Posts by Lara
Cultivate Your Life Podcast Episode 037: The Mid-Year Refresh
Friend, you’ve been through a crazy year so far. Hard things keep happening, and it feels like your supply of hope is running low. There’s so much on your mind, so many new circumstances and new ways of understanding the world that you’re trying to fit together into a complete picture. You’re ready for a…
Read MoreIntroducing Gracie’s Garden
Well, friends, after years of dreaming about this book, it actually happened! The story of this book’s creation mirrors the heart of the book itself: good things grow over time from small seeds—and God has a plan! You probably saw “write the children’s book” on my Tending List several years ago, but the timing was…
Read MoreCultivate Your Life Podcast Episode 036: How To Cultivate What Matters With Kids This Summer
Summer this year is going to look a little different than it usually does. Camp may be canceled, vacations postponed… but you still want to make it a season to remember! Does that mean more plans, more activities, more circus-directing from you, the mom? No, my friend, it does not. Today’s episode is all about…
Read MoreCultivate Legacy: How to Make a Quarantine Scrapbook
If you have kids who are old enough to be aware that we’re in the middle of a global pandemic, navigating and shepherding their emotions and questions adds another whole layer to your family’s experience of COVID-19. It can feel defeating—will they grow up anxious? Are they being permanently harmed by this? I have really…
Read MoreCultivate Your Life Podcast Episode 035: Planting Legacy
This is a strange season we’re in, friends. Time seems elastic—even our hours seem to stretch and shrink as we problem solve, seek out peace, and tend to the people around us—but through it all, there’s a question that keeps coming back to my thoughts (maybe you’ve been asking yourself this, too): what is my…
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