by Anna Heydenrych | Aug 15, 2018 | Life lessons, parenting
I want to teach them less. I have noticed that my children have a consumerist craving for more. I have a consumerist craving for more. There is just a lot going on and we are wanting what we see. We believe that more is more. More will surely result in...
by Anna Heydenrych | Aug 7, 2018 | parenting
This is so for moms like me, and I feel like there are a lot of moms like me out there. We have the best intentions, we have Pinterest boards. We can even sometimes get as far as buyings some art and craft supplies, but we are not feeling like we are winning when it...
by Anna Heydenrych | Jun 23, 2018 | interviews, parenting
We capture images that inspire recollection of moments in time. Special days like marriages and significant birthdays are recorded so that we won’t forget. We want to remember the good times, we want to recall how we were at our very best. But what about the...
by Anna Heydenrych | Jun 14, 2018 | parenting
What shall we do about screen time? I don’t know. I am caught between it will rot their brains and it’s just something that we have to embrace because it’s ‘part of the world they are growing up in.’ I mean, I don’t want my kids...
by Anna Heydenrych | May 5, 2018 | parenting
I wrote this a little while back shortly after having my second child, my daughter Raphaela. I enjoyed reading it now, a couple of years later, to remind myself of that very special (crazy) season and all of the emotions that I was going through. I think any mom who...
by Anna Heydenrych | Apr 12, 2018 | Life lessons, parenting
My son asked me yesterday, “Mom, do you like being a girl?” I like being me. I have journeyed to this point, having endured the insecurities of being an adolescent girl, the compromising, quietness of being a young grown up girl and the feisty assertiveness of being...
We want to live a slow life. A life of connection and simplicity. A life that allows us the space to assess what we really want to be spending our time and resources on. And so here we are, the Slow Down Family, working on slowing down more. We are figuring out how to apply this to all areas of our life, and how to do it while raising small children and pursing our dreams.
Follow our journey here as we share our experiences and tips on how to minimise and create space in our lives for the things that we really want to keep.