Behind Our Red Door

Sharing our family life and lessons learned as we raise 3 little kids in the Midwest.

How to Prep Your Home to Sell (Quickly)

Selling your home can be so stressful! And so emotional. Here's a list of some of the steps we took to get our home on the market and sold in a hurry. It's not a comprehensive list, but it definitely highlights what we focused on—and our home sold in six days. ☺️ First things first, get out your list of home projects that you’ve had for years and knock that out. This is the saddest part of ... read more

Friday Five: 1.31.20

I’ll start off by saying that my goodness am I excited to flip the calendar from January to February. It has been such a long, snowy month! That being said, I’m very grateful to have spent part of it in Florida, much of it snuggled up inside our home doing Sudoku, and a little of it celebrating our wedding and dating anniversaries. ☺️ After far too long, here are five things that I’ve been ... read more

The Biggest, Best News Ever

It has been a long 15 weeks of being oh so secretive with you, my friends. I chose to avoid social media altogether because I’m so bad at holding in exciting news—especially since this big time, life-changing, amazing news came midway through my #SelfCareSeptember journey. Trying to conceive 100% contributed to all of the stress, anxiety, and social pressure I was feeling that pushed me to ... read more

The Hardest Thing Is To Stay In Our Bodies + Face the Hard Stuff

I recently listened to a podcast that spun my life upside down. It was the “Sober Curious: A New Way to Think About Our Relationship with Alcohol with Ruby Warrington” episode of the Almost 30 Podcast. I’ll say right now that this isn’t a post about how I’ve stopped enjoying craft cocktails and wine–I haven’t–but this podcast made me really think about what I use to escape my world for a bit. ... read more

Guest Post: a Therapist’s Take on the Popularity of Therapy + Self Care

There’s this idea held by some that therapy is for the weak, the vulnerable, or the overly-sensitive individuals who can’t accept that life is hard. [insert collective sigh] The stigma of having a mental health illness has been shamed and looked down upon throughout history, and only recently have people started to publicly be comfortable with the idea that seeing a therapist could help them feel ... read more