by Arlene | Jan 23, 2019 | Parenting, Videos
Do you find yourself wasting time online? In this video, you’ll learn the 4th habit in our study from Calm, Cool, and Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life. The I in HABIT stands for: I will go online with purpose. Before you grab your phone or...
by Arlene | Jan 17, 2019 | The Latest ..., Videos
It is so easy to waste time online. It’s also easy to sin and make bad moral choices…from viewing pornography, posting something mean, or obsessively comparing ourselves to others or complaining about our boring lives. These challenges are real for us, and...
by Arlene | Oct 10, 2017 | Parenting, The Latest ...
I wonder how my kids would have rated me in a recent large study. Would I have cringed at their answers? The survey was about what kids really wanted their parents to know. After surveying 6,000 children, researchers found that: 54 percent said their parents checked...
by Arlene | Oct 4, 2017 | Parenting, The Latest ...
Need some peace away from the bad news of the day, constant emails, or trail of tweets? It could be as easy as taking a hike. Yes, it might mean planning a vacation in the great outdoors, or it might be just taking a walk around the block, or outside your office...
by Arlene | Sep 14, 2017 | Marriage, Parenting, The Latest ...
Need to feel more calm, cool, and connected? Would your kids say, “My mom (or my dad) is on the phone too much”? Here are 4 tips to taming your phone use from a news segment I did this week on San Diego 8 on the CW. You’ll find that a few simple...
by Arlene | Sep 7, 2017 | Parenting, The Latest ...
There is a time to text, and there is a time to talk. Texting is great for “Meet you in 5.” It’s not so great for “I have a problem with what you said to be me yesterday…” Solomon wrote the famous words in the Book of Ecclesiastes,...
by Arlene | Sep 5, 2017 | Parenting, The Latest ...
Yippee! YAY! Confetti! Yahoo! It’s book launch day! Today is the day you can pick up my new book, Calm, Cool, and Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life. Most of us struggle with checking our phones too often, and connecting with our loved ones...
by Arlene | Aug 10, 2017 | Parenting, The Latest ...
I was hoping the crack would magically fix itself. I noticed the side of my three-year-old iPhone coming apart, but the phone still worked just fine. I went on like this for weeks, but then I took my phone out of my purse and the cracks were multiplying. Now the...
by Arlene | Jul 26, 2017 | Giveaways, The Latest ...
***The book launch team is now closed. Thank you so much to everyone who signed up!!! Don’t worry…if you missed the launch team, you can still enjoy the book, coming out on September 5th!*** Friends, it’s time to launch a new book and I’d...
