How are you right now? Feeling well or kinda 'meh'? Or maybe you're really struggling. If you're feeling like you could use a dose of kindness, read on. When you're stressed it's easy to think things like: Now is not the time to take care of myself, I've got things to do! or: You're not doing well [...]Continue Reading
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3 Steps for Parents to Handle Ongoing Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Uncertainty is stressful, and the Coronavirus/COVID-19 definitely has a lot of us uncertain and stressed. Maybe it shows up as the urge to keep updating your feed, endlessly scrolling. Or you might find yourself almost "nesting" if that's something you're familiar with from pregnancy - trying to [...]Continue Reading
Finding Balance – Printable Weekly Journal Page
"My goal is to be more balanced."Have you ever heard this before? Or maybe said it yourself? Balance is something I chased after for years, but the definition of balance I had in mind was really unhelpful because it was unattainable. The journal prompts I'm sharing today are part of a weekly [...]Continue Reading
A Year to Clear – the slow drip way to a spacious life
Decluttering, cleaning up, organizing...For years these words have haunted and taunted me.I love order and beautiful clean spaces, but I have never in my entire life been good at creating them myself. I made strides this past year after discovering the book Smart But Scattered (you can read [...]Continue Reading
Printable – 25 Journal Prompts for Moms
There's a certain time during motherhood when it's so easy to get lost under everyone else's needs. Writing in a journal can help you find yourself again and it doesn't have to be complicated. I've found benefit even from sitting down and writing just for 10 minutes or so. I also often write in [...]Continue Reading
You can love kids from a distance – the joy of unexpected downtime
Your Mission: Find Unexpected Downtime.This article is an excerpt from my book Bounceback Parenting: A Field Guide for Creating Connection not Perfection. After getting used to the idea that we have to take care of ourselves in the most basic ways, finding unexpected opportunities for [...]Continue Reading
