by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 7, 2026 | time alone with God
A few years ago, two of my sisters and I visited my youngest sister in Thailand. Part of the trip was an unforgettable bicycle tour of a lushly forested part of Bangkok known as the Green Lung. (I remember the forest vividly, as I did fail to brake properly and...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 3, 2026 | Family
I’m so jazzed about today’s post: I finally get to reveal the cover for How to Stop Yelling Up the Stairs: Keeping Your Cool While Raising Your Kids, now on preorder for its April 21 release. YAHOO! Not that any of us struggle with mom-anger. You’re...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 9, 2026 | challenging, children, compassion, encouragement, enduring love, failure, Family, fear, Marriage, Parenting, social justice
Sure. I write books on emotionally healthy relationships. I also try to be exceedingly clear that my thoughts do not proceed from a shiny, perfect family. Maybe try the next blog over? Like I did this morning, I talk with a lot of parents, husbands, and wives about...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jan 16, 2026 | challenging, Parenting, relationships, true success
This morning, I was wondering what the neighbors think. Three times a week at oh dark thirty, they could feasibly see my high curly/frizzy ponytail or messy bun bopping up and down along with my dumbbells. I work out with YouTube’s Nourish Move Love. I...
by Janel Breitenstein | Dec 19, 2025 | Family, free download, Holidays; Occasions, Home and Hospitality, kids, time together, tweens and teens
Already tried the Christmas-movie-night-while-stringing-popcorn tack? Exhausted your board game tournament ideas? Sent your kids outside till they’ve sledded their little hearts out? Here are a handful of easy-peasy ideas for kids on winter break to abet family...
