Enriched Family Founder, Esha Clearfield, featured in VoyageAustin Magazine

I’m honored and thrilled to be featured in VoyageAustin Magazine ✨ Thank you! Head over to VoyageAustin to read about how my experience attempting to balance my professional life and early parenthood inspired me to make a career pivot from public policy consulting to founding my small business, Enriched Family. I talk about my background, my challenging road to parenthood (including endometriosis and miscarriage), what inspired me to start Enriched Family, and why I love supporting busy, professional parents.

Enriched Family Back-to-School and Work Special Feature

Back-to-school is upon us. Many of you parents may also be returning to the office for the first time since the pandemic. Given all of these new beginnings in the very specific time period of an ongoing pandemic, I wanted to create a special "Back-to-School & Office" blog post as I understand this transition may be a bit bumpy for us all. A key way that our family eases transition anxiety is through preparation and organization. I hope the Enriched Family Back-to-School and Back-to-Office Checklists are helpful to your family. Not all the steps will apply, particularly if your kiddos are starting out remote, but hopefully the checklists are good templates that you can adjust to your family’s needs. I have also highlighted a few Enriched Family blog posts from years past that will be helpful during this time of transition. Pick and choose what is relevant to you today …. Finally, check out the Enriched Family Quick Picks and the special discount on services we are running in August and September.

Happy Entrepreneurship Day and Enriched Family Turns 3!

Happy National Entrepreneur’s Day! Shout out to all the small business owners out there. I see you. 2020 has been hard. Pivot seems to be the word of the year in the entrepreneurial world and I’ve been doing a lot of pivoting at Enriched Family. My baby business also turns three this month. Thanks to all of you for believing in and supporting this labor of love…

Parents: Enriched Family is here for you!

Miss y’all! Enriched Family is here for you and your family. We will continue to provide resources and tips to support parents & families as we navigate our new normal in the short- and long-term. In addition, all Enriched Family services continue to be offered — remotely for now. Please reach out if I can help support you with time blocking your schedule; productivity coaching & strategies so you can still get your work done in this craziness; developing family schedules and systems; establishing work zones in your home; or general family organization.

As I know firsthand how hard it is for parents right now, Enriched Family is offering 25% off all services — the biggest discount we have ever offered — during the months of April and May 2020. For the special rate, services do not have to be used by the end of May 2020, just purchased (you could purchase a package of hours that would not expire until a year after the shelter-in-place order is lifted in the Austin area). Enriched Family also offers a free, 20-minute initial phone consultation to discuss matching your needs and priorities with our services. So please reach out and let’s talk about how I can help!

October 2019 Kid and Family Activities in Austin

Oh, hello October! Is time moving super fast or am I just trying to keep up?! At a certain point I just had to stop and wrap up this blog post as October is one of those months in Austin when there are so many fun, family-friendly events happening. Get out there and enjoy the slightly cooler weather (predictions of 80-something degrees! I will gladly take it.) with your families. Hope Enriched Family's roundup of kid and family activities gives you lots of ideas to fill your family calendar.

Boredom Busters: Summer Engagement Ideas for Kids - Part II

Last summer I did a blog post on Boredom Busters to give parents some additional summer engagement ideas for their kids. As it was well received, I thought I would do a Part II this summer. Entering the tail end of July, I have definitely started to hear more of a chorus of: “Mom, I’m bored.” And when my kids are bored, they tend to get cranky and more prone to poor choices and behaviors. To help support them and my mental sanity, I made a new list of Boredom Busters. Below is the list of ideas I created for my family; I hope it is helpful to yours as well. As always, take what seems like it will work for your unique family, modify as needed, and forget the rest. While most of these ideas require some degree of parental involvement, many of the steps can be done independently once you set your kids up for the activity.

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