Connecting hearts through love and laughter.

Conversations are the roots of relationships

Welcome! We are a family who inspires others to make heart connections in friendships and relationships. And we like to laugh (a lot)!

We want to help you create a legacy of love in your family and friendships. We share a multi-generational mission to encourage foundations of faith, friendship, and family. And a little more lightheartedness for the places that weigh us down. We are a family of authors who value relationships over who is right, authenticity over assumptions, and words that uplift the spirit and the heart.

We hope you feel a little more connected to someone who’s a lot like you and that you feel encouraged when you’re here!

Connecting Hearts and Conversations: Connecting Hearts through Love and Laughter

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.

– Proverbs 17:22 (NLT)

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Connecting Hearts and Conversations: The Family of Authors — Clockwise from bottom left: Dr. Helen McIntosh, Calyn Daniel, William Daniel, & Blythe Daniel

A Family of Authors

Though our family didn’t plan on writing together, we are three generations looking at life, love, and laughter in our unique ways. We’ve had conversations with each other to better understand each other and our family dynamics and the roles we play, and we simply want to encourage others as we’ve learned to listen, connect, love and laugh in deeper ways.

Blythe Daniel is the head chef in the kitchen, stirring up ideas. Her mom, Helen McIntosh, provides the right ingredients with years of experience helping others draw closer to each other. Calyn Daniel is our chief recipe collector! She knows what works and has a knack for saying things just like they are – no fluff. Her twin William Daniel is our chief taste tester and helps our words taste better when he says “that could sound like this”. Together, we bring sentiments to season your conversations with grace.

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Books

“If you have ever thought, ‘I wish I knew how to really talk to my mom, to my daughter,’ Mended will be a gift. So often we allow years to pass, stuck in misunderstanding and brokenness simply because we don’t know what to do or what to say. Mended will give you a place to begin.”

Sheila Walsh, author of It’s Okay Not To Be Okay

“Never again will you have to buy your mom a greeting card that says, ‘I know I don’t tell you enough how much I love you…’. I Love You, Mom! helps you express love, encouragement, exhortation, and kindness to the one who loved you first. This mother-daughter duo have written a beautiful book to help us express exactly what makes our mama’s so special.”

Amy Lively, author of How to Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird

Blog

5-Minute Refresh: Reset

Time to reset. A moment to refresh. Today, take a moment to notice what comes across your lips to others and how you feel when you’re in conversation with someone. Do you feel anxious or agitated? Do you have a hard time getting your words across? How can you speak with care in your voice…

Reputation of High Value

There’s something far more important for mothers than what you produce or possess. Though you can check off a long list of accomplishments and see all your hands have made, what you are remembered for is your good name. Some people see you out there in the world, but your family sees the heart of…

Steadfast

A mother is most often undone when her children are fixated on something in a store and they are at a complete standstill. Unmovable. Not wanting to follow you away from what they are laser-focused on. Perhaps their cries spill forth to match your internal ones. Their gaze is on what they want, while yours…