The feeling of overwhelm… You can call it mom guilt, but…no matter what you do, overwhelm makes you feel like you can never get ahead and never get it right. You’ve tried endless planners, setting goals, all the Pinterest hacks for simplifying your life—but no matter what you try…it never sticks. You start all excited…
When you think of a healthy mom… Immediately you picture a mom who is beautiful and physically fit. I know, I used to think this way too. But, setting this stereotype aside, if you really take a moment to think about it… What would make you feel like you’re a healthy mom? Maybe you feel…
Being mom all the time was a little bit of a shocker to me, despite hearing from everyone that my first few months was feed the baby, eat, sleep, repeat. Except, I think I missed, that the sleep part was like for 2 hours at a time. I thought I could prepare well for being…
It’s hard being a mom. I hear it and you hear it all the time. It’s a message we’ve taken on fully as moms—the celebration of mom memes, #momlife shirts, and the #motherhoodishard movement. What does it sound and look like? “May your coffee be stronger than your toddler.” “I scream. You scream. We all…
“You’re not really good at being a stay at home mom.” The words stung as they rolled off my husband’s lips. The hardest part about it—he was right. Our house was a mess—things were scattered everywhere. There was no sense of consistency or fun in our lives. I was emotionally and physically drained. I was…