Dara Boxer is a stay-at-home mom to four kids six and under, committed to living a simple, well-organized, and beautifully functional life — mostly for her own sanity. A former personal chef and cooking instructor, she brings that same intention to her home: from seasonal meal planning to laundry systems, quiet time routines, toy storage, and everything in between.
Episodes release on Thursdays, and alternate between honest book reviews and practical strategies for managing the chaos of home life with little kids. Come for the rhythm tips, stay for the raw motherhood truths — and maybe leave with a better grocery list.
There’s a lot to think about when reading The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer, though in no way is it macabre. It’s more poignant and sweet, and introspective, and really makes you appre…
Family Command Center: the unofficial, official term for a spot where all the action happens. It’s strategically placed in a spot where you and your kids enter and exist the home, as a way to organiz…
So, when was the last time you gave up on a book? How long did read for before you couldn’t go any further?
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Batching is a great tool any homemake should have in their back pocket. It teaches you to effectively group together all-like tasks that need to get done without having to switch over your brain to s…
Today we're discussing some ideas for 2024 budgeting, including two important goals.
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Today we're discussing our November Book Club Pick, Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
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Moving is one of the most stressful occurrences and disruptions in a persons life, but it’s also the only other time you’ll have the opportunity to touch literally everything you own, twice. When you…
Today I'm sharing my top tip for plowing through lengthy novels, and also I'm sharing twenty three book recommendations, that are all 450 pages or more, listed in order of length:
Today's episode is to help you come up with your tools for your tool box, to be able to say, you know what? Today was hard, but I’m a wonderful mother, and I’m doing my very best. And fall back upon…
From cover to cover, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt was a very enjoyable read, and I definitely agree with the current Goodreads average rating (4.4 stars with over 300,000 reviews — …
The Most Common Baking Mistakes:
“You are not a machine. You are a human being. You have a soul. You were not made to go and go and go. You were not made to work 24/7. You were made to live into this rhythm that is embedded in creat…
‘Who is Maud Dixon’ by Alexandra Andrews is a a fun and fresh premise with lots of mild twists and turns, some obvious, others not so much. I can’t really share the plot with you without spoiling an…
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Today, we're going to walk through three fantastic one skillet chicken thigh recipes that can be done, start to finish, in 45 minutes or less:
It’s been said before that you need to set your house in perfect order before criticizing the world. So today's we're going to focus on mastering our home in the following aspects: