Why do we want our kids to behave (other than the altruistic reasons we tell ourselves)?

Why does it feel so hard to have a good day, when your spouse is having a bad day?

Would you like to stop ruminating and beating yourself up when you make a mistake?

Then join us as we dive into how you can create emotional safety for yourself in this episode.

You don’t have to change anyone else but you do need to have your own back no matter what!

Have a question or comment to share?We would love to hear from you!

You can send us an email at:[email protected]

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https://www.thenaturelabschool.com/

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You may have heard about the compound effect as it relates to finances but did you know that this concept applies to all of life?

The best part is, you can leverage the compound effect to create the relationship you want with your spouse and kids.

Join us as we dive into all the ways you can create compounding positive change in your life and the life of the people you love the most.

Have a question or comment to share?We would love to hear from you!

You can send us an email at:[email protected]

Want to book a free coaching call?

Find a time here → https://calendar.app.google/CnogbPVEiXvThLeCA

Here’s where you can find us online:

Websites:https://www.colemanhousefield.com/

https://www.thenaturelabschool.com/

Substack:colemanhousefield.substack.com

Instagram:abbyhousefieldcoleman.housefield.coaching

Abby: “I don’t love boundaries”

Coleman: “I love boundaries”

For years Abby and I did boundaries poorly. It was all about controlling and managing other people’s behavior. I feel exhausted just thinking about it now.

Then we learned how to do boundaries in a way that required only one thing: how to manage and control ourselves.

This simple shift changed our experience of boundaries. All of a sudden, boundaries actually worked and were fully within our control.

Other people could do whatever they wanted to do and we knew exactly what we were going to do in certain situations and relationships to stay true to our boundaries.

Boundaries I think, are one of the most underutilized life tools to improve your relationships and schedule.

Have a question or comment to share?We would love to hear from you!

You can send us an email at:[email protected]

Want to book a free coaching call?

Find a time here → https://calendar.app.google/CnogbPVEiXvThLeCA

Here’s where you can find us online:

Websites:https://www.colemanhousefield.com/

https://www.thenaturelabschool.com/

Substack:colemanhousefield.substack.com

Instagram:abbyhousefieldcoleman.housefield.coaching

We all have the same amount of hours in a day but we don’t all have the same energy capacity.

For years Abby and I perfected the art of time management in our work and our home. We maximized all the things. We made the inefficient, efficient. We planned and scheduled something most hours of most days.

We listened to podcasts in our down time and on our commutes. Always learning, always growing.

Or were we?

It’s difficult to retain what you haven’t had time or energy to process and think about.

Our time was expertly managed, we were doing a lot of things and we were exhausted.

We were exhausted because we weren’t aware of our energy capacity.

In a first world where technology and other modern conveniences allow us to have time to do more, it’s easy to do too much.

What if you have time but you don’t have energy?

This is exactly what we’re talking about in this week’s episode!

Learn how to assess your energy capacity and plan your life based on your energy capacity and time, not just time.

If you’re ready to feel better, physically, mentally, and emotionally this episode is for you!

Have a question or comment to share?We would love to hear from you!

You can send us an email at:[email protected]

Want to book a free coaching call?

Find a time here → https://calendar.app.google/CnogbPVEiXvThLeCA

Here’s where you can find us online:

Websites:https://www.colemanhousefield.com/

https://www.thenaturelabschool.com/

Substack:colemanhousefield.substack.com

Instagram:abbyhousefieldcoleman.housefield.coaching

Communication is complex and for work we have degrees for that.

What about communicating with your spouse and kids? Is there a degree for that?

Sure would be nice if there was.

Do you feel confident in your ability to communicate efficiently and effectively with your spouse and kids?

Or does it feel hard and painful to have a conversation with your spouse?

Does it feel like conversations just take way too long and in some cases you don’t get anywhere? This is the worst.

What about your kids, do you think you have the tools and skills you need to communicate effectively with them?

What about hard conversations, do you feel equipped to have those with the people you love the most?

If any of these questions resonate with you or perhaps feel like they hit a little too close to home right now, this episode is for you!

Abby and I share the communication tools we use and the skills we’ve developed that have dramatically improved our communication with each other and our kids.

Have a question or comment to share?We would love to hear from you!

You can send us an email at:[email protected]

Want to book a free coaching call?

Find a time here → https://calendar.app.google/CnogbPVEiXvThLeCA

Here’s where you can find us online:

Websites:https://www.colemanhousefield.com/

https://www.thenaturelabschool.com/

Substack:colemanhousefield.substack.com

Instagram:abbyhousefieldcoleman.housefield.coaching

Are you doing you best?

Do you find yourself leaving it all on the field?

What about going the extra mile or above and beyond?

As a child or adolescent these phrases were quite helpful but as an adult they can sometimes lead us astray.

Why?

Because when you’re only responsible for yourself, you’re the only person impacted when you leave it all on the field or go the extra mile.

When you have a family, your spouse and kids are often the ones impacted the most when you do your best.

In this week’s episode we’re calling out the cost of doing your best and going that extra mile.

Did you know there was a cost?

Do you know who ends up paying that bill?

If you’re trying to do your best in every area of life and feeling totally exhausted at the end of your week this episode is for you!

Have a question or comment to share?We would love to hear from you!

You can send us an email at:[email protected]

Here’s where you can find us online:

Websites:https://www.colemanhousefield.com/

https://www.thenaturelabschool.com/

Substack:colemanhousefield.substack.com

Instagram:abbyhousefieldcoleman.housefield.coaching

This week’s episode is all about the adventures we went on with our kids that quickly turned into misadventures!

We laughed, we cried, we were pissed, we felt defeated and regret and each time we learned something important about ourselves, our kids, and each other.

If you adventure with your kids, you’re going to have misadventures and they aren’t usually the stuff you see people sharing on instagram.

So we’re here to share with you humbly and authentically, what its actually like to adventure with our kids.

Come with us on this journey of reliving some of our most hilarious, horrifying, and challenging misadventures with our family!

Have a question or comment to share?We would love to hear from you!

You can send us an email at:[email protected]

Here’s where you can find us online:

Websites:https://www.colemanhousefield.com/

https://www.thenaturelabschool.com/

Substack:colemanhousefield.substack.com

Instagram:abbyhousefieldcoleman.housefield.coaching

Parents, we made this episode for you.

We wish we would have had this podcast episode when we were new parents!

How do you define success as a parent?

Do you know?

Whether it was intentional or not you have a target that you’re working towards as a parent.

For many of us, it’s just what our parents did (or didn’t do) that guides us in how we show up as parents for our own kids.

For some of us, it’s our fear and insecurities that guide our parenting choices (ask me how I know).

In this episode we’ll share the honest and candid story of how we’ve come to redefine what success looks like for us as parents and how it truly has made all the difference.

I think most parents want to feel successful and in this episode we’ll share with you how to do it!

We mention two books in this episode that we love and have significantly improved our parenting skills and I’ll link them here for you:

Getting It Right by Andy Stanley

Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy

Have a question or comment to share?We would love to hear from you!You can send us an email at:[email protected]

Here’s where you can find us online:

Websites:https://www.colemanhousefield.com/

https://www.thenaturelabschool.com/

Substack:colemanhousefield.substack.com

Instagram:abbyhousefieldcoleman.housefield.coaching

In addition to being a mom and wife, your host Abby does a few other things including:

* Homeschooling her kids

* Running a farm and forest school with her sister in law

* Teaching yoga

If you…

* Want to get to know Abby better

* Are interested in homeschooling or homeschool enrichment programs like the farm and forest school

* Or love yoga

This episode is for you!

In this episode Abby shares how she navigates all the things she is responsible for and engaged with in this current season of life.

You’ll get to hear why Abby and her sister in law decided to start a farm and forest school enrichment program and what it’s been like to be a business owner.

How she came to love yoga and why she enjoys being a teacher.

All this and more coming your way in this week’s episode!

Have a question or comment to share?We would love to hear from you!You can send us an email at:[email protected]

Here’s where you can find us online:

Websites:https://www.colemanhousefield.com/

https://www.thenaturelabschool.com/

Substack:colemanhousefield.substack.com

Instagram:abbyhousefieldcoleman.housefield.coaching

One of our podcast listeners thanked us recently and shared that they joined a running club after listening to one of our episodes.

We absolutely love hearing that our podcast is making a positive difference in people’s lives.

If something we’ve shared on this podcast has had a positive impact on your life we would love to hear from you!

You can reply directly to this email or leave us a review on whatever podcast player you use. It means the world to us, so thank you in advance!

On to this week’s episode!

How come bad things happen to good people?

Why does it seem like some people have all the luck and the rest of us just seem to have tragedy and struggle after struggle in our lives?

If I’m, “doing it right”, isn’t life supposed to be mostly positive and happy?

What if life is actually 50-50?

50% of what happens to you is the stuff you want and 50% is the stuff you don’t want.

Depending on your temperament you’re most likely focused on either all the positive stuff (and avoiding the negative) or all the negative stuff (and taking for granted the good). Therefore, you’re only living half of your life.

What if you could change your whole experience of life for the better by thinking new thoughts?

What if there was a way to live and be present for 100% of your life without avoiding the “bad stuff” or taking “the good stuff” for granted?

Abby and I have changed our lives and our kids lives for the better using this 50-50 principle.

Whether you consider yourself an optimist, pessimist or realist we’ve got something for everyone in this episode!

Have a question or comment to share?We would love to hear from you!You can send us an email at:[email protected]

Here’s where you can find us online:

Websites:

https://www.colemanhousefield.com/

https://www.thenaturelabschool.com/

Substack:colemanhousefield.substack.com

Instagram:abbyhousefieldcoleman.housefield.coaching