by Kami | Jan 11, 2021 | Podcast, Podcast Book-learning Kami
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Welcome back! Today I wanted to share my unfiltered and unedited thoughts on 2020. It was full of highs and lows, as most years are, but with an unprecedented global pandemic it was a year like none we have ever experienced so it deserves it own podcast!
If you are up for going on this Imperfect Adventure with me , there are a couple things for you to do.
Step 1: Subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode
Step 2: Join our community over on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/imperfectadventure. We don’t have to be invisible in podcast land. Here you will find an incredible community of imperfect women just like you! Women who don’t have it all together but keep moving forward anyway.
Step 3: Take a deep breath, and join me on the next episode. See you then!
by Kami | Jan 1, 2021 | Podcast, Podcast Mom Kami
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I have decided to create a daily podcast! In this first episode I’m going to explain who this podcast is for, what you can expect from it, share a little about my background as an “authority” in imperfection, and tell you what to do next (because part of my imperfections is my tendency to be bossy).
An imperfect adventure is one where you are trying your best to do all the things, but you need some inspiration to take the next step because it feels really hard, while also being willing to laugh at yourself just so that you don’t take it all too seriously. Life’s full of adventure and even though it is imperfect doesn’t mean it needs to feel heavy and make you miserable.
After you take a listen, if you are up for going on this Imperfect Adventure with me , there are a couple things for you to do:
Step 1: Subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode
Step 2: We don’t have to be invisible in podcast land so come join our FB community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/imperfectadventure. Here you will find an incredible community of imperfect women just like you! Women who don’t have it all together but keep moving forward anyway.
Step 3: Take a deep breath, and join me tomorrow on the next episode!
by Kami | Apr 16, 2019 | All Essential
We have had a lot of medical twists and turns since Jeffrey was born. Least of all was last summer when his right knee started to swell. It was at a family funeral that we first noticed he was limping. He had significant swelling of his right knee, seemingly out of nowhere! After a week with no improvement, orthopedic evaluation and eventual ER visit he was diagnosed with Lyme disease right before our daughter was graduating from high school and we were hosting a 150+ person grad party for her! We went from overnight in the ER to sitting in the bleachers watching her graduate! I don’t recommend the emotional roller coaster we went on…
Luckily for us we have so many natural solutions at our fingertips. I was able to start a Lyme protocol, provide supplements to make the 30 days of antibiotics easier on his tummy, and whip up some safe, non-toxic bug spray with all the materials I have on hand. I didn’t have to make one trip to the store! Seriously! I cannot imagine living any other way, it is just more convenient, cheaper, and safer.
by Kami | Mar 26, 2019 | All Essential, Jeffrey
“We get by with a little help from our friends”-The Beatles
Dan shared his thoughts on Jeffrey’s sports night experience last week and now it is my turn.
The ENTIRE event two words kept coming into my thoughts…HELPING HANDS. If you look at some of the pictures you can see all the times I captured a fellow student or faculty member literally touching Jeffrey and guiding him through an activity.
It seems so simple, yet it is so profound. They were using skills that Jeffrey’s therapists taught us through years of therapy, to not only give him verbal cues but to also use touch as an additional stimuli to reinforce behaviors or encourage action. Jeffrey tends to get “stuck” (motor planning issues) and simple verbal cues are impossible for him to comprehend much less put into action. When he is stuck we can become incredibly frustrated, “come on…let’s go…MOVE…”, but this frustration only makes his “stuckness” worse, he literally becomes frozen and our frustrations rise. We begin to circle the drain into the abyss of ineffective parenting and general family unhappiness, we all feel it and it is awful.
But if we remember to do the opposite of our impulses, to speak gently and simply, and to use the power of touch to gently move him into action-that is where the magic happens. Here is where we see the “click”, we can tell he is hearing and processing what we are asking him to do. It all starts with us and our toolset, and the students and faculty that night knew exactly what to do to support Jeffrey. Maybe they are trained, or maybe it was innate, but for me it was an act of pure love and humanity towards our son. One I will never forget!
~Kami
by Kami | Mar 12, 2019 | All Essential
Commitment and Partnership. Two things our pastor discussed on Sunday night and the timing could not have been more perfect.
Dan and I are committed to our marriage and our family, but also to our business. The added duties of building a business together *could* put a lot of strain on our relationship if were weren’t on the same page and good at being partners.
Just last week I was out of town for 4 days with our team at doTERRA’s leadership retreat. It is always exciting to get away and celebrate accomplishments (this is an earned event that our team worked hard to get to), while also attending invaluable business training. Since I was in CEO mode, Dan needed to be in charge of all the things at home. Which included a college-age daughter home on her first spring break, Jeffrey who decided he missed mom so much that he needed to visit the nurse at school daily, social events for the middle-schooler (i.e. lots of carpooling), and his job as a teacher.
Three years ago we committed to building a life we had only dreamed about. The road is not always easy, or straight, or even visible but because we are in it together the load is so much lighter!
