IT’S OKAY TO LOWER THE BAR.

We can be so freaking hard on ourselves, team. Trying to be do and have it all, like, yesterday. NBD. 🙃

Slowing kids down is not possible, last I checked (😭), so here’s the best approach I’ve found:

Be TRULY honest with what you value most *right now* and either:
1) give yourself permish to slow biz down and / or
2) allow yourself to enlist support in every area possible.

Life is too precious to feel scattered, behind, and overwhelmed every dang day.

My #naptimeempires message in a nutshell:

Lower the barrrrrr lower the barrrrr lower the barrrr 🤸‍♀️ then BY ALL MEANS raise it once you’ve got a grip. 🏋️‍♀️

You’re the boss of your own life.

Own that ish + behave accordingly. 💥

📷: me last night, helping with B’s 100th day of school poster. And by “helping” I mean “being the complete opposite of the ‘let him create! art comes from the heart!’ cool mom I am in my dreams.” 😎

Hi 👋 I'm Nikki (Elledge Brown).

Writer, podcaster, and creative advisor for brilliant women who love their work, their people, and their alone time.

As a professional overthinker who believes strongly in INTEGRITY > BALANCE, it's my nerdy pleasure to create and share tools, questions, and frameworks that make it easier to feel good about how we’re showing up — on paper and in practice.

Around here, living like a whole human is the way.

That's what we call On Her Terms® living.