Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Inside Jokes, Pet Name Palooza, and Home Quests

Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! Inside jokes make me feel warm and fuzzy inside. The shared history of something you experienced with another can be such a gift. And from those shared experiences, we sometimes end up with funny nicknames. We will explore joyful support through funny nicknames this week. Joy Happenings From Sara: After years of hearing my friend and her husband call one another ‘Baby Das’, I finally asked ‘What is that from?’ It went back over…

The Power of Names in Home Management

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In my Communication degree, one of the first lessons I learned was that we give meaning to words. We usually associate two types of meanings with words: denotation, which is the literal dictionary definition, and connotation, which is the additional meanings we assign to words. These additional meanings can be thought of as the emotional […]

Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Velociraptors, Dogs on Skateboards, and Secret Talents.

Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! We adore talent shows. The purity of sharing what comes naturally to you and knowing it may bring joy to others is some good clean fun. There is also a level of bravery that comes along with talent shows – showing up and sharing your gift with the world takes courage! This week we explore joyful support through fun talents and party tricks. Joy Happenings Sara’s Secret Talent Sara is going to share a secret talent. Ok, not a…

Memento Management

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What is your most memorable keepsake? A shell from your first trip to the ocean?  Your beloved dog’s name tag? Or that hard earned medal from your first race?   Follow up, do you know where it is?   Keeping mementos from special times in your life is an enjoyable, tangible memory  box that should be a […]

Your Weekly Dose of Joy: You’re a Super Hero, We’re your Sidekick

Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! My family loves superheroes. On a daily basis, we talk about Spidey and his Amazing Friends, the Hulk, or my favorite, Wonder Woman. It’s to the point that last night during dinner, my husband started playing a song, and before it even registered with me, my 3-year-old daughter yelled out, “Batman!” It brought my husband so much joy because his favorite is Batman. This week, our joyful prompt is asking about what superpower…

Human Design with Adriana Keefe

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It is no secret that we love Adriana. It is her Human Design course that Lacey and Sara met. Listen to Human Design with Adriana Keefe

Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Beginnings, Endings, and a Challenge

Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! Life is about beginnings and endings, and this week we are feeling that hard. As season 2 of No Shame in The Home Game comes to an end, we are thinking about the bittersweet nature of endings. There are so many photos of the end of the school year and graduation that it’s definitely bittersweet for parents. We see you – whether it’s a good or bad ending, we can always count on a new beginning coming next (like our call for…

Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Get Recognized, Lucky Socks, and Transformation

Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! This week, we had a significant realization about one of the things that we genuinely want you to get out of The Joyful Support Movement: To Feel Seen. Whether that is in a story we share or a step you can take, we want you to know your experience is valid, noticed, and you’re not alone. We don’t pretend to know your challenges or how to fix them all, but we want to be a safe space for them to exist. Our hope is that by being…

Your Weekly Dose of Joy: Beach Popsicles, Surprising Food Combinations, and Summer Prep

Weekly Joy A little bit of Joyful Support directly in your inbox! A message from Lacey – My son keeps asking me if it’s summer yet. Spring is my favorite season, but for some reason this year, I understand his desire for long summer days and the fun that can go along with it. Probably because I feel like the rain is never-ending here. I’m sure I will be annoyed with sweating so much in just a few short weeks. I will be daydreaming of beach popsicles until then. Anyway, let’s jump into our…

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