Whether it’s in our head or we actually write it down, we often place much focus on our ‘to do’ list. It consists of the many tasks we have on our shoulders any given day. Sometimes it’s more of a “ Do not forget” list or a “gosh I will feel better once this is…
So maybe my number of posts has drastically declined over the last couple months…well I have a great reason! Ta daa…. I have created a brand new program, just for Moms. After being a part of my church’s Moms group for the last 2 years, I saw a real gap in messaging for Moms. Society…
I have been called many names in life. Some bad, some good. In recent years, I find myself responding to names like; Mom, Mommy, Mama….Frankie’s Mommy, Matt’s wife, Frank and Mary Ann’s daughter, Beth’s sister. And yet all of those names only reflect one part of my life, at a time. When I got married…
Time outs worked for my daughter. Then comes along, my son, two years later. Not only did they not work…he enjoyed time outs! He laughed, smiled and giggled through the time outs! I kept fighting it, thinking, “it was effective with his sister, it’s just going to be a matter of time!” WRONGO Sista’! It…
Moms! Click to read a great blog posting by Myrtle Barringer about putting yourself first without the guilt! This is something Moms need to be reminded of on a regular basis…especially after the tornado of back to school season!
My friend, Chip Lutz just came out with a new approach to leadership in the only leadership book I know of, that was created to be left in the bathroom, “Lavatory Leader.” His chapters include great, unique ideas that can easily be applied to our daily lives AND the chapters are short and quite manageable…
Check out this article by Mom, Kim Kotecki, taking about letting go of the micromanaging of mess prevention to fully immerse yourself in making memories! Memories over Messes!
Almost 10 years ago for my Master’s Degree final thesis I conducted a content analysis on the Superwoman Phenomenon. I took multiple issues of two specific magazines, aimed at mothers, and looked at their advertisements and articles to determine what type of messaging they were promoting. I found that the majority of the content simply…
Pam was drowning in the stresses of a recent health issue, two small children at home, managing her career, and general stresses at home. While she really wanted to make time for her friends, she just had to prioritize and right now, friends were last on the list. She hated to admit that, but it…
So often, it seems that Moms don’t take the opportunity or don’t think we deserve a little reward. Or maybe it’s just that we think we need to “do more” to earn a little reward. And by reward, I mean anything from a favorite piece of candy to a week away…and anything in between. Why…