Lorle is the voice for family that says: “YES we can do it.” YES, we can have a simple, joyful, meaningful family life - despite the challenges we face today in our dizzybusy lives. YES, we can be successful at work and be great parents, too. YES, we can have it all - without driving ourselves crazy or neglecting our health. And, it’s easier than we think…because it’s not about doing more. It’s about doing less, and doing the right things. Read more about Lorle...
Lorle Campos: author, speaker, happyhome coach, CEO of Once Upon a Family, mother of 5
Lorle's happyhome Blog Tips, tools and tales about family life
The truth about children: They really are uncivilized little beings, whose main objective is to find ways to get what they want. And that’s normal. We expect them to pop out of the womb with a built-in sense of what’s right and wrong, and we are often disappointed, shocked and embarrassed when our precious little ones begin to hit, bite, lie and steal....Read more...
Families want to spend quality time together and are looking for fun, yet meaningful activities that can help them connect. Since once-a-week Family Fun Night is one of our five happyhome habits, we wanted to provide parents with one great activity each week that delivers not just fun, but ways to connect, teach values, build traditions and create memories. Five great benefits in one simple activity. Learn more...
Five Things
You Should Know About Family Life
1. Family is in serious decline and it’s hurting our kids. Parents are busy and distracted, grandparents live far away, and kids are glued to their computers and cell-phones. Everyone is feeling stressed, disconnected and unhappy, including our children. They desperately need a strong family foundation to counterbalance all that. But it’s not there. So, it’s no wonder that drug and alcohol abuse continues to rise on college campuses, as well as depression and suicide – the very things we try so hard to protect our children from. Learn more...
Receive our Five-in-One Family Fun email beginning in April: Give your loved ones the five most important things they need to be happy and successful in life: loving connections, strong family values, meaningful traditions, happy holiday memories and lots of fun – all wrapped up into one simple activity that relates to the holiday of the month. Learn more...
Check out Lorle’s latest interview on Women's Day Radio - RadioWD's "Now We're Talkin" - available as an iTunes Podcast, and print out her DO’s and DON’Ts for Successful Step-Parenting.
Our first happyhome Helper -NAGTAGS - is now available for download. They can be purchased for $3.95. Watch for more happyhome Helpers to come: Twice As Nice Dice, The Detox Box, Manners Matter, The Bored Board, and Joy In a Jar.
Our First happyhome Helper is available! Tired of nagging your kids to pick up their toys, clothes and towels off the floor? Tired of watching them do mean things and call each other names? Tired of hearing them whine and complain and argue because they’re bored and have nothing better to do? Then happyhome Helpers is exactly what you need. Just walk around the house with a NAG TAG in your hand (and a smile on your face) and watch your kids scurry to pick things up and put them away. It’s amazing!
A happyhome is more than a place to live. It's the
quality of connection we have with others that makes us feel "at home"
no matter where we are... Learn more
The happyhome habits make it easy for us to give our families what they need with less effort and less stress. They are based on the "protective factors" that decades of research tell us will protect our families from the negative influences in our lives. Read more…
Take our simple happyhome Personality Test and find out how you naturally want to connect with your family.
