Tag: mental health
Gentle Parenting, The Dark Side
These days we have women entering their soft life era, men and women on "healing journeys, and enter stage left, Gentle Parenting. Guidepost Montessori...
My Maternity Leave Binge Worthy TV Shows
I am a sucker for a good binge-worthy TV show. Just how people like to make you feel guilty for being a cat person,...
Enough: My 2023 Word of the Year
January is here, and with it, the impulse to draft goals and resolutions that will transform us more into the person we want to...
January Me
It happens every year. The first of November rolls around, and my social feeds, calendar, and brain are flooded with all things holiday. I...
I Want To Be Fun Again
I'm usually not one for resolutions, but I have a singular focus for 2023: I want to be fun again.
I definitely used to be...
Saying Goodbye To Resolutions
It is currently 8:07 PM on New Year’s Eve.
In prior years I would have had a laundry list of New Year's resolutions. They typically...
Google And I Need To Break Up: My Battle With Health...
When I was a child, I had some friends who found amusement in scaring me. They'd run ahead as we'd walk to the kitchen...
New Year Momtras: Resolutions And Mantras For Type A Moms
Winter holidays are over, the children have returned to school, and it's back to business as usual for moms everywhere. You're a few weeks...
Let’s Get Reading: Book Recommendations for the New Year!
With winter upon us, the holidays behind us, and that long stretch of cold before Spring arrives, we may find we have more time...
Postpartum: This I Know For Sure
Here's what I know: postpartum is this rollercoaster of chaos; one moment, you feel like you could fly and then the next, it's nothing...
My Husband Lost His Job
My husband lost his job. Before that, many changes were happening within his company, and we knew the layoff was a possibility. Possibility quickly...
Mamas, You Deserve To Be Happy
Listen up, mamas. We have been sold a lie about life. The lie is that life is hard, and we must put everyone else’s...
Please Don’t Make My Son Go Viral
Technology, specifically social media, is here to stay - whether we like it or not. Sharing information, photos, and videos with someone you know...
Permission to Abandon Holiday Burnout
“I regretfully cannot make it.”
Say it with me, “No.”
“Let’s catch up after the New Year!”
Or maybe just the classic, “Hell no! We won’t go!”...