What is self care? It’s defined as the practice of taking an active role in protecting your own well being and happiness. Who can’t get on board with that? It sounds simple enough. For some reason, we seem to make it way too complicated. There are so many talks about self care. How to get […] Read more…
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Whose dream is it? Making life make sense
I was sold. Hook line and sinker. I wanted it all. I wanted the house, the car, the husband, the kids, the career and all of the “things” that say I’m rocking this life thing. I got it all sewn up! There’s this idea that if you drive a certain car, wear particular clothes and […] Read more…
Fitness Life Hacks That Work
There are some goals I’ve been setting around here. That’s nothing new. I’m the queen of having a goal. I always feel the need to have something to work toward. One of my goals had been working on staying committed to my fitness. I had fallen off in a big way since having kids. Getting […] Read more…
How to Stay Grounded Even When Life is Crazy
We all have many titles and wear many hats. The words wife, mom, business owner, employee, friend, etc are just a few. Mom in itself represents a whole other list of roles like nurse, therapist, tutor and so on. So many roles. So much around you that you can’t control. The thing is, we all […] Read more…
Outside is open. You going out?
The world is open again, right? It’s what we’ve all been waiting for. While it’s open again, nobody said it’s back to normal. Actually, we’re far from that. Even so, I’m taking the bit of normalcy I can grasp and determined to rock with it. We’ve been a bit more active as a family and […] Read more…
I Heard Adults Don’t Have Hobbies
What’s your thing? Your hobby? I read something recently that said something like, “I’m an adult. I don’t have hobbies. When I have free time, I sleep.” I know so many people can relate to that. For a while, I thought I didn’t have any hobbies either. Being a wife and mother of two kids […] Read more…
7 Habits You Need to Shake
Every now and then I have to tell my kids to sit down and just be still. They are really good at going from one thing to the next without taking a beat in between. It’s watch this show, do this thing on the computer, play this video game and then pick up the tablet […] Read more…
You Need To Hear This
We share all of these affirming messages with our children. We build them up and tell them they can change the world. At some point (hopefully) someone did that for us. Even if that isn’t the case, we always want better for our kids than what we had, right? So we seek to build them […] Read more…
Lessons my kids learn watching me exercise
Looking back, I don’t know when I first jumped onto the exercise bandwagon. I wasn’t super active in college. I barely used the gym there. It was after graduation that I really started to get interested in working out. I joined a gym and haven’t looked back since. I’m a work in progress physically, but […] Read more…
5 Things Still Making Me Smile
Trouble sleeping, eating just to have something to do and being sad all out of the blue. I have to admit, my feelings have run the gamut over the last six months. I’ve had my moments where I wake up feeling heavy when there is nothing wrong. Then I remind myself that something is wrong. […] Read more…
