After close to a decade of being a mom, I realize that the times I enjoy parenting most is when I am nurturing and taking care of myself - not leaving my needs until last. As we head into a new year it feels like a natural time for evaluating how we've been living, what we want for ourselves and [...]Continue Reading
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Feel Better Faster – Using Emotions as a Map to the Best Self Care
Are you in a rut of feeling bad? You know you need to do something...but what? When you're feeling bad it can be hard to tell what self-care you need, and when we don't know what to do it's too easy to stay miserable and do nothing. You're busy taking care of kids, house, work and the dog for [...]Continue Reading
Take Care of Yourself – 3 ways to nurture your soul when you’re parenting on empty
I am more than tired - I'm mothering on empty, a bowl scoured clean; a fire burned to ashes. And yet there's still more to do. Then, of course, I get a cold and wind up having to back out of commitments and rest as best I can just in order to do the basic tasks of taking care of a family. It [...]Continue Reading
Feeling grumpy all the time? 6 Health Checks To Do
Do you feel like you constantly have PMS? If you've taken a look at your anger triggers, and are still feeling perplexed by where all your anger is coming from, you may need to look at your own health. As a mom it's easy to forget to take care of yourself at the best of times, and when [...]Continue Reading
