Everyone is handling some kind of big project right now, whether personal or professional, concrete or intangible. Michelle is joined by her husband, Steve, as they debrief a big development project they just tackled and share their takeaways for organizing projects of any kind.

Michelle mentioned this podcast about how our projects define us Adam Grant and Brian Little, Steve mentioned the book The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter. And if you’d like to take a look at the cabins they’re talking about, you can at see pictures and choose your favorite them at backwoodscabins.com

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Michelle is joined by her husband, Steve, today and they talk about rituals they’ve formed over the years to protect and enjoy their relationship through all kinds of seasons. 

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We’re re-sharing this episode from last year all about how memories are made, how we can reframe experiences and why perfection is antithetical to happy memories! It’s always helpful to get reminders about what makes our lives truly good, especially when we have constant distractions trying to convince us we can buy or polish our ways into a good and meaningful life. 

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Life is throwing us a lot of... life lately! So we're re-running this episode from a couple of summers ago all about PLAY! Play brings joy to our days, but is also a great way to learn, bond, grow and pursue real life, which is often messy and amateur, but a whole lot of fun!

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Michelle brings back Dennis McGreevy, a fan favorite and conflict resolution expert, to chat more about navigating the ups and downs of relationships: specifically communicating with each other, healthy conflict, and loving people when they aren’t easy to love.

For the video mentioned, “It’s Not About the Nail,” click here. 

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A change of seasons often brings a change of pace, and when we approach those changes with some intention we are able to get more out of that time. Michelle dives into the idea of “Expansion and Contraction” as a way of setting rhythms in the summer, a season that can become listless if left to it’s own devices.

For more on Expansion and Contraction, check out this episode of Simple Families.

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It’s the Adventure Episode, just in time for summer! Michelle is joined this week by Jessica’s sister, Whitney, and they’re talking all about adventuring with kids: with everything from prepping and planning, to our mindset as we go, and how to encourage our kids and ourselves to expand horizons, grow through challenges and experience the wild wonder of the world around us. 

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We spend about half our lives in transitions of some kind - big transitions that shake up our lives and the little ones that come up all the time. Some transitions are joyous and others painful, but they all require us to become someone new as we embrace the change upon us. Let’s look our wolves in the eyes with creativity and courage, and practice growing in transitions. 

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We can choose creativity as an avenue of joy and agency in the big and little moments of life - and it is not limited to arts and crafts. Join us as we discuss multiples forms of creativity available for anyone! 

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We are all creative beings in some way - the whole earth has been stamped with the human desire to create. And yet, we can find ourselves having all the creativity sucked out of us these days by the need for everything to be purposeful and productive, or the pressure to perform for an unknown audience. Or maybe it’s simply a matter of feeling like we don’t have time to create anymore. Whatever it is, we’re discussing how we’re fighting back to recapture the joy of creativity in our own lives. 

This conversation is based on this episode of Everything Happens with Kate Bowler featuring Liz Gilbert. 

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