If you're at the end of your rope, here are 25 ways to keep yourself sane in this crazy job we call "mom".
Being a mom can be frustrating sometimes. It's not easy taking care of tiny humans. Here's how to stay patient through all the chaos.
It's hard to get your house clean for a special event (guests coming over, the queen coming to visit, etc.). Especially with kids, it's dang near impossible to keep your house clean on a long term basis. Here's how to do it.
What makes a marriage last (or not)? How can I make my marriage happier? There's a lot of opinions out there but not a lot of hard facts. Learn what the research has shown to actually predict which marriages stay together and which ones end in divorce.
when a parent gets a new role, the relationship with the spouse and the children is irremediably transformed. Indeed, when professional responsibilities change, it can affect the whole family.
Here's my personal take on how you can, as a home mom, add some revenue streams to the family portfolio.
In our struggle to get all of the busywork, tasks, and jobs done, no matter how much we like them, we can lose sight of the bigger picture of life.
Technology is a miraculous thing, but it has made our lives immensely more complicated. Here are some ways to simplify your life and bring more peace to your house.
You can’t choose your family, but the benefits of healthy family relationships are significant enough to make it well worth the work it takes to maintain them. Here's how to do it.
Like it or not, the summer is coming to an end. Here are a few practical (and a few fun) things to make sure you get done before fall hits.
If you want to set up your own side hustle from home, then you’ll be glad to know that this is sometimes very easy to do. Here are my best ideas to get you started.
There are some days as a busy mom that nothing sounds more enticing than a nice, quiet run. What you usually get is a toddler-laden sprint from the car into the grocery store. Same difference, right? NOT.
An important part of a “mom-friendly” workout routine is the simple fact that the more you get your kids involved in your exercise regime, the more likely you are to actually get to exercise.
Adulting is hard, and as “mom” you are the one who is going to field a lot of the adult decisions for your family. So here are my first few lessons that every pretend “adult” (aka you) should know.
If it's the first time you've been in a certain situation, it can feel pretty overwhelming and you don't always know what to do. Here's how you know when you need to hire a professional.
Simply not wanting to put away the crib yet or missing “cute baby thighs” are not really good enough reasons for creating another human, but how do you know if you’re really ready?
Moms don't have a lot of time to pamper ourselves. Or sleep. Or go to the bathroom alone. Here's a guide to taking care of yourself that doesn't require booking off hours and hours for a spa day.
Most people set goals. Many even write them down. Learn how to set failproof goals and translate them into a daily to do list that will guarantee your goals become realities.
Everyone knows that you should have a to do list, but few know the reason why they're actually such a powerful tool.
Whether or not you accomplish your goals depends on how you set and structure your goals. Learn how to set goals you'll actually accomplish.
While you're shopping for everyone else under the sun, here are some Christmas treats you can get for yourself.
Is your to do list is taller than you are? Maybe you work without stopping all day and still don't feel like you got enough done when you pass out on top of your partially-folded laundry pile?
All of us have goals, but (like that treadmill gathering dust and Goodwill-bound clothes in the garage) many of them never get used. Here's a step-by-step guide to creating goals you will actually accomplish. Not a bad thing to teach the kiddos either.
We're so busy doing all the things for our kids and our husbands (and neighbors and PTAs and...) that sometimes we forget that we get to be people too.
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