Wouldn’t it be great if kids came with an instruction manual? There were many times when my husband and I were raising our two boys that I wished for such a manual … and I had a great support system …
Yoga Exercises With Your Toddler
SILLY TO CALM WARM-UP: Circle, Jog, Freeze & Melt This is a great way to expend a little extra energy and warm up little bodies before doing yoga. Put your mats in a circle, or create an imaginary circle for …
My Friends Think I’m a Stay-at-Home Mom
In our increasingly digital age, many parents are given the opportunity to work a more flexible schedule. Occupations that previously required a steady presence in an office, distant from home, are now presenting options for flexible schedules and working remotely. …
Don’t Allow Work to Take Over
Work is like laundry, even if you did it 24 hours a day, seven days a week, there’d always be more to do. For your own mental health, the health of your team, and even your marriage and kids, you …
A Balanced, Ordinary Life
In building my mom community over recent years, I have learned this is one thing we all strive for in our lives: balance. It constantly becomes the topic of conversation. Where do family, friends, love, work, hobbies, self-care all fall …
GIST: The Balance Between Protection and Shelter
Recently, CNN’s coverage of a tragic shooting was suddenly interrupted … by another tragic shooting. Sometimes it seems that violence and tragedies are happening so fast that even 24-hour news networks can’t keep up. Interestingly, the data shows that the …