Many of us have gone through the process of a yearly reflection. Performance review, anyone? Whether this review was prompted, such as a performance review at work, or something you initiated on your own, yearly reflections hold a lot of value. Yearly reflections are great because they give us a chance to take a look […]

As health coaches, towards the end of each year, we start to hear the same thing over and over again: “I’ll be ready to get healthy in the new year.”  You might think that sounds pretty logical, but there’s a pretty simple reason why we struggle hearing it! We’ve found, as you probably have as […]

If you haven’t noticed, we LOVE Jesus and faith is extremely important to our family. With four kids, we knew that teaching the Bible early was a must. Here are 5 tips for helping your kids start to experience God’s word. Establish a Routine We are firm believers that routine minimizes stress and helps to […]

As a family with four kids of different ages, Christmas shopping can be challenging at times. What Dylan loved a year ago, he may have completely given up by now. Our little Evelyn is definitely cycling through interests quickly at 4 years old! Although it doesn’t seem like dinosaurs will be going anywhere anytime soon… […]

Many of us used to hunt down healthier options in speciality shops or markets, but these days you can find many of our favorites anywhere! As a health conscious family, we do our best to find healthy products in stores and use healthy substitutions in everyday cooking. As a health conscious family with four kids, […]

They say money can’t buy happiness, but financial wellness is certain to help you achieve Uncommon Freedom™! We can’t wait to share some of the basic financial tips that helped us go from scrounging to thriving. We have a whole set of financial wellness tools lined up to share with you in the weeks to […]

As we start sharing more tips and tricks to improve your financial health and progress toward achieving Uncommon Freedom, it’s important to understand exactly what financial health is. Financial health is the status and stability of someone’s finances and financial practices. You can consider your financial health to be strong if… you have a steady […]

Do you have healthy finances? How about your marriage? Also healthy, or also unhealthy? Is there a correlation there? Financial stress and burden is a top 3 cause of divorce! But we want you to know that finances in marriage don’t have to be a negative, taboo or stressful subject! We have navigated many different […]

In July Bekah had the opportunity to speak before a crowd of over 10,000 people on the topic of “Building Confidence”. Although the audience was primarily Optavia coaches, the lessons apply to virtually all walks of life and careers. We invite you to enjoy her dynamic presentation knowing that her talk can help you as […]

Dates (Now Referred to as D.E.B.T.s) with Kids Finding opportunities for quality, one-on-one time with each of your children is surprisingly difficult. As our family grew, we realized how much we wanted to carve out time to cherish special moments with each of our children individually. We put our heads together and realized we could […]