Blog - Carey Bailey

Welcoming New

August 26, 2014

It has been just a bit over a year since I closed the door on my 20 year career in church ministry and took a bold leap towards the dream of Life Coaching I held in my heart for 12 years. Can I tell you a secret? I have held onto the Life Coaching dream loosely and I literally set ZERO goals – the recovering perfectionist in me doesn’t do well with high expectations. But here we are a year later and it is all very real. God has done immeasurably more than anything I could have hoped for. ...

Life Coaching

Doing Business with Busyness.

August 13, 2014

Summer is coming to a close and the scent of “back to school” is the air. I am days away from heading out on one last vacation for the season, and people all around me are fitting in things here and there. There is just a busy feeling in the air. In fact, when I ask people “How are you?” the common response seems to be “Busy.” I went ahead and looked up the definition of busy for curiosity's sake. Busy. Adjective Having a great deal to do. Synonyms: occupied, engaged, involved, ...

Summer of Joy

How to Add Intentionality To Your Days

August 6, 2014

After a rip roaring fun vacation last week we are now in full "Back to School" mode. While my kiddos grew up in the preschool that was on campus where I worked we have never had to "be on time", pack lunches, get in carpool lines,etc... So we have spent this week practicing. Silly as that may sound I don't want Monday morning to be stressed so we are figuring out the kinks this week. As we prepare I wanted to share this post from my Summer of Joy partner, Britta Lafont. We are in the ...

Crafts/Printables, Pin God 1st

August Printables

August 4, 2014

I was on vacation last week. Like a real, live, whole week long vacation. I don't think we have ever done that as a family. Usually, it is just a few days here or there. But, a full seven days really allows vacation mode to actually set in. And let me just say it was good. I had every intention of working up an August 2014 Printables plan but then rest whispered my name. And it won!! So we are are going to do a Pin God 1st rewind to last August. Honestly, that is one of the beautiful ...

Summer of Joy

How To Trailblaze Through Trials.

July 23, 2014

Last week was a hell of a week. Please understand my hell of a week is relevant to your hell of a week. You could have had a HELL of a week. Here is a mini glimpse into mine: A routine teeth cleaning for my daughter ended up turning into a referral to an oral surgeon which led to a removal of a spot in her mouth for biopsy which led this mama's mind down the road to news of cancer. My husband landed on jury duty last Monday which means he wouldn't be in the office all week. He works ...