Author Archives: Julie Lyles Carr

So, Michael and I never fight. Except, you know, every other Wednesday or so. And then sometimes on Mondays. With an occasional Tuesday thrown in. And a handful of Thursdays and Fridays. With the odd ...

Let's just chalk this up to the weirdest summer ever, right? We can help you make the summer outdoors part of your bucket list. Here is a little something to give you a headstart! It might be weird th...

Julie Lyles Carr sits down with Kimberly Iglesias to chat about the differences they experience in raising children because of race.

Five daughters. I have five daughters. That's a lot of girl products, friend. That's a whole lot of training bras and nail polish and Barbies. Through the years, there have been numerous iterations of...

I love personality styles. Not that I always love dealing with certain personality styles. But boy do I find the different ways people respond, the variety of things that make people tick, absolutely ...

Left to my own, I tend to be a big picture kind of girl. Thirty-thousand foot kind of thinker. Broad swashes of the planning brush. I'm your girl if you want help knocking down a wall to open up your ...

I don't know exactly when it started. Maybe it was that morning show radio gig that I sort of accidentally landed. Or the subsequent television news contract that followed. I suddenly found myself in ...

I've got a little gift for you. Something to give you a little hope that cozy conditions are coming. It was a long, hot summer here in Austin, Texas, which has been followed by a hot fall. We've barel...

Julie and daughter McKenna-Jane sit down to talk homeschooling. McKenna was homeschooled her entire school career. Hear what worked well & what could have been better.

I've been spending a fair amount of time on Google Maps lately. Trying to remember from high school the conversion of kilometers to miles. Getting surprised that even the mighty Google can't figure ou...