{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Handling It... When Life is Anything But Simple","description":" Six kids home for summer, a pilgrimage to France, a schooling decision on a deadline, and a Goodwill trip that produced an accidental gel bead gun. Sterling Jaquith walks through what's actually on her plate right now and shows the move that keeps her calm in the middle of it: stop trying to engineer a simple life, simplify your thinking instead.  WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE:  Why &quot;just live simply&quot; advice usually comes from people holding very different cards than you The Summer of Kindness experiment after one week (and why Peter prayed for it out loud) How to feel real frustration in your body without making it mean something has gone wrong The decisions and uncertainties Sterling is actively sitting with this June \u2014 including her own food struggle   EPISODE TIMELINE:  [00:00] \u2013 Why a &quot;simple life&quot; is the wrong goal for most moms [06:00] \u2013 The Goodwill trip, the gel bead gun, and weighing risk against sparkles [14:00] \u2013 Summer of Kindness update \u2014 what's working one week in [22:00] \u2013 France pilgrimage, French class, and Catholic Finishing School kickoff [30:00] \u2013 The schooling decision Sterling has to close the loop on [36:00] \u2013 Why her thinking is simple even when her life isn't  LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED: &amp;nbsp;   Summer of Kindness -  Family script  Summer of Kindness Calendar -&amp;nbsp;Template Link Calm Catholic Kids (Kindness stories coming June 10th):&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/calmcatholickids.com Good Mom Summer at Catholic Mom Calm: https:\/\/catholicmomcalm.com  France Pilgrimage (age opened up \u2014 reach out if interested): https:\/\/catholicmomcalm.com\/france  Summer French class for girls (coupon code: Calm50):  https:\/\/canafeast.com\/frenchclass  Catholic Finishing School: www.catholicfinishingschool.com\/  Rack-O Jr. board game: https:\/\/amzn.to\/4akdGQn  Spirograph kit: https:\/\/amzn.to\/43jNh1m  Modest long-sleeve bathing suit dress: https:\/\/amzn.to\/4dTVHCL The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher: https:\/\/amzn.to\/43fIVbw   CONNECT WITH STERLING JAQUITH:   Website: www.catholicmomcalm.com  Follow on Instagram www.instagram.com\/catholicmomcalm\/  ","author_name":"Catholic Mom Calm","author_url":"http:\/\/www.catholicmomcalm.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41559455\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/202695520"}