The Sandwich Generation: When You're Caring for Everyone but Yourself There are seasons of life when it feels like everyone needs you at the same time. Your kids need you. Your parents need you. Maybe your grandparents need you. There are appointments to schedule, groceries to buy, medications to pick up, school problems to solve, bills to pay, phone calls to return, forms to complete, houses to maintain, and a never-ending stream of little things someone needs you to ...
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Breaking Generational Trauma: 10 Ways to Stop the Cycle
Breaking Generational Trauma: How to Stop Unhealthy Family Patterns From Continuing Sometimes the things we grow up believing are "normal" aren't actually healthy. Maybe nobody talked about feelings in your family. Maybe anger meant screaming, doors slamming or days of silent treatment. Maybe children were expected to obey without question. Maybe apologies never happened. Maybe addiction, abuse, financial instability, criticism, manipulation or emotional neglect affected multiple ...
5 Best Apple Orchards Near the Twin Cities for Fall Fun
5 Apple Orchards Within About 30 Minutes of the Twin Cities Is it really fall in Minnesota until you've gone apple picking? There is something about spending a crisp September or October afternoon wandering through an apple orchard that just feels like fall. Throw in apple cider, warm donuts, hayrides, pumpkins and a corn maze, and you've pretty much created the perfect Minnesota fall day. Luckily, you don't have to drive hours from Minneapolis and St. Paul to find one. There are ...
How to Pack for a Move: 25+ Tips for Easier Unpacking
How to Pack for a Move: Tips That Will Make Unpacking So Much Easier Packing for a move isn't just about getting everything into boxes. Eventually, you have to take everything back out. And there is a huge difference between opening a box labeled KITCHEN and opening one labeled: KITCHEN — Coffee Maker, Coffee Mugs & Morning Essentials One leaves you searching through 14 boxes at 7 a.m. The other gets you coffee. That's why the best way to pack for a move is to think about ...
10 Best Things to Do in Minnesota in the Fall
10 Things to Do in Minnesota This Fall There is nothing quite like fall in Minnesota. The air gets crisp, the mosquitoes finally start admitting defeat, apple orchards open for the season and suddenly every weekend feels like an excuse to get outside before winter arrives. And then there are the leaves. For a few short weeks, Minnesota puts on an incredible show with brilliant shades of red, orange and gold stretching from the North Shore all the way down to the southern part of the ...
How to Make Your House Smell Like Fall: 15 Easy Ideas
How to Make Your House Smell Like Fall: 15 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Smell Amazing There is something about walking into a house that smells like fall. Apple. Cinnamon. Vanilla. Pumpkin. Warm spices. Suddenly you want to put on the coziest sweatshirt you own, make a cup of coffee and curl up under a blanket for the rest of the afternoon. The good news is that you don't need to bake a pumpkin pie every day to get that cozy fall feeling. There are plenty of easy ways to make your ...