Tag: stress
I Feel Like a Punching Bag
My husband planned a work trip the week before winter break. While I understood the purpose of the trip, the second he told me...
Eliminating Overwhelm in the “Ber” Months
Call me crazy, but as soon as the calendar hits the “ber” months, my heart starts to race. Excitement, anxiety, fear, anticipation - yep,...
5 Ways To Kick the Back to School Stress
We all know the feeling. You're minding your sweet, summer-lovin' business, cruising through Target to refill on sunscreen and popsicles. When suddenly, out of...
Working From Home Saved My Career
I have a career in healthcare, and about six years into my career; I started to feel the burnout. I worked from the office...
Learning That Good Enough Is More Than Enough
Motherhood is hard. Wonderful, rewarding, terrible, challenging, and all-consuming. It is more than a full-time job on its own. And listing the rest of...
When You Dread the Holiday Season
I hate the last sixty-one days of the year. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the festive spirit as much as the next girl...
How Baking Helps Me Be a Better Mother
I grew up with a mom who was a pretty good baker. She always made a special holiday Chex-Mix and homemade poppy seed bread...
Tips for Air Travel in Summer 2022
We have all seen the news reports about post-covid air travel, the photos of hundreds of missing bags in airports, and heard the nightmare...
I Can’t Do It All- How I Told My Husband I...
It’s never the big things that push us over the edge. Why is that? It’s always the smallest, most trivial thing- socks next to...
My Husband Was Depressed and I Didn’t Know It
"What happened?" I found myself asking. My husband and I were newlyweds. The man I had fallen in love with was kind, outgoing, hilarious,...
Change is Hard But We Can Do Hard Things: 3 Simple...
When I was a little girl, we had a painting in the entryway. Every day I came home from school, put my backpack on...
Trust Your Gut: Just Say “No”
If my twenty-month-old were my life coach, her motto would be simple: Say “No”
There are lots of ways of repeating this mantra, according to...
Tonight I Lost My Cool
Tonight, I lost my cool.
I cracked, and I yelled. I let what should have been a routine task grow into a giant dark cloud...
You’re In Survival Mode, And That’s Okay.
You're in survival mode.
This is for the mom that hasn't had a good night's sleep in 3 months. The one struggling with a teething...