Liz went from living in her first, tiny NYC apartment to running, cleaning, and maintaining a 5-bedroom house with no training wheels. All her house advice is based on personal suffering, research, and experimentation in the tolerance of human skin to large quantities of Lysol products.
Liz is happily married to a lifelong New Yorker who is currently sacrificing his addiction to the concrete jungle to try the white picket fence thing in sunny California. Together they have three kids, two dogs, four joint LLCs, and a shared Chick-fil-a addiction.
Liz is mom to a preteen stepdaughter (and budding Instagram addict), a sparkle-clad toddlernado (who will surely grow up to be a linebacker or a crash test dummy), a newborn (and professional raccoon noise impersonator), two large dogs (with a Pinky and the Brain type relationship), a rabbit the size of a large house cat, and a well-behaved herd of dust bunnies.
When she gets to be a person of her own (read: nights and naptime) she's a blogger, writer, fitness nut, freelance digital consultant, avid reader, sleep enthusiast (although it’s been a few years but from what she remembers it was quite nice), and has a PhD in Business Psychology,.
The Stay Sane Mom was born out of Liz’s journey into wife-dom and motherhood.
She noticed that wife-ing, momming, and keeping a clean house were all possible by themselves, but when done all at the same time they had started to make her feel like she was (to be honest) slowly losing her mind. Worse than losing her mind, she also felt like her identity as a person other than “Mom” was slipping away as well.
So what happens when a nerd encounters a problem? Research. Lots of research. Also empirical tests, case studies, and anything else that could help her be “Liz” and “Mom” at the same time.
When she started coming to actual, useful conclusions, she decided to start building The Stay Sane Mom to share her revelations with other moms who wanted to be a real person as well as being “Mom”.
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A blog that showcases mom's experiences, leveraging community wisdom from real moms.
Scary Mommy (6/3/2020)
Why losing a parent (which is usually horroble) is even more so for us moms.
Healthy Living in Colorado (2/5/2019)
This gives some rare gift options for hubby that don't involve coma-inducing levels of chocolate consumption.
Sammiches and Psych Meds (1/19/2019)
Not unlike the movie Gremlins, there are certain rules that must be observed in order to facilitate successful cohabitation with the creature that was formerly your sweet, innocent baby.
The Mompreneur Hustle (1/10/2019)
TBeing a mom is hard enough. Being a mom with a business makes Marvel superheroes look like slackers.
Holistically Lizzie (12/13/2018)
In a world of very tempting french fries, this post will help on your quest to get your kids to eat a little healthier.
Oh These Are the Good Old Days (12/12/2018)
In a world of 'me, me, me' this post talks about how (and why) to teach your kids to be kind.
Simply Well Balanced (12/8/2018)
Kiddos come with a lot of clutter. This post gives 5 easy-to-implement strategies for keeping the chaos at bay.
Family Fun Flaws (11/2/2018)
This blog is all about how to look at failure a little less like a fear-stricken adult and a little more through the eyes of our fearless, little, chaos-making toddlernados.
Bloc Blog (8/9/2017)
This is from before I became The Stay Sane Mom days, back when I was just a lowly coding bootcamp student. It gives a good look into the exact chaos that was life back before I got "busy". Yeah, heavy sarcasm there...
