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Finding Time When You Don’t Have Enough

Trying to do it all every day and failing? Finding time when you don't have enough is frustrating. Check out tips from a mom who works and balances time at home with the kids by using these organization tips for time management.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Heather} Do you do it all? Are you feeling stretched for time? Are you constantly doing and doing but yet it feels like you’re not getting anything done? You’re most definitely not alone. … [Read more...]

Tips for Parenting Alone

Tips for parenting alone whether you are a military family going through deployment , TAD, or field ops, your spouyse travels for work, or you are an expat family living in a foreign country, these tips for parenting alone will help you thrive and grow stronger during your time solo parenting.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Jaimi} I just experienced parenting alone for 6 ½ months. It was not my first time being the solo parent at home with my husband away, but it was the first with 4 kids. Parenting alone is a great … [Read more...]

Stuck in the Bad Moments of Motherhood

Venting our bad moments of mothrthood to our mom tribe helps us get rid of stress, but are you stuck in the bad? Mom Motivation Mondays

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Kristin Helms} “I was up four times last night…again!” I was complaining (again) to one of my mom friends at the park while we pushed our toddlers on the swing and swayed side to side with our babies in … [Read more...]

The Ultimate Laid-Back Summer with Kids

Make a plan for a laid-back summer with the kids. The ultimate laid-back summer where you enjoy rather than rush. A summer where you soak it in rather than pack your days full. This is a plan for the ultimate laid-back summer with kids.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Heather} I had no idea what being a real adult was like. I was merely playing, practicing for the major leagues before this year. This year was my turn up to bat and-spoiler alert-it wasn’t a fantastic … [Read more...]

Spending Too Much Time with My Kids

Feeling burned out from motherhood? You may be spending too much time with your kids. One mom shares how she realized her friend was burned out from being a good mom, and needed to find balance as a mom to take care of herself.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Lisa} Am I spending too much time with my kids? “Lisa, I’m burned out. I never thought I’d get tired of being a stay at home mom and homeschooling my four kids. I just want to hide my head under … [Read more...]

Gain Your Mom Confidence (“Mom-fidence”)

Don't feel like a failure mom! Gain some mom confidence with these 5 ways to re-focus on your strengths and seek joy in motherhood. Get your mom-fidence!

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Rachel Bowers} My own struggles with confidence started in the most obvious of places: junior high school. Puberty, awkwardness, and a hyperawareness of how different I was from others led me to … [Read more...]

7 Signs You Are An Adventurous Mom

Adventure in motherhood can be slightly different than before you became a mom, but these 7 signs you're an adventurous mom are pretty daring! Mom Motivation Mondays

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Kristin} In pre-baby times, living an adventurous life might have included some bungee jumping, traveling the world, or shark cage diving. While these risky examples are undeniably adventurous, … [Read more...]

How to Deal with Someone who Criticizes Your Parenting

When someone criticizes your parenting, it can tear your confidence down as a mom. No mom guilt is needed and you don't need to take offense. These tips will help you deal with someone who criticizes your parenting without confrontation.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Lisa}   It’s never fun to have to deal with someone who criticizes your parenting.  It was an exhausting afternoon when an elderly friend questioned my parenting choices.  She positioned … [Read more...]

The Seasons of Parenting

Ever thought to yourself, "I've got this parenting thing down!" Then, the nexct day you wonder how in the worls you are qualified to be a parent at all? You see the good moms all put together and wonder how you can ever be that good. It is not you, it is the seasons of parenting.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Heather} The truth is we ALL struggle. Yes, even the woman you bump into at the store who looks put together with her perfect children who are clearly not licking broccoli and appear to listen to … [Read more...]

50+ Encouraging Articles for Stay-at-Home Moms

50+ encouraging articles for stay-at-home moms gathered together from the complete guide for stay-at-home moms and mom motivation mondays at The Stay-at-Home Mom Survival Guide.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. Need some stay-at-home mom motivation for each week of the year? We have you covered! Mom Motivation Mondays happens weekly, but there is a resource on the blog that I have to share. Over 50 encouraging articles for … [Read more...]

Remembering My Pre-Mom Self

Some days I think I used to have life together-better-in my pre-mom days. I got a glimpse of my pre-mom self. It made me wonder: Was becoming a stay-at-home mom worth it?

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Kristin Helms} It’s 6:30 AM and, like clockwork, I open the kitchen cupboard and reach for the box of Keurig coffee pods. As I try to piece together just exactly how many times my three-month-old son … [Read more...]

Managing Emotions as a Mom

We moms can live in joy and peace, we can thrive rather than just trying to survive each day. With focus and managing emotions as a mom, we can get to the place where we enjoy our time with our children. These are important thoughts to getting out of the mommy slump!

  Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Lisa Brown} I used to think that something was seriously wrong with me. Hormones, life circumstances, sin, anxiety, and depression play a huge role in the way I feel. It’s easy to … [Read more...]

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