Life Unboxed Blog
Empowering moms to work from home and homeschool. Life Unboxed is a momtrepreneur's guide to raising kids, running a business, and keeping your sanity. So you can work at home and homeschool confidently. For more great momtrepreneur content check out lifeunboxed.blog. New episodes posted weekly.[Some of the links in the show notes are affiliate links. If you purchase using one of these links, I make a small commission at no additional cost to you. This helps me keeps things free for you, and who doesn’t love free stuff.]
Episodes
207 episodes
Does the Power of Positive Thinking Work? Or Is It Toxic Positivity
Just think positive thoughts about the terrible situation you are in and everything will be ok. That is typically the promise made from those who promote the idea of the power of positive thinking. But are we allowed to just have a bad day?...
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7 Best Jobs for Moms: Finding Flexibility and Fulfillment
What are the best jobs for moms? You have so many things to juggle, so you need to know what will actually work for working from home and homeschooling. You want to bring in extra income because you need to buy curriculum. You don’t...
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Homeschool Dual Enrollment: Your Ultimate Guide
I had it all planned out. I knew exactly how we would do homeschool dual enrollment. It was working great. Until the school changed the program, communicated very poorly on the changes, and I was back down the rabbit hole looking for schools.
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15 Good Books History To Add To Your Homeschool
Good books history are the best way to introduce yourself and your kids to the events of history. And the best part is they don’t have to be burning. History is exciting because you discover that truth really is stranger than...
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What You Need on a Virtual Assistant Website
There are so many things that you need to do when you start a virtual assistant business. It is overwhelming. If you aren’t sure what to do first, then start with you virtual assistant website.Show notes and links:
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10 Must Know Homeschool Planning Hacks Every Mom Needs To Know
Homeschool planning can feel overwhelming. Even if you've been doing this for a while. Staring down a blank slate of another year is exciting and daunting at the same time. Show notes and links:
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The Best Baby Gear You Need Working From Home With A Baby
Working from home with a baby is a juggling act that rivals any circus. It helps to have the right baby gear. This is my mom tested and baby approved list of the only baby gear you will need working from home with a baby.Working from hom...
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3 Must-Know Tips To Balance Work And Life
Balance work and life, this is the unicorn we are always chasing. While there aren’t any perfect solutions, we can work towards better days. It is frustrating trying to balance work and life, especially for a work from...
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How To Ignite A Love For Reading In A Reluctant Reader
I am fighting my child to get him to read. He is a reluctant reader, and it is a battle all the time. Is this familiar to you?This is something I often hear from other homeschool parents. As someone who loves to read anything, it makes m...
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Teenagers Resume Guide: Easy Hacks to Create the Perfect Resume
What do you put on teenagers resume? They need to get a job, but they need work experience to help them get that job. But they don’t have any. It is a vicious cycle. How do you build a teenagers resume when there is limited ...
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Time Management For Moms Who Work From Home
If you want to work from home and homeschool your kids, then time management for moms who work from home is going to be your secret weapon.The post will not be the normal time management for moms who work from home. You know things like ...
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Following Your Dream Is Overrated: Why Reality Is Even Sweeter
Following your dream sounds nice. It is a piece of advice we like to offer to recent graduates, and we like to think we are following it. But is following your dream really good advice? We have an unrealistic expectati...
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Living a Creative Life for Your Mental Self-Care
Do you despise how self-care is always presented? I do. What if there was a better way to do it? You can embrace your creative life to improve your mental self-care. So I’m not a fan of the self-care mantra. At least how it is pres...
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Demystifying Time Blocking: Is it the Best Way?
Time blocking doesn’t work for everyone. I know this is popular with all the productivity gurus, as a self-proclaimed guru here is your permission to toss it in the bin. Time blocking is always presented as the ultimat...
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Fall Down 7 Times, But Get Up 8: Learning From Experience
The best way to learn is by learning through experience. But this is also the most frustrating way to learn. How do you keep going when you fall down again and again over the same thing? You keep going by learning from experience.&...
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The Ultimate Book Club Reading List: 10 Books Not to Miss
Book club is a sanctuary for homeschool moms. It is a place for literature lovers to come together and share their thoughts. If you aren’t in a book club or want to get one started, this is for you. I’ve been part of a boo...
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Mom's No Good Very Bad Day
I know it silly that I cried over groceries, in hindsight. At the time, it seemed like a perfectly natural response because sometimes moms just have a no good very bad day.Have you ever had those times when the pressure gets to you, and ...
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How to Improve Your Business Success
Being a momtrepreneur means that you get to define success on your own terms. It means that you no longer need to fit into someone else's idea of how to work and school. But let's be real we all want business success. Did you know that you can ...
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Growing Your Business and Growing a Bigger Family
The goal of any business is to get bigger. Every business book, blog, YouTube channel, and podcast is designed to teach you to grow your business. But as you grow a bigger business, is it also possible to grow a bigger family? Many ...
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Take The Overwhelm Out Of The Holiday Season: Simplify And Enjoy More
Do you long to go back to the holiday season of carefree childhood bliss? Where the only thing on your mind is to enjoy the season. Now, those days are replaced by overwhelm, stress, and the pressure to make this the most amazing Christm...
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Chasing Your Dream (Part 2): Let's Change What It Means
I am all for dreams and goals that you want to pursue. These are necessary to help give direction and purpose for to your life. But I want to broaden the scope of what these dreams look like and what it means to be chasing them and pursuing you...
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How To Set Personal Boundaries For A Better Work Life Balance
Personal boundaries is always a hot topic amongst work from home moms. But it doesn’t mean it is easy to do. One of my biggest peeves is posts that suggest an idea without giving practical steps on how to do it. This post is going ...
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Chasing Your Dreams (Part 1): Challenging the Accepted Idea
This is going to be one of those posts that breaks with conventional wisdom and what you've always heard about chasing your dreams. This is a show that explores outside of the box, so we need to do this every once in a while. This is part 1 in ...
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Avoid To Do List Overwhelm And Still Get It All Done
The to do list is like the life-blood of your day. You can’t move or plan without it. At least it is for me. I live by my to do list. You write it all out so you can see what needs to be done and check those boxes when it does get done. I love ...
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10 Tips Working from Home: What I Wish I Knew Before Starting
We need to upend all our ideas on the right way to work and school. If you want to break from the 9-5, be your own boss, raise your kids, and enjoy your life. Then you need to start a business working from home.The struggle against these...
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