Renee Warren
41 Tips to Better Sleep: A list for powerhouse ...

Running a business and managing a family is like having two fulltime jobs but on steroids. It’s a 24-hour ordeal and something you can’t put a snooze button to. I understand this all too well. 

Having two babies (11-months apart), launching two businesses and moving twice, all in two years, I sure lost my fair share of sleep. What I didn’t know where many of these 41 tips (damn I wished I had!). Hopefully, there are a few things in here that will help you get a better sleep starting tonight!

41 Tips to Better Sleep: A list for powerhouse women
Renee Warren
 9 Brilliant Tips for Better Work-Life ...

Balance. What is it really?

Some say it's an even split between working and everything that comes after it. Well, as a parent, your 9-5 doesn't stop once you clock-out. Nope. You merely put on another hat called Mom. This job arguably more complicated and more important than the one that pays you (have we uncovered the ROI of parenting yet?), seemingly takes away from the balance we think we need. What if I told you that being a mom IS balance? Sure it's hard, and your days are often filled with bullshit from colleagues and then kid-shit in diapers, but this is life! Embrace. Enjoy. Rejoice. It only gets easier.

While I often cringe at the term work-life 'balance,' I use it in this post because it's one that most people recognize. My go-to name is work-life integration (pssst, if you haven't seen our Integrated Life video yet, then you should.) Why 'integration'? Because it's the art of incorporating and unifying all facets of your life; mind, body, career, relationships, and spirituality. The all mesh into one another, are rarely ever balanced and is why I think integration is a more fitting word.  

 9 Brilliant Tips for Better Work-Life Balance
Renee Warren
Top 9 Coding Apps and Games for Kids

There was a time when coding was new and unexplored by those other than the nerds in the back room. As the years have progressed, coding skills have become more important and needed. It had to because it has increasingly become an integral part of our lives. As more apps and platforms are being developed, the need for even more experienced developers is becoming apparent. 

Screentime is still essential because it gives kids a creative outlet to build, learn logic and sequencing, and expand their minds. It’s also a universal skill and comes with no bias or preconceived notions. More importantly, it is something that is taught to kids as young as three! I know this because I had my boys playing around with coding apps as soon as we let them on an iPad. 

Since coding is one of the most desirable skills for the future, it’s time to rethink your screentime approach and consider some educational programs for your kids. 



Top 9 Coding Apps and Games for Kids
Renee Warren
When You Know Better, You Do Better

I remember the morning so clearly. I was brewing my husband and me coffee while he was making breakfast, and I asked him about a business thing he was planning. He replied that he wasn't doing it anymore, which really surprised me. 

"But why?" I asked. "You've been talking about this for a while." 

He replied, "New information."

With his experience and now new knowledge, he realized that this endeavor was not going to help his business grow and in fact, it was going to be more of a distraction than anything. He knew better. 

When You Know Better, You Do Better
Renee Warren
Secret Hacks Entrepreneur Parents use to Manage ...

It’s very common for entrepreneur parents to feel guilty if they are unable to dedicate time for their kids, especially during the week. Societal norms, conditioning and the constant need to be the best at everything puts pressure on high performers to be present and to spend the right amount of time with their loved ones. 


The guilt and the lack of being present make us search for the best tips and advice we can find to function properly as business owners and parents. Undertunely there is no silver bullet. It’s a lot of constant testing and tweaking routines and systems, and experimenting with different parenting approaches to find a solution that works at the time. What works now for your family won’t work for you in a few months or years down the road. Schedules change and with that means a change in routine.

Secret Hacks Entrepreneur Parents use to Manage their Family

Why Homeschooling Isn't Just for Homeschoolers

Why Homeschooling Isn't Just for Homeschoolers

There are a lot of things we think we fail to do as parents because we want the best for our kids and some decisions we make don't end up working towards our family values. Many of those decisions sound great in theory, but when applied, we learn very quickly that they won't work for us as a whole. For us, that decision was to homeschool.

Despite over a year of studying homeschooling. Despite the hours of phone calls and interviews in trying to assess whether or not it was right for Max (5). Despite the three months, we tried to make it work, in the end, we all made the decision that public school was best for him. So this month, pushing all my worries and preaching aside, we sent him off to his first day of school.

A Simple Chore System for Pre-Schoolers

A Simple Chore System for Pre-Schoolers

Start early and start easy.

That was the best advice I received when it came to teaching my boys about responsibility and personal finance. We've gone back and forth about whether or not to implement chores. Some finance guru's say do it, others like Cameron Herold say chores are important, but that they shouldn't get an allowance and the chores should be one's the kids select themselves.  He advocates for the entrepreneurial mindset. I agree.

But let's step away from the idea of chores versus allowance for a minute. Cameron explains that “allowances, by nature, are teaching kids to think about a job. An entrepreneur doesn’t expect a regular paycheck. Allowances are breeding kids at a young age to expect a regular paycheck.” So then, how do you teach them about responsibility, commitment and how that ties into earning money?

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5 Ways to Get Over your Phone Addiction During Family Time

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5 Ways to Get Over your Phone Addiction During Family Time

There comes this point in our lives as entrepreneurs that we grow this insatiable need to always be on, to be connected and available. The problem isn’t that we are always ‘available’, it actually stems from allowing ourselves to be available. Checking our phones for a quick sec sets a terrible example for our family and those around us, especially if it’s during some inopportune moments (even to just post something on Instagram.) One more second, one minute, I need 5 minutes, 10 more minutes.... IT ADDS UP! And the people around you, like your kids, start to feel as though they are being ignored.

In Family & Business: Trust the Process

In Family & Business: Trust the Process

Lately I have been experiencing anxiety (as most parents do ) around my oldest son’s frequent temper tantrums. On one of the worst days yet, I happened to be taking an Uber ride home from work, and was chatting to the driver about the situation. A father of three older kids, he had the experience to know what I was going through. He sat and listened to me talking (ok, maybe complaining) about the situation, and after about 10 minutes, he said to me softly “Darling, just trust the process”.