Renee Warren
41 Tips to Better Sleep: A list for powerhouse ...

Running a business and managing a family is like having two fulltime jobs but on steroids. It’s a 24-hour ordeal and something you can’t put a snooze button to. I understand this all too well. 

Having two babies (11-months apart), launching two businesses and moving twice, all in two years, I sure lost my fair share of sleep. What I didn’t know where many of these 41 tips (damn I wished I had!). Hopefully, there are a few things in here that will help you get a better sleep starting tonight!

41 Tips to Better Sleep: A list for powerhouse women
Renee Warren
 9 Brilliant Tips for Better Work-Life ...

Balance. What is it really?

Some say it's an even split between working and everything that comes after it. Well, as a parent, your 9-5 doesn't stop once you clock-out. Nope. You merely put on another hat called Mom. This job arguably more complicated and more important than the one that pays you (have we uncovered the ROI of parenting yet?), seemingly takes away from the balance we think we need. What if I told you that being a mom IS balance? Sure it's hard, and your days are often filled with bullshit from colleagues and then kid-shit in diapers, but this is life! Embrace. Enjoy. Rejoice. It only gets easier.

While I often cringe at the term work-life 'balance,' I use it in this post because it's one that most people recognize. My go-to name is work-life integration (pssst, if you haven't seen our Integrated Life video yet, then you should.) Why 'integration'? Because it's the art of incorporating and unifying all facets of your life; mind, body, career, relationships, and spirituality. The all mesh into one another, are rarely ever balanced and is why I think integration is a more fitting word.  

 9 Brilliant Tips for Better Work-Life Balance
Renee Warren
Top 9 Coding Apps and Games for Kids

There was a time when coding was new and unexplored by those other than the nerds in the back room. As the years have progressed, coding skills have become more important and needed. It had to because it has increasingly become an integral part of our lives. As more apps and platforms are being developed, the need for even more experienced developers is becoming apparent. 

Screentime is still essential because it gives kids a creative outlet to build, learn logic and sequencing, and expand their minds. It’s also a universal skill and comes with no bias or preconceived notions. More importantly, it is something that is taught to kids as young as three! I know this because I had my boys playing around with coding apps as soon as we let them on an iPad. 

Since coding is one of the most desirable skills for the future, it’s time to rethink your screentime approach and consider some educational programs for your kids. 



Top 9 Coding Apps and Games for Kids
Renee Warren
When You Know Better, You Do Better

I remember the morning so clearly. I was brewing my husband and me coffee while he was making breakfast, and I asked him about a business thing he was planning. He replied that he wasn't doing it anymore, which really surprised me. 

"But why?" I asked. "You've been talking about this for a while." 

He replied, "New information."

With his experience and now new knowledge, he realized that this endeavor was not going to help his business grow and in fact, it was going to be more of a distraction than anything. He knew better. 

When You Know Better, You Do Better
Renee Warren
Secret Hacks Entrepreneur Parents use to Manage ...

It’s very common for entrepreneur parents to feel guilty if they are unable to dedicate time for their kids, especially during the week. Societal norms, conditioning and the constant need to be the best at everything puts pressure on high performers to be present and to spend the right amount of time with their loved ones. 


The guilt and the lack of being present make us search for the best tips and advice we can find to function properly as business owners and parents. Undertunely there is no silver bullet. It’s a lot of constant testing and tweaking routines and systems, and experimenting with different parenting approaches to find a solution that works at the time. What works now for your family won’t work for you in a few months or years down the road. Schedules change and with that means a change in routine.

Secret Hacks Entrepreneur Parents use to Manage their Family

How to Overcome Mom Guilt as an Entrepreneur Parent

How to Overcome Mom Guilt as an Entrepreneur Parent

When my oldest was born, I had these intense episodes of anxiety. I was worried to be alone with him and quite frankly didn't even want him. I thought of all the ways I could give him up or give him away but would be quickly brought back to reality with his cries and coos for attention.

Don't get me wrong, I loved him and wanted him to be healthy and happy and respected -- and that’s where my doubt stepped in. Doubt that I could even be a great mother to him. All these preconceived notions of what made up a great mother overwhelmed me. I didn't think I had it in me, the pressure to be perfect was astronomical and exhausting. I didn't eat, I didn't sleep, therefore I didn't produce enough milk so breastfeeding was a complete nightmare. And while all this was happening, I didn't even see that my husband was also stressed about raising a child and running his new startup. And to top it off, I still had my own agency with clients and employees to manage. Like f*ck.

9 Steps to Creating an Epic Routine

9 Steps to Creating an Epic Routine

The idea of routine scares most people. I hear it all the time “It's boring,” or “I can’t commit so why bother?”, or “I’ll start tomorrow,” which leads to never starting at all.

But the most successful people in the world have a routine, one that works for them, that they crave and that makes them epic (read: successful). So if an efficient routine is one of the common denominators for success in life, then why the hell don’t you have one for yourself?!

How to Teach Your Kids to Meditate

How to Teach Your Kids to Meditate

It was the end of the day, and he was tired and hungry. Coming home from a long day at school and afterschool daycare depleted him. He had no patience, no need for more stimulation and was undoubtedly ready for dinner.

But dinner was not ready, and there was still homework to do.

“Honey, please take off your coat, empty your lunch kit and wash your hands,” I said as I always do the moment he walks through the door.

“NO! I don’t love you. You’re stupid!” He mutters.

“We don’t say those things. Please just do those few things quickly and then we can sit and practice our letters” I explain.

“NO...that’s stupid!” he screams, then runs off to his room.

How to Fly with Toddlers

How to Fly with Toddlers

My oldest son has been on over 100 flights to date (he’s 6). I stopped counting at 60, so this is my best guess.

When our second son Noah joined us, we didn’t stop travelling. It got 80% more difficult, yet we still persevered.

We thought one toddler was a handful. Imagine two?! The first time we travelled across the continent as a family the boys were 1 and 2 years old. Likely the WORST age to travel. Despite the craziness, we managed to log several thousand miles and hundreds of hours in airports and on planes. Malcolm Gladwell would say we are experts at this now, so I thought I’d share our travel tips.