Guilt Free Mommy Tip #8- A “No Yell“ Day? It’s not anything I am proud of, yet, we can not fix what we do not acknowledge, and after all, I am Sicilian, so here goes… I am yeller. I have a 3 yr old and a 1 yr old at home. I yell when I…
DetailsGuilt Free Mom Tip #7 – Get Real with Expectations. This tip is inspired by my new favorite book, authored by Trisha Ashwood and Amy Nobile, “I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids.” The past few days have taken about 10 years off my life. Why? Well, no specific reason but I…
DetailsGuilt Free Mom Tip #6 -A vision board for your soul. Many of us have heard of identifying pictures of what we want in our future…then posting them on a board, calling it a vision board… (most times affiliated with Law of Attraction). Some of us have created a vision board (or more). Whether or…
DetailsGuilt Free Mom Tip #5 – Call yourself Out- It’s like nails on the chalkboard, when someone says, “ I really need to start (fill in blank here), but I just don’t have the time.” Granted, it’s a great excuse…after all, Moms ARE the busiest people on the planet. What Mom could not relate? However…..I…
DetailsGuilt Free Mom Tip #4 – Act like a 70 year old. My sister and I always laughed when we would ask my Grandma to go do something and she would say something like, “Well, I can not do dinner on Tuesday, I have a haircut that morning.” As if she could only do one…
DetailsIn a recent Moms group in which I participate, the question was asked, “Who listens to their gut?” I was amazed at the few hands that shot up. It seems that many Moms consider others’ feelings/opinions more than their own. I understand that we are caretakers by nature and like it when everyone around us is comfortable…
DetailsTip #2: Bedtime Goals? Now, I’m not talking about the “hmm honey, think you have time/ energy tonight, wink wink?” type of goals…but think about what time would you actually like to get to bed. We all know what a lack of sleep does to us…and if it becomes chronic, we are in bad shape!…
DetailsGuilt Free Mom Tip #1 1. Go Deep – Determine what you are trying to prove, as a Mom. After 4 months on the same conversation with a good friend of mine, I asked her to go deep. Anne would call me a few times a week to vent that she was tired, anxious and…
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