People say, “If you don’t love yourself no one else will” and “If you don’t love yourself, how can you expect anyone else to?” Well, they say it because it’s true. Still, people (especially women) have a hard time with self love. Throw being a mama into the mix and it’s easy to find ourselves coming […] Read more…
Self care looks like a fearless smile
When it comes to taking care of myself, I try to stay on top of it. Once I fall off, it’s hard to get back on the self care train. Suddenly every one else’s needs outweigh my own and I have hard time putting myself back on the list. One thing that I don’t skimp […] Read more…
It all came down to one word : trust
When is it too late to keep saying “Happy New Year”? At what point are we done with that? It’s still January, so is it still legit? If you’re like most people the New Year buzz has worn off. Life as we know it has kicked in and all those promises and resolutions we started […] Read more…
Ideas for a Fun + Healthy Lunch
With any New Year comes new ideas and new goals. One goals that always comes up is living healthier. Of course, a big part of that includes what my family eats. One of the most challenging parts of the healthier eating is my kids lunches. What to pack can be a struggle but the biggest […] Read more…
About that “be healthier” resolution…
Early last year, I decided to change up my diet. For years I’d been threatening to go vegetarian. Considering I wasn’t a big meat eater anyway, I didn’t think it would be a hard switch. I’d try it for a month or so and eventually just went back to meat. It was more out of […] Read more…
Things I’m Afraid to Tell You
I knew just what I was going to talk about today. I had planned it months ago. The post has been sitting in draft mode waiting for this day. I had even planned to shoot a video to go with the post. Then something happened. Life happened. I had been avoiding talking about some things […] Read more…
Losing the Cape – Being real, not perfect
There’s something that happens when kids grow up. Once they get closer to being an adult they start to see their parents as people and lose the glaze of perfection. You realize they are real, not perfect. Was I the only one to go through this? I didn’t see my parents as perfect superheroes growing […] Read more…
10 Questions Every Mama Must Answer
All over social media, I’ve seen everyone say it. 2016 has been a year for the record books. Not in a good way. There have been so many twists and turns this year filled with loss and tragedies. I can’t speak for you but 2016 has been a beast of a year for me. There […] Read more…
Holiday Treats to Bring to the Movie, SING©
My kids, especially my 7 year old son are always hungry. My daughter pretty much counts meals. She’ll run them down in the afternoon, so I’ve had breakfast, snack, lunch and now I need my afternoon snack – no dinner, Mommy – afternoon snack! I’m always looking for new snacking options for them that are […] Read more…
3 Signs It’s time For A Break
Over the last few weeks, self care has gone out the window for me. I’ve been consumed with news. I have been knee deep in election stuff and and the fallout after. It was hard to come back to this space and pull out some inspiration. I just didn’t feel it. I know I wasn’t […] Read more…
