Self-awareness is an important part of parenting. I believe that knowing, understanding, and accepting ourselves is key to being thriving mothers. In my new book, The Gift of a Happy Mother, I admit, “If introversion were on a sliding...
I’ve been thinking a lot about joy lately. After dealing with a bout of depression in 2016, I decided I wanted to wear joy like a suit of armor. I wanted my children to remember the sound of my laughter. I wanted them to remember my smile. I knew...
*I am so pleased to welcome Rachel Macy Stafford to the blog today! She is the NYT bestselling author of Hands Free Mama and Hands Free Life. Her new book, Only Love Today, will be released on March 7th. See the bottom of this post to find out...
My children are now 10 and 8. The baby days are long gone. I can no longer pick them up. I’ll never carry them on my hip again. I miss it. But this season is beautiful, too. They’re amazing to watch as they transform into young men a little...
I’ve been feeling off-center for the last few days. There is an uneasy feeling lying heavy on my chest, and through my journaling this morning, I figured out what it was. It’s the feeling of being less than. Less than the mom whose...
I’ve taught my children many, many things in my decade of parenting, but the lessons they’ve taught me are far greater and more valuable than I ever expected. In a bizarre twist, it turns out that my children have, indeed, been my greatest...
Connecting with the Child In Front of You, Even When It’s Hard to Do Guest post by Casey O’Roarty of Joyful Courage All they want is you. I talk, read, write a lot about this. Parenting all comes back to relationship. I know what...
Photo Credit: CREATIVE CHILD MAGAZINE “In our happiest of childhood memories, our parents were happy, too.” – Robert Brault I’ve been thinking about happiness a lot lately. As parents, we often think about how to raise children who are happy and...
Photo credit: Creative Child Magazine Rarely do I hear from parents who have tried the positive parenting approach and felt it wasn’t working. Most often, moms and dads tell me that it transformed their relationships and that their children...
Parenting is extremely complex, but we’ve tried for a long time to simplify it into discipline choices. We’re told if we discipline a certain way, our kids will learn good behavior and ultimately turn out just fine. But parenting is...
He was sitting in time-out again, tears streaming down his face, his eyes cast downward, and his chin quivering. His body was only feet away from me, but his heart was completely out of reach. I had won the battle, but at what cost? I wielded my...
Photo Credit: Creative Child Magazine Dear Mom Who Is Too Hard On Yourself, It’s shocking, isn’t it? Motherhood. The way it stretches not only your body, but your mind and spirit, too. It stretches your ideas, your judgements, your dreams, and...
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