Carey Bailey

Crafts/Printables, Pin God 1st

Pin God 1st Gets A Makeover!

September! That sounds like such a dreamy month. I am envisioning parts of the country that are cooling off and watching things change colors but here in Phoenix we consider it painful. It SHOULD feel like Fall and instead it is still over 100 degrees and the sweat...it just keeps dripping. We grumble and groan and wonder when oh when will it ever end? There is an end in site but we still have 45ish days to go...it is kinda torture. Good thing I am escaping the heat mid September for Camp  ...

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Life Coaching

Welcoming New

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.  ...

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Life Coaching

Doing Business with Busyness.

  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,  ...

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Summer of Joy

How to Add Intentionality To Your Days

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  ...

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