Finding Joy in the Journey

I have talked about 1/24/50/24/1 before.

In a day, or a week, or a trip...

1% is horrible, 24% is bad, 50% is good, 24% is great, 1% is awesome.

And this really helped keep my perspective during our 33-day trip.

And that 1% horrible actually showed up on the very first day.

Italy was our first chunk and it was just Bryson and I. And I had it all planned out so that we would land, we’d have plenty of time to get to our Airbnb. It w...

Whenever you have something big in front of you, try to break it into chunks.

Then, it doesn’t feel so overwhelming.

Also, reviewing how things are going between chunks,

what went well

what could you do better for the next chunk?

can really help you to process and then move forward with confidence into the next chunk “or section” of your journey.

With my 33 day trip, I broke it into five chunks of the actual trip, but really seve...

I was so afraid about my 33 Day Trip

We had a chance to do some long-awaited traveling in May and June, and I had a lot of anxiety and worries about it beforehand.

I did a lot of emotional clearing, life coaching, and using affirmations in the months before our trip, so I could find joy in that travel journey.

And it worked!

I share them with you today.

You can download a copy on my website.

sheridanripley.com/affirmations-helped-m...

I loved doing this interview with Catherine Read about her book The Genius of Home.

My 2 youngest boys went to a Waldorf Inspired Charter school and I loved it, I think they did too...

So I enjoyed reading Catherine's book about her journey doing school at home with the Waldorf Curriculum.

We dove into daily, weekly and seasonal rhythms.

And then talked about how we are parents are the students in our family. Or how taking thi...

I'm Back! :)

I share an example of how this was true for Devon.

Then I share the exciting news - I am changing my podcast back to

Finding Joy in the Journey.

I am excited to move forward with this! Hear my reasons why. :)

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I am happy to report I am mothering a high schooler differently this time.
My youngest son is 5 years younger than my middle son and as Bryson is doing high school things now, I can see so clearly how I am at least trying to do things differently this time.

I recently saw this with Bryson asking a girl to homecoming. (** I am taking a break for May/June and also JULY!  So this is a repeat episode.  I should be back in August.  :...

If you find yourself struggling with moving past a situation or maybe you are just overwhelmed with the emotions you are having, scribbling is such a great tool.

It is also SO easy to use this tool with children. They are pros!

I love sharing this tools with my students. It is easy to do and works so well.

HELPFUL LINKS

See a video here - https://sheridanripley.com/21-7-steps-to-scribble-out-emotions-and-stress/

Do you notice that you are telling yourself stories all day long?  Stories about your choices, what other people are doing, you name it.

For instance, if my husband doesn’t do the dishes at night like he said he will, I will often tell myself the story of “He doesn’t love me.” In the morning when I see the sink full of dishes.   

Ahh, that is not a good story to tell myself.  But what can I do to change it? 

HELPFUL LINKS

Foll...

Yep…. This is where the 1/24/50/24/1 comes in handy. 

Though sometimes it really can be 50/50 or 99/1… each day is different.

It is so interesting, because in reflecting on my life most of my days that have been the scariest and best days have all be about Devon.

• The day he was born
• The day he broke his jaw and arm mountain biking
• The day he was kidnapped in Mexico.

** I am taking a break for May/June and also JU...

Some people love to say life is 50% great and 50% bad. 

I really don’t like that.  

When I think of my vibration chart, of course we sometimes feel the lower vibrations, but I don’t think we need to feel them half the time, I think we can learn to get up to at least neutral, curious or courage 50% of the time!  

So, I came up with my own percentages that feel better and more like a belief I want to choose to have. 

It is a lot har...

A new point of view of the Stripling Warriors.

Throughout the battles in which the young stripling warriors fought, many of their number were wounded, but not one of them was ever killed because, although “they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliv...

Do you find it challenging to monitor your child's phone?

• The THOUSANDS of texts.
• The hundreds of emails.
• The websites they visit
• Not to mention the social media accounts.

I will be honest when my older boys were younger, I would maybe check their phones every other week and it was so time consuming and mind numbing too!

Then I discovered Bark.
(You can see video here) of this episode. 

This is an AMAZING ap...