This week, I’m sharing some key points that came up during a recent podcast episode I recorded with my good friend Natasha, who’s a child development consultant. We talked about the upcoming holidays and how to support both our children and ourselves as mothers.

A living room kid is simply a child whose primary play space is the shared family space. There’s no elaborate playroom hidden away in the basement or behind closed doors. Their toys live where life happens.

And it turns out, this comes with some beautiful benefits.

Today, I want to talk about overconsumption—the tendency we have as a society to keep buying more and more, often chasing the homes we see on Instagram instead of appreciating the one we already have.

The past few days, I’ve noticed myself overworking—long stretches at my computer, tweaking my website, trying to get everything “just right” for podcast appearances. I found myself rationalizing it: “Well, I have a lot coming up. My website has to be perfect for new listeners.”

Sound familiar? I think many of us do this. We justify overworking because it feels necessary—even when it’s not. And here’s the truth: it wasn’t necessary. The tasks could have waited.

But here’s the difference from the past: before, I would have fully bought into that rationalization. I would have overworked mindlessly, thinking it made me productive or even “better” than others. Now, I notice the pattern quickly, and I can intervene.

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