everything gets fixed at our house....PEOPLE get fixed at our house." My heart just felt so full in that moment. It is such a simple formula, be here and present for all who walk through the doors, listen and accept people unconditionally whether you agree with them or not. Love people, just love them. It seems that especially teens are not getting the love they need. Kids need adults in their lives in addition to their parents. How often have I mentioned that I love the village that helps raise my children? Yes, I love the adults that nurture and care for my children as I would when I am unavailable and I am here for their children...

 The Boise Balloon Festival. I love that we usually have extra kids with us.  My beautiful girls, Emily, Morgan and Cassidy.  The whole family this summer, photo taken for Meridian Life Magazine.  My beautiful Cassidy down by the Boise River.  Donovan's graduation day.  May 25th, 2012 my oldest son graduates.  Donovan's Senior Photo  Morgan and Emily having a blast!  Victor tubing in McCall, Idaho this summer. The balloon festival in Boise this fall. Highlights of 2012 I have mentioned to many friends that a lot of things have changed in me this past year. I was on a path of getting quite a bit better, but in November I actually received some tough love from a good friend. She was so accurate with her assessment and I can only be abundantly grateful! It came at a time where I was becoming more aware of things about myself that needed some improving and I was open to even more improvement. The tou...

Jan's Journey to Regional Vice President with Arbonne Pictured with Monica Baconrind, Nina Henson, Nicole Sanchez, Jan Camp, Kerry Bradshaw, Elizabeth Thomsen Can we do this?  Yes, we can! Is this really happening?  Where are we now?  Down to the wire Jan and her husband, Ed, on the phone with our National Vice President, Christy Dreiling, discussing this triumphant moment! It's time to celebrate!!! The journey to Regional Vice President with Arbonne has been a long one for  Jan.  I have been on this journey with Jan for  five years now, almost six!! Jan has been in Arbonne for seven years. There are some people that go straight to the top and others are in for the long haul. Well, no matter what, we should all be in for the long haul. We often say that the best thing about this journey is who you become along the way, well, that and the people who come into our lives. When I started Arbonne, I k...

There have been so many amazing things happening in my life recently. Most of them have been occurring inside of me and that is what is changing the external landscape of my life. So many people will say that the shift happens from something inside of them that changes. They are just meaningless words until the shift happens in you and you get the "Ah-ha" moment. I am going to attempt to put some of these feelings into words to share and hopefully help others along their path to being their best selves. One of the big realizations that I had was that I was never going to be comfortable again. In order to get where I want to go, I need to do things daily that make me uncomfortable. I have been rolling this thought around  in my head for quite some time. I basically came to the conclusion that I definitely want to be better every day and if that requires that I am uncomfortable, then, so be it. Well, in this last month, there have also been about four days that I have t...

Success breeds confidence      Last night was a pretty incredible night for me. Well, actually the past 3 days have been pretty incredible. The more I think about it the more I am in awe of it all and the above quote is why I am in awe.       I had a goal I had set for the month of May. I do have it written down and in front of me and I though of it every morning and every night. I did all the things that I teach others to do to accomplish a goal, making my list for the next day, motivational reading, being consistent etc etc etc. But, what I didn't expect was just how hard of a month I was going to have personally and emotionally in May. I had traveled the last week of April and the first week of May. When I came home from meeting my awesome friend and new consultant, Heather Travitz, in Pennsylvania, I was hit by some pretty big things happening in my personal life. My oldest son was graduating on May 25th and I had not even received his...

I woke up thinking about a lot of things today. I was mostly thinking about how much my life has been shifting lately and about the incredible people being brought into my life and the positive energy surrounding us all. I was reviewing in my mind all the incredible texts, emails, calls, facebook messages, DM's on Twitter and all other forms of communication and feeling very blessed. Relationships are so amazing and make life such a pleasure. I was also thinking about times of planting and harvesting and how we must constantly be planting seeds and someday, if you don't quit and give it enough time, the harvest will come in. When we build a home based business or any type of business where we are mostly "selling ourselves" and building relationships, we all have those days that we totally want to quit. It is completely natural and we sure get a ton of rejection. But, here is the hope I offer you, at some point when you continue to be consistent and build a good, s...