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[ENCORE] Ep. 91: 4 Reasons Not to Worry While Your Kid is at Camp

Visit Sunshine Parenting for more episodes & resources. Subscribe for resources and ideas for happier, more connected families. In Episode 91, I’m chatting with my longtime friend and fellow camp director, Maria Horner. Maria and her husband, Tom, have been the executive directors of Catalina Island Camps since 1995. We discuss four reasons why parents…

Salsa & Sunshine Walk & Talk #7

Visit Sunshine Parenting for more resources & episodes. Get on your shoes, hop on your treadmill or go outside, and join summer camp directors, moms, & joy chasers Audrey “Sunshine” Monke & Sara “Salsa” Kuljis as they share updates, resources, ideas and encouragement with each other and with you! In this episode, we’re talking about…

Salsa & Sunshine Walk & Talk #6

The Wisdom of High School Girls

One highlight of my summer has been meeting with our oldest female campers to discuss relationships, goals, and life. These girls have so much wisdom to share with each other and with adults. We meet on the middle Sunday of their two-week camp session. We spend two hours doing activities together and sharing ideas about…

Feeling Thankful

Today is Day 31 (the final day!) of my Happiness Hacks series. Oh my goodness. I did it! I actually wrote and posted a happiness hack every single day this month. Hooray! For those of you who joined me on this journey, thank you for coming along. I appreciate you taking time from your busy…

Reading Binge

Today is Day 30 of my Happiness Hacks series. Few things make me happier than some uninterrupted reading time, and an inspirational book makes for an especially amazing reading binge. While there was quite a bit of background noise (TV, people talking, rain falling hard outside) this weekend at our get-away, I was able to block…

Quick Get-Away

Today is Day 29 of my Happiness Hacks series. Faced with an open Saturday (a miracle of sorts for our family), we decided at the last minute (as in, yesterday) to make a quick get-away trip to our local mountains. When we’re home, we tend to keep ourselves constantly busy with work and chores. There’s…

Finding my Lane

Today is Day 28 of my Happiness Hacks series. As I get closer to the end of this series, I’m needing to dig a bit deeper to find my daily hack. Many of the practices I’ve written about, like going for a run, hugging, reading, walking my dog, and getting things done, I do just about every day.…

Stop and Celebrate

Today is Day 27 of my Happiness Hacks series. At the end of last year, I wrote about the concept of a “reverse bucket list” in an article about year-end reflections. For me, it was a novel concept to take time to stop and reflect on what’s already been accomplished rather than focusing on future goals. I enjoyed the…

Listen to a Podcast

Today is Day 26 of my Happiness Hacks series. Today I found out that my husband has been placed on a jury for a long case, possibly until January. This was not good news for me and produced some decidedly unhappy emotions. Fortunately, this morning I took my dog out for a run and listened to an…

Inspirational Quotes

Today is Day 24 of my Happiness Hacks series. Ever since I can remember, I’ve enjoyed inspirational quotes. As a young teen, I started a journal where I collected my favorites. Now I save them on Pinterest and create graphics for my website using the ones I like best. For me, a happiness hack is reading through…

Go to a Party

Today is Day 23 of my Happiness Hacks series. This afternoon is a reunion party for my summer camp, and I’m looking forward to connecting with campers, parents, and staff. We’ll be doing crafts, playing games, eating, remembering last summer through videos and slide shows, and having an assembly, just like we have at camp, complete with…

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