by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Parenting
For most of my adult life, I thought home was supposed to look a certain way. A house you owned. Rooms filled with furniture you picked out carefully. Closets that somehow never stayed organized. A place that anchored you, even when life felt chaotic. That’s what we...
by Shadra Bruce | Adult Children, Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Do you have all the answers? If you don’t, why should your kids? The career I chose at 18 is not anything close to the career and business I have built today. But I grew up with a dad who got a job when he was 18 and stayed in the...
by Shadra Bruce | Home and Hearth
I’ve traveled a lot and moved even more, but the journey to minimalism was the best trip I’ve ever taken. Getting Real with Shadra Bruce When I was young, I collected porcelain dolls. I had tons of them lining the shelves of my bedroom, until I watched a...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce I was reading this fantastic article in the New York Times about how motherhood needs some serious rebranding. The author nails it on the head: motherhood is advertised as a huge sacrifice, especially when living in a country that lacks...