As Michael and I celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary, and as our 2nd daughter gets married, I had an opportunity to reflect on what really makes a great marriage.  This episode talks about the #1 secret to great marriages. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoaching ..read more

One of the biggest problems we have is that we have "dreams" or "expectations" about how our life, relationships, the behavior of our children, and our home culture should be.  They're just fantasies with no clear actions to create them.  Setting goals helps us act in the here and now to create the life we really want. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoac ..read more

Whatever form "evil" takes in your life - sadness, anger, unmet expectations, St. Josemaria's advice to "Drown Evil in an Abundance of Good" works! Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoaching ..read more

We seem to always want to attack or find fault with people – with ourselves, with our husband, our children, our parents or in-laws. But if we take the “personal” away from assessing the situation, it’s so much more neutral.   And when a situation is neutralized, we can let go of the flight or flight emotions we have and we can actually find solutions to a problem – rather than just blaming and holding someone at fault.   Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve ..read more

You can find my parenting course, "Virtue-Based Parenting" at janetquinlan.com/parentingcourse Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoaching ..read more

In this episode, I explore the dangers of labeling our children. As parents, when we label a child that label becomes a part of his or her identity because they look to us to know themselves - we box them into a specific behavior rather than helping them explore all parts of themselves. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoaching ..read more

The first step in creating your best summer for yourself and your family is to decide the results ahead of time.  In this episode, I teach you key routines to have in your home that will create a general structure for your family life, while also giving freedom for lots of play. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoaching ..read more

Who are you as a wife and mother?  When you die, what do you want your husband and children to say about you?  It's important to think about whether or not we're showing up in the world and in our family as we'd like to be remembered. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoaching ..read more

Why did you want to become a mother?  I don't think many of us ask ourselves that question.  It's just a rite of passage for many.  And yet, the enormity of raising humans is an endeavor that forces us to identify our "Why".  If not, we won't enjoy the process nor will we reap the benefits of sacrificial love. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoa ..read more

Self-care has gotten a bad rap, and I think that’s because we’ve blurred the lines of self-care and over-indulgence. We can’t live in either extreme – putting yourself so last that you’re not even on your list nor putting yourself 1st all the time to please all your whims and desires so that all you think about is yourself. So, let’s look at self-care from a reasonable,  moderate perspective. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquin ..read more