by Eva van Strijp | Apr 16, 2018 | Peaceful Parenting
A new school term is nearly upon us again, and if you have little ones around, it can be hard to find a balance between student needs and toddler needs. Whether you’re homeschooling or your kids go to school and they need some quiet time for homework in the...
by Eva van Strijp | Apr 9, 2018 | Peaceful Parenting, Simple Living
The process of creating a simple life and peaceful home is actually quite simple. It’s a proven process that can be tweaked and set and changed again and again and again, every time your season of life changes. While you change and the specific tasks may change, the 8...
by Eva van Strijp | Mar 26, 2018 | Simple Living
Perhaps the action that has had the single biggest impact on keeping an organised home is a concerted effort to declutter my life and home. Although I did one enormous declutter back in the very beginning, it’s been an ongoing process to keep on top of the amount of...
by Eva van Strijp | Mar 19, 2018 | Peaceful Parenting, Simple Living
So many things to do. A list as long as our arm. Things for the home, our family, our community, our kids’ school or homeschool, our work. So many competing priorities, and many times we get to the end of the day, look at our new year’s resolutions on the back of the...
by Eva van Strijp | Mar 12, 2018 | Peaceful Parenting, Simple Living
As a mother of 6, I’m often asked how I stay organised with a big family. Throw in that we homeschool and people usually assume I’m hiding a cape somewhere in the car. I admit it would be nice to be supermum, but it’s not the case. I just have lots of little...
by Eva van Strijp | Feb 26, 2018 | Simple Living
A new baby in the house can make eating healthy food a little harder than before. Not only is your time not your own, but the household budget often takes a bruising. Here are 11 ideas to help you and your family eat healthy food without breaking the bank. 1. Do an...
by Eva van Strijp | Feb 19, 2018 | Peaceful Parenting, Simple Living
“Any problem, big or small…always seems to start with bad communication.” Emma Thompson Click To Tweet “Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn’t listening.” Emma Thompson Or no communication at all....
by Eva van Strijp | Feb 12, 2018 | Peaceful Parenting, Simple Living
My favourite comedy video is Michael McIntyre’s session about people who don’t have kids. If you haven’t seen it, you can check it out here. There’s so much in this short clip that resonates as a parent, but my favourite line is when he’s...
by Eva van Strijp | Feb 5, 2018 | Peaceful Parenting
We all want to give our children more and better. More than we had as children. Better opportunities. More toys, better food, more clothes, better education, more experiences, better sports skills, more extra-curricula activities, better prospects for adulthood. Oh my...
by Eva van Strijp | Jan 29, 2018 | Simple Living
Can you simplify your life without sacrificing the things that you love? Does simplify mean making do with less, forever squeezing and scrounging for every little luxury? Simplifying your life doesn’t mean having to do with less. It doesn’t mean giving up on the...
