My daughter was born when I was 21-years old and I had all the energy in the world. The lack of sleep was bad, but didn’t throw me into the zombie-like trance I found myself in constantly when I had my son at 35. I had never felt my age until then. I was fortunate…
Category: Mindset
Creating a Vision Board {and sticking to it}
I’m a sucker for a good self-help book… The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People You Are a Badass The Last Lecture 10% Happier Grace, Not Perfection A Simplified Life Miracle Morning I Am That Girl I can keep going. I’m pretty sure I keep Amazon in business on my self-help book purchases alone. There’s…
Habits of Happy Moms
We take care of a lot of things as mothers and usually taking care of ourselves is not something close to the top of the list. When we are happier, we are better mothers! We all know that children are capable of picking up on our habits, so we might as well show them good…
Me Time, What’s that?
As a busy stay-at-home mom, who runs her household, blog, and Etsy store, life can be pretty hectic. Being a wife, mom, and friend; I seem to have always put everyone before myself because I thought that is what it took to make those in my life happy. But at the end of the day,…
A New Spin on New Years Resolutions
On the first day of the year, every single year, social media becomes littered with “new year, new me” posts. Resolutions to lose weight, exercise, quit smoking or drinking, go to the gym, stop procrastinating, etc. If you can think of it, someone out there is promising not to do it anymore this year. Everyone…
5 Tips to Reach Your Weight Loss Goals this Year
The new year is finally here although many of us don’t want to believe it. That means another year older and new goals that must be set. But I think one goal that is always consistent, is to have better health. I know, I know, you don’t want to think about getting healthier, but none…
Bad Moms Christmas: The Meaning Behind it All
The holidays are a time filled with joy, laughter, and family. They’re also super stressful, hectic, and there’s lots of build up to Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, then it just fizzles out, but you’re left picking up the pieces {or cleaning up the mess} the week after. I recently saw Bad Moms Christmas with…
SMART Goals {resolutions} for the New Year!
It’s that time of year… time to make goals for 2018. If you’re anything like me, you might set your sights a little too high. But this year will be different, this year I’ll switch up how I set my goals. My goals will be SMART {like really SMART}. No more, ‘I will eat healthy…
Mom Feelings: When do I feel like me again?
Hormones. During your pregnancy, you’re just pumped with hormones. The same hormones cause you to freak out about things that you might not have given a rat’s *butt* about pre-baby. But if someone calls you out on being, “hormonal,” you lose it. {Nope, only I can say I’m hormonal buddy.} But that goes away, right?…
Mom Bod Got You Down?
Mom bod. That’s a thing now. Remember the Dad bod craze? Yeah, that time it was cool to have a beer belly and non-defined pecs. I see you, Leo. {I’ll never let go}. Per usual, guys can get away with the Dad bod, but Moms are kinda given a look like {aww… she hasn’t gotten…