Dear mama, do you feel like you are on autopilot, overwhelmed, and losing passion for your life? How would it change things if you decided to SHOW UP FOR YOUR LIFE? You know, the life you DO have. I want to give you some guidance and strategies to help you do this. This is PART … Read more
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Overwhelm in motherhood is often part of the role. There is so much to keep track of, manage, plan for, do. When we feel overwhelmed we often think we are doing something wrong, or we need to try harder, or our life is just too hard. Often the overwhelm causes us to stress and act … Read more
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The first time I heard about scarcity and abundance mindset it was explained through the Leah and Rachel story in the bible. They were sisters, one was ‘form’ and one was ‘function’. It seems whenever there is more than one sister, people apply this subconscious scale to them and rate who was blessed with the … Read more
Ways to simplify momlife is part two of the wrap up for the You Can Simplify Your Life series. Did you miss part one? Listen to 5 things that make my life simpler. Simple Life There are so many demands on our resources (time, space, energy, money)—this makes it feel like our life is not … Read more
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I wanted to wrap up my You Can Simplify Your Life series with things that make my life simpler. Simple Life Living simple and on purpose is a very personalized thing. It means taking the time to find out what simple looks and feels like to you. It means setting your own vision and values … Read more
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Answering a reader question: What you do when you feel like you want to cry, feel you’re not doing what you plan to do? All your plans are a disaster? Your children are not listening or following the rules? In this episode I will answer this question and discuss the following points: How our … Read more
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When I got into the world of ‘Mommy Blogging’ it was easy to swim in the pool of writing and reading about parenting. After all, with two toddlers at sixteen months apart I had a permanent stool at the swim-up bar in the parenting pool. And I wasn’t leaving. Not even to pee. Cause really, … Read more
I’ve been admiring new babies of my friends both online and offline. It really does seem like so long ago that my youngest, Dawson (now 4.5), was keeping me up through the night – but also not that long ago at all. I see these moms smile and I can remember how much energy it … Read more
Anxiety in motherhood took over my parenting, my marriage and my happiness I came across this really interesting article. It lists five types of mothering styles: perfectionist(she is hypercritical and controlling), unpredictable (she parents based on the mood she’s in), best friend (she avoids taking on the ‘parent’ role), me-first (her kid’s job is to make her ‘shine’) and … Read more
We all have a vision of the mother we will be. Then we have kids. No matter how many kids we have or how close together, I think we all experience this deviation from what we hoped for as mothers and what we become. WHEN DID I STOP ENJOYING MY KIDS? In my case, I … Read more