Tag: motherhood

Whether the trip is long or short, traveling with kids is exhausting. There is a reason people say there is a difference between a...

The comparison-fatigue-death trap of social media can be a serious bummer. Clearly, everyone is having the perfect summer. Their children are smiling through beach...

For the last month or so, I have felt “off.” It hasn’t been because of anything specific being wrong or any one thing that...

As an early childhood professional, I love messy, process art. As a working mom, I need manageable, easy-to-clean art. Over the years, I have...

My daughter is doing 4-H for the first time this year. I never did 4-H, and neither did my husband. We knew nothing about...

This summer marks five years since I decided to leave full-time work. As I contemplated stepping away from the workforce, I was scared and...

Decide once: my favorite principle out of my very favorite self-help book, The Lazy Genius Way.  There are so many ways you can apply...

"It’s all too much." Over the past few years, I’ve caught myself repeatedly saying some version of this sentence while waving my hands around...

Ugly truth: Most moms aren’t burned out because they’re doing too much. They’re burned out because they never truly stop. We’ve confused productivity, connection,...

For many parents deep in the trenches of raising children, there are moments when parenting feels nothing short of hard. The truth is that...

A couple of months ago, I bought a $15 rainbow-themed visual timer for my 6-year-old daughter as a practical solution to a very specific...

We did not stumble into teaching our kids about money by accident. We heard about the three‑jar system from friends, nodded along as most...

“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother...

It's no secret that being a parent is deeply difficult work. Beautiful and rewarding, yes, but also exhausting, confusing, and confronting work. While I...