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Welcome to Season Three on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast.  In this series, my husband Nathan and I focus on how to clear the clutter not just from your home, but also your head and your heart to create that space for clarity and connection. Join me and dive in to "The Minimalist To-Do List!”   Family Ah, here is where the riches lie – it’s all about the family, right?  And, if you have children – especially young ones – you know they can suck every bit of life and energy out of you.  It can be hard enough to keep things straight with one person – add in a family members and this is beyond a full-time job, and it can be super intense.  How do you set aside time to enjoy family when you can’t take a breath from working just to support the family?  (Working from home can be a bit overrated – have you heard about the myth of multitasking?)  How can you take the time to play and cuddle – you have to keep the family afloat! Simply put, how can you not?  The people under your roof – the ones you have chosen to be in

Work and money - they run everything, right?  What part of life is really sucking you in, and what is sucking you down?  Maybe it’s not just about work and money.  You know there is more to it than that.  So how do you manage this…and shift this mindset?    Welcome to Season Three on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast.  In this series, we will focus on how to clear the clutter not just from your home, but also your head and your heart to create that space for clarity and connection. Join me and dive in to "The Minimalist To-Do List!”   Our week - full of awesomeness filming for Ashley’s new “90 Day Road Trip” course. Learn more about the upcoming course and some tips for your own family adventure by going to www.MamaSaysNamaste.com/familyadventure   “Never get so busy living that you forget to make a life.”   What part of life is sucking you in, and what part is sucking you down? Anxiety merely draws your attention to an illusion. Life has a lot of moving parts If I were to break life up into different components,

Welcome to Season Three on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast.  In this series, we will focus on how to clear the clutter not just from your home, but also your head and your heart to create that space for clarity and connection. Join me and dive in to "The Minimalist To-Do List!” Learn more about our upcoming course and some tips for your own family adventure by going to www.MamaSaysNamaste.com/familyadventure   Educational apps and games we’ve been playing at home: Reading Eggs (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/homer-kids-learn-to-read-app/id601437586?mt=8&at=1000lqxe) Kahn Academy (www.KahnAcademy.org) Homer (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/homer-kids-learn-to-read-app/id601437586?mt=8&at=1000lqxe) Uno (http://amzn.to/2yfNJzT) Dutch Blitz (http://amzn.to/2gulLqX) Clara’s website is www.ClaraLogsdon.com “Creativity CLARAfied"   Have you felt like this? “This morning I realized that I can no longer recall a time in my adult life that I wasn’t behind on all the things I needed/wanted to do. I don’t reme

Welcome to Season Three on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast.  In this series, we will focus on how to clear the clutter not just from your home, but also your head and your heart to create that space for clarity and connection. Join me and dive in to "The Minimalist To-Do List!” Be sure to check out the Personality Snapshots for the whole family.  http://www.mamasaysnamaste.com/personality-snapshots/ Imagine putting an end to toddler meltdowns, bedtime battles, temper tantrums, power struggles and angsty teens…not by demanding it stop, but by having a deeper understanding of the root of what’s going on with your child. Special bonus - if you order before Wednesday, October 11, 2017, you will get a personalized video from yours truly on the top three things that will help to motivate and encourage your child based on their unique personality style. It’s our 1 year “nomadiversary”!  Learn more about our travels at www.MamaSaysNamaste.com/familyadventure   Announcing winners!  Get involved!  When you review our p

Clutter confines us - so much more than just the actual space, but the energy it brings.  Can your should really breathe?  Does your home feel light or heavy?  Feng Shui isn’t the only answer - how can you engage all the senses to allow for your save haven in your home? Welcome to Season Three on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast.  In this series, we will focus on how to clear the clutter not just from your home, but also your head and your heart to create that space for clarity and connection. Join me and dive in to "The Minimalist To-Do List!" Implement and Act: Engaging the senses and building feng shui – how to create a house that is light and lifts you up. Real Artists Don’t Starve - Jeff Goins book - what scene are you creating around you?  And how much does your location feed in to your sense of home?  Find and create a scene that fits you and who you are. http://amzn.to/2g3GjpV Click here to get a great overall summary of Feng Shui:  https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-feng-shui-1275060 Check out this week’

Let’s get to the nitty-gritty of what most people think of with minimalism - clearing out that clutter from your house!  We focus on clear actionable steps you can take now to reduce the mess and allow for space.  We talk about how to clear it out…and KEEP it out so you have the blank space for your soul to breathe.  Welcome to Season Three on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast.  In this series, we will focus on how to clear the clutter not just from your home, but also your head and your heart to create that space for clarity and connection. Join me and dive in to "The Minimalist To-Do List!"   First off, check out the Family Adventure Podcast and our guest interview!  And if you want to hop over to our page with all kinds of resources (including this interview, go to www.MamaSaysNamaste.com/familyadventure We aren’t looking for this perfect ideal of blank space where we bring nothing in.  It’s okay to have things that bring you joy, and to hold on to things for a time.  But like the quote says, make a decision

In this episode we discuss Marie Kondo’s book - and what is missing.  It’s not just about your happiness, clearing the clutter, and fixing what’s in front of you.  Join Nathan and Ashley and hear their perspective on minimalism - taking into account the ones you love, what “home” means, and how to get to the root of the issue.  Does this really bring fulfillment in any way? Welcome to Season Three on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast.  In this series, we will focus on how to clear the clutter not just from your home, but also your head and your heart to create that space for clarity and connection. Join me and dive in to "The Minimalist To-Do List!" Home isn’t something you’re running from.  It’s something you’re running towards. Minimalism is so much more than Ikea - read the full blog here: http://www.mamasaysnamaste.com/minimalism/ Share what you want to hear about for this series over on the Mama Says Namaste FB page: https://www.facebook.com/MamaSaysNamaste/   What is minimalism?  The minimalists have great

Welcome to Season Three on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast.  In this series, we will focus on how to clear the clutter not just from your home, but also your head and your heart to create that space for clarity and connection. Join me and dive in to "The Minimalist To-Do List!"   “Home isn’t about the place where you are born.  It’s about the place where you find yourself.”  Pico Iyer   Full Time Families - Learn more about this group and how to get connected here: http://fulltimefamilies.com/joinftf/benefits/?ap_id=ashley  Where were we?  Mattawa, Canada, at Sid Turcotte Park:  http://www.sidturcottepark.com/   What is home?  Clara’s answer:   “Home is where you fill an invisible river of love, filled with adventures and salamanders, and even though it’s stormy, you feel safe.  The lightening is like a fire with marshmallows and the thunder is like singing in the rain.  Home.  It’s the place where your story begins, right?  It’s not a house or simply where you lay your head.  Home is something so much more. H

The final wrap-up to this series - what is your intention for your relationships? This is the second series on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast with my most favorite guest (and partner for life), Nathan Logsdon.  In this series, we dig deep into the critical components that create a healthy and happy intimate relationship - join us as we discuss Laughter, Humble Pie, and Lots of Sex!   They say love is the best investment.  The more you give, the more you get in return.  Audrey Hepburn   In our summary podcast, here are all the things we’ve dug into in this season: Communication is such an important foundation - being able to have an honest conversation with your partner and not simply walk on eggshells. How to navigate disagreements - you cannot hide tension in your home - that energy will permeate and create a heavy cloud in your home.  Here is my mother’s book - for insights into my own childhood as well as the foundation of peace we have carried in to our own home: Creating a Haven of Peace: When You're Feel

This is the second series on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast with my most favorite guest (and partner for life), Nathan Logsdon.  In this series, we dig deep into the critical components that create a healthy and happy intimate relationship - join us as we discuss Laughter, Humble Pie, and Lots of Sex! Saying yes feels good.  But a great relationship is one where you can say no and everyone is totally okay with it.  Dr. Henry Cloud You get what you tolerate - Dr. Henry Cloud How do you create a routine with your children where saying “no” is okay? 7-7 Rule - from 7pm to 7am, our kids knew this was “mommy/daddy time” - time for us to connect and have our own downtime.  The key is we communicated this clearly - not that they were ousted out, but why it was important to us and how it helped our whole family. Newsflash for our children - the world does not revolved around them.  How can we help them understand this before they are “thrown to the wolves” of the outside world?  We can help by setting clear boundaries

This is the second series on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast with my most favorite guest (and partner for life), Nathan Logsdon.  In this series, we dig deep into the critical components that create a healthy and happy intimate relationship - join us as we discuss Laughter, Humble Pie, and Lots of Sex! Sex is emotion in motion. - Mae West You know that look on a woman’s face when she wants sex?  Me neither.   - Steve Martin It’s hard to stay emotionally distant when you are physically connected.  We created the habit of physical touch on a daily basis - it became a habit like meditation/yoga - a critical component for our marital health.  The Five Love Languages: Physical Touch Words of Affirmation Acts of Service Receiving Gifts Quality Time The curve ball of children - our intimate relationships can easily slip to the back burner.  Pain happens to everyone.  But do we carry it around like a weight that prevents us from moving forward?  Does it become so much a part of our identity that it becomes larger tha

If our time is a reflection of what is most important to us, what does it say about you? This is the second series on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast with my most favorite guest (and partner for life), Nathan Logsdon.  In this series, we dig deep into the critical components that create a healthy and happy intimate relationship - join us as we discuss Laughter, Humble Pie, and Lots of Sex!   “Time management is really a misnomer - the challenge is not to manage time, but manage ourselves.  They key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”  - Stephen Covey As you may have guessed, we juggle a lot - and the essence of it is that life fills up quickly, no matter what your day-to-day appears.  Either you run the day or the day runs you.  - Jim Rohn I’ve heard this issue come up time and time again with couples - they want to have time for their relationship, but by the time they take care of work, the house, and deal with the constant demands from the kids, they are flat too w

This is the second series on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast with my most favorite guest (and partner for life), Nathan Logsdon.  In this series, we dig deep into the critical components that create a healthy and happy intimate relationship - join us as we discuss Laughter, Humble Pie, and Lots of Sex! Link to the FB posts of Timothy Lake and add picture of boulders We love the beauty of unstructured play.  Sometimes we can get stuck in this need for stimulation for our children.  We make sure they have toys and programs to entertain.  But there is so much just within the imagination!  Our criteria for an awesome time boils down to water, trees, and large rocks. Check out William Gillette’s Castle in East Haddum, CT You can see some of our pictures and videos over the last few weeks if you search #FieldTripGypsies on Instagram/Facebook “Clear communication.  Respect.  A lot of laughter.  And a lot of orgasms.  That’s what makes a marriage work. “ Dr. Dre Is your mission in life just to pay bills and be unhappy

Your Voice In The Symphony of Marriage   This is the second series on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast with my most favorite guest (and partner for life), Nathan Logsdon.  In this series, we dig deep into the critical components that create a healthy and happy intimate relationship - join us as we discuss Laughter, Humble Pie, and Lots of Sex!   [clickToTweet tweet="“No one can whistle a symphony alone - it takes a whole orchestra to play it” - HE Luccock" quote="“No one can whistle a symphony alone - it takes a whole orchestra to play it” - HE Luccock"] Behind the scenes footage - Want to know what it’s really like recording a podcast in a camper?  We improvise!  In this episode, we had to do a long pause because our dog, Harley, was pacing the floor and trying to scoot into her bed underneath our couch.  We also had the door open, and as the sun set, the crickets came out in full force - it was loud enough I had to shut the door because it was drowning us out!   And this - this is an image of our podcast setup

This is the second series on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast with my most favorite guest (and partner for life), Nathan Logsdon.  In this series, we dig deep into the critical components that create a healthy and happy intimate relationship - join us as we discuss Laughter, Humble Pie, and Lots of Sex!   Congrats!  We are in the double digits!  You are listening to Season 2, Episode 10, and we’re diving deep into relationships with the topic of Laughter, Humble Pie & Lots of Sex.  Joining me in this series is my fabulous husband of thirteen years, Nathan.  This week we’re diving into that wonderful little element of ourselves that can stand in the way of a close and supportive relationship - pride and ego. Before we get started, I have to say that, as a full-time RVing family, people always want to know where we are in the country and the latest happenings.  Well, we’ve hit 29 states so far, and are taking on the northeast now. If you hop over to the Mama Says Namaste Facebook group, you’ll see my daughter

This is the second series on the Mama Says Namaste Podcast with my most favorite guest (and partner for life), Nathan Logsdon.  In this series, we dig deep into the critical components that create a healthy and happy intimate relationship - join us as we discuss Laughter, Humble Pie, and Lots of Sex!    “If they respect you, respect them.  If they disrespect you, respect them still.  Do not allow the actions of others to decrease your good manners, because you represent yourself, not others.”  Mohammad Zayara Teasing is an easy trap to get into the habit of, and it usually is at someone else’s expense. Ask “what is your goal” before you jab.  Abide by a “clean slate” rule - don’t hold grudges and resentment, or bring the past into the current situation.  What’s in the past is done - so now address what you will do moving forward.  Start with a clean slate and not a dark shadow.  Disagreements happen, and sometimes it’s a broken record of the same issue over and over.  When you start to see a negative pattern,

It’s time for a new series!  We started this podcast digging deep into the foundation of our wiring, looking at a “family portrait” of showing your best strengths.  The “Be the Good, See the Good” series really laid out how we can live with intention by acknowledging how the uniqueness in each of us strengthens all of us.    Introducing: Laughter, Humble Pie, and Lots of Sex!  “Expectation is premeditated resentment.” - Alcoholics Anonymous Click here to see a video of Nathan and Ashley talking about their top six essentials for a happy marriage, as well as learn “37 Tips To Save Your Marriage” (www.mamasaysnamaste.com/37-marriage-saving-tips/) Create space for conversation - don’t let it fester. Follow through and commit to one another to be a united front.  Don’t compete, complete. Heavy conversations don’t happen in the bedroom.  Take the negative energy outside. What is your common goal?  Love deeply, challenge each other, and know it’s coming from a place of love.  Don’t attack - create a place of trust,

This is the seventh - and final - episode in the "Be The Good, See the Good" Series.   Today we wrap up how the uniqueness in each of us strengthens all of us, and how we can work in our strengths and recognize that in others. “It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”  L.M Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Anne with an “E” on Netflix Get a month free by going to www.Audible.com/namaste Here is the Anne of Green Gables on Audible we are listening to right now 10 Essential Lessons for Life: Empathy People sometimes have lives that are created in reaction to the pain they have experienced in their own lives. How can you look for - and create - the world in which you thrive?  We aren’t looking for a band-aid approach or viewpoint on life.  What is the deeper story that may be causing the pain and/or reaction? We need to have grace and compassion for one another - we are all humans, and we all have those not-so-great moments of parenting, and ju

This is the sixth episode in the "Be The Good, See the Good" Series.   We will dive in to how the uniqueness in each of us strengthens all of us, and learn how we can work in our strengths and recognize that in others.   “Your greatest powers is in the present moment.  And, for the record, your cell phone is not the present moment.”  -Ashley Logsdon Check out the Mama Says Namaste FaceBook discussion on the wife with the nail in her head here:  Don’t Try to Fix Me! High D’s are all about the end result.  Bullet point emails and cutting straight to the chase are well appreciated by a high D.  Remember, though, when you are looking at the end result, ask yourself, “What is your goal?” and make sure it is in a positive space.  When a high D is stressed out, look for  a way to gain control - sometimes simply doing a “brain dump” and getting the thoughts out of your head and onto paper instead.  Make a list - get it all out.  Then start to prioritize and pick one thing. Don’t be the “jack of all trades, master of

This is the fifth in the "Be The Good, See the Good" Series.   We will dive in to how the uniqueness in each of us strengthens all of us, and learn how we can work in our strengths and recognize that in others.   “Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it’s the thing that’s really preventing us from taking flight.”  -Brené Brown Be careful not to live life in fast forward.  Be intentional about taking the time to rest. Want to check out those crazy tunnels we crawled through?  This week’s blog post is on play, and you’ll see what I’m talking about: 10 Essential Lessons for Life: Remember to PLAY My father, Dan Miller, of www.48Days.com, has the “48 Days To The Work You Love Podcast” Cliff Ravenscraft is the genius behind podcasting that has helped both Dad and I get started.  He’s the “Podcast Answerman” and has his own podcast, “The Cliff Ravenscraft Show: Learn How To Podcast” The high-C photographer that captures the details is Frank Kendralla My