"As mothers, we must learn to nourish and love ourselves with the same grace and grit we give to others."
You know that guilty feeling you get when you wish you had reacted differently after you lost your cool? Or that sadness you feel when you realize you accidentally hurt someone’s feelings or made someone feel left out? That’s the useful kind of shame. The kind that induces behavior change based on an action you […]
MoreIt’s that time of year again. Maybe you love it or maybe you hate it, but either way it’s here! When the calendar turns, we don’t exactly shift magically into new human beings for the new year, no matter how much sometimes we wish we could. While waving a magic wand and becoming the best […]
MoreYou’ll stand at the bottom of your mountain and dread the climb. You’ll make a list of how to do it. You’ll talk about it with a friend. You’ll complain about it. You’ll read about it. And if you ever get around to actually conquering it…you’ll get to the top and see 50 more mountains […]
MoreAre motherhood and sacrifice synonyms? Are they connected, co-existing, can’t have one without the other? If you don’t sacrifice yourself in some way – doesn’t that make you a bad mother? We all seem to think so. How incredibly backwards. When did we get the idea that having nothing left to give at the end […]
More“Stop comparing yourself to someone else. The ONLY person you should compare yourself to, is the person you were yesterday. SHE is your competition.” – MAH WHY are you making this harder? Your thoughts around who someone else is, what someone else has, or what you don’t have – are what is ruling your life. […]
MoreDoes the thought of setting a goal bring up feelings of anxiety, overwhelm and failure? You’re not alone. I didn’t write my goals down for the longest time because I felt like writing them down only gave me a solid opportunity to fail when I didn’t achieve them. The expectations we put on ourselves are […]
MoreFrom the day we are born into this world, we are expected to do something. While mostly out of love, expectations are still thrown at us. As we grow up our own expectations start to grow within us, based on what we see and hear from those around us. From that very first day, we […]
MoreI just want to remind you that you are doing enough. You are enough. Pleasing everyone is impossible. Did you read that? It’s impossible. Don’t spend your whole life trying to achieve an impossible goal. This will only leave you, the source of it all, completely depleted of joy. People pleasing is my biggest struggle […]
More“Boundaries are guidelines, rules or limits that a person creates to identify reasonable, safe and permissible ways for other people to behave towards them and how they will respond when someone passes those limits.” – Wikipedia We create boundaries around our children to keep them safe. We put boundaries on our relationships to protect them. […]
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