The Nick Bare Podcast 166: Life Updates, Parenting, and Social Media Detox with Stef Bare
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Mar 23, 2026 Stef Bare, creator focused on family, faith, and creative ventures, shares candid life updates. She talks about a weekend social media fast and why presence matters. Short routines, homeschooling tradeoffs, and a worship-based spin studio vision come up. Parenting seasons, creative fears around AI, and practical family rhythms are explored.
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Prioritize Presence Over Posting During Early Childhood
- Prioritize time with children by reducing online distraction; you'll regret missed presence more than missed posts.
- Stef cites the '2% years' and prefers living the moment over documenting it for social media.
Evening Prep And Sauna Create Predictable Mornings
- They follow a deliberate night routine: sauna, shower, prep lunches, small snack, then reading and early sleep.
- Stef preps lunches, uses a consistent yogurt-based bedtime snack, and aims for lights out by 9:30 PM.
One Parent Sacrifices Sleep To Protect Family Routine
- Build a morning routine where one parent sacrifices early sleep to secure peaceful family mornings and consistent workouts.
- Stef wakes at 4:30–5:00 AM for a red light session and run so Nick can wake later and handle kids.