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Why is a Hygge Lifestyle So Popular Right Now?

Why is a hygge lifestyle so popular right now? Hygge is a Danish and Norwegian word used to describe the feeling of comfort and coziness. The concept of hygge focuses on creating joy and contentment in the everyday moments of our daily life. Hygge is about so much more than just candles and fuzzy View Post

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5 Common Mistakes People Make While Decluttering

As Marie Kondo says, “Our items should give us joy!” Bump up your “Spring Cleaning” into “Fall Cleaning” by avoiding these common decluttering mistakes! 5 Common Mistakes People Make While Decluttering  The National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) reported that we spend around View Post

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Summer hygge ideas for the whole family. Summer is the perfect time for hygge. Summer bucket list items for the whole family. Bring coziness, happiness and hygge into your summer months with these fun ideas. #Hygge #Summer #BucketList #SummerBucketList #HappyFamily #HyggeIdeas #HyggeLife #mamainthenow

10 Fun Ways to Get Your Summer Hygge On

Fun ways to get your summer hygge on Nothing makes my heart sing more than when the kids embrace the values I so desperately try to instill in them. It’s now summer in the Pacific North West, which means everyone comes out of hibernation, dusts off the cobwebs and embraces nature. Yesterday one of View Post

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DIY bath bombs for the ultimate hygge experience. Self care in form of hygge with bath bombs you made. These make perfect hygge gifts for teachers and anyone in need of hygge and self care. Enjoy self care with these beautiful bath bombs. DIY bath bombs. #BathBombs #DIYBathBombs #HyggeBath #HyggeExperience #HyggeHome #SelfCare #MamaintheNow #Motherhood

The Best DIY Bath Bombs for the Ultimate Hygge Bath

Add Hygge to Your Bath, with DIY Bath Bombs What could possibly be more hyggelig than a relaxing, hot bath? DIY Bath Bombs of course! They are mostly pretty easy to make, and using one with your favorite scent can make a world of difference in your day.  Pure, sweet, luxury. Wait, what is View Post

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Live a hygge lifestyle. These hygge DIY ideas for the bathroom are sure to add coziness and comfort. Hygge home decor ideas for the bathroom. Home decorations and DIY crafts for the bathroom. #Hygge #BathroomDIY #HomeDecorDIY #HyggeBathroom #MamaintheNow #BathroomDecorations

Beautiful Hygge DIYs Ideas for the Bathroom

Decorate your hygge bathroom space Spring is in the air, and with that, comes the need to change things up a bit. You feel that way too, right? Well, a relatively easy way to do that, is with a little hygge. Wait, what is hygge? And why do I need it in my life?! Don't miss our "Hygge 101: How to View Post

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Hygge box review. Subscription box review of the Hygge Box. Give the gift of hygge with the Hygge Box. Great subscription box gift idea for Mother's Day, Christmas and your friend's birthday. #HyggeBox #SubscriptionBox #hyggeboxreview #hygge #hyggelife #hyggeliving #SubscriptionBoxReview #MamaintheNow

Hygge Box Review: Give the Gift of Hygge

Thank you, Hygge Box for sending me your Deluxe Hygge Box in return for my honest review. The opinions stated in this post are 100% mine.  Hygge Box Review: Give the Gift of Hygge It is said, one of the greatest gifts of all is the gift of time. How about giving the gift of hygge? I would View Post

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Instilling confidence and raising happy children is a challenge. The Danish way of parenting. Positive parenting tips. Parenting tips to raise happy and confident children. A growth mindset in parenting is important when raising confident kids. #TheDanishWay #PositiveParenting #Growthmindset #ConfidentKids #HappyKids #MamaintheNow

Raise Happy and Confident Children, The Danish Way

What IS the Danish Way? “I just want him to be happy!”, how many times have you as a parent thought that about your child? From a parenting perspective, “happiness” is the greatest measure of success. Every single day we are a faced with opportunities to thoroughly screw up our kids, but at the View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Hygge, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Reviews, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: Danish, family, Happiness, Kids, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, review

Add hygge to your living room with these easy DIY tips. Hygge living room inspiration. Hygge decor inspiration. Hygge lifestyle inspiration. Easy DIY hygge decor. #Hygge #Hyggehome #HyggeInspiration #Hyggelife #Livingroom #LivingroomDecor #MamaintheNow

The Best Hygge Inspiration for Your Living Room

Hygge living room inspiration for YOU: So, life is stressful. That’s not new or profound, and I didn’t really expect to knock your socks off with that statement, however, wait for it.  Here’s the profound part – you can knock a lot of the stress out of life, by bringing hygge into your View Post

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The 100 best random acts of kindness for kids. RAOK for kids. Random acts of kindness for families. 100 ways to spread kindness. Teach your kids kindness, empathy and generosity with these 100 awesome acts of kindness. #RAOK #RAOKForKids #RandomActsofKindness #Parenting #TeachingKidsKindness #RaisingKindKids #mamaintheNow

The 100 Best Random Acts of Kindness for Kids

Random Acts of Kindness for Kids “Mama, do you know what day it is on Wednesday?” Jansen, with his toothless grin looked at me with suspense in his voice. He’s our first grader. Our old soul. He’s the kid who gives me a well-timed hug when I am having a bad day or he picks yellow flowers on the View Post

Filed Under: Hygge, Life Style, Motherhood, Parenting Tagged With: friends, Happiness, health, live in the now, special needs

The most awesome Hot Cocoa recipes for winter hygge. Hygge and hot chocolate go hand in hand. Get the best hot chocolate recipes for hygge here. Coziness and hygge with the most awesome hot cocoa recipes for families. Hot cocoa recipes for adults and winter hygge. #Hygge #HotChocolate #HotCocoa #HotCocoaForKids #HotCocoaForAdults #MamaintheNow

The Most Awesome Hot Cocoa Recipes for Winter Hygge

What is Winter Hygge? So, I don’t think it’s really possible to talk about winter hygge without considering, if you will, hot cocoa.  The very idea of a warm, decadent, rich drink that comforts you down to your toes is pretty much the embodiment of hygge.  Add a couple of your favorite View Post

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How to add hygge to your Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day crafts for the romantic. Bring coziness, mindfulness and happiness to your Valentine's Day celebration. Danish happiness. Hygge crafts for a beautiful Valentine's day. Valentine's Day crafts. #Valentinesday #Hygge #MamaintheNow #ValentinesDayHygge #ValentinesdayCrafts

How to Add Hygge to Your Valentine’s Day

How to hygge on Valentine's Day We’ve been talking about hygge for a bit now, and how hygge is about coziness, feeling comfortable, no-stress and simply an overall feeling of satisfaction and contentment.  Valentine’s Day is another excellent opportunity to light some candles, snuggle on the View Post

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New Year's Eve hygge without stress. Stress free New Year's eve ideas for the whole family. Family friendly New Year's eve ideas. Hygge for the whole family. #hygge #NYE #NewYearsEve #KidFriendlyNewYearsEve #StressFreeNewYearsEve #StressFreeNYE #MamaintheNow

All the Stress-Free New Years Hygge Ideas You Need

Instead of a stress-filled New Year's eve, focus on your family and hygge! Get all the stress-free New Year's hygge ideas you need right here! Hygge at New Year's  Can you believe another year is almost over? It seems like just yesterday we were ringing in the new year! This year, try View Post

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prAna Winter Clothes review. Comfortable and stylish clothes for busy moms. Clothes to hygge in and run around town. #prAna #prAna4Winter #MomStyle #OOTD #MomFashion #PranaReview #hygge #Momlife #motherhood #mamainthenow #ad

How to Pick the Best Hygge Clothes for Winter

This post is sponsored by prAna. I received free clothes in return for my honest opinion about their product. All opinions stated here are 100% mine.  We Need Hygge Clothes - NOW! Growing up in Denmark, we were told “there’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing,” which in View Post

Filed Under: Hygge, Life Style, Motherhood, Reviews

How to Enjoy More Holiday Hygge Without More Stress. Christmas hygge and stress-free family fun. Enjoy Thanksgiving, Christmas and the winter holidays without stress, but with lots of hygge. Family time, holiday memories without breaking the bank. #Hygge #Christmas #Holidays #HolidayFun #FamilyTime #HolidayHygge #ChristmasHygge #Family #Stressfree

How to Enjoy More Holiday Hygge Without More Stress

In Search of More Holiday Hygge and Less Stress A few years ago, I needed to read this article. Our little family of six went on our first Disney cruise just a few days before Christmas, along with my in-laws, my husband’s brother, his wife and their two girls. Wait, what is hygge? And why do I View Post

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