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Handling the Stress of being a Mom

Tips for handling the stress of being a mom-we place too much pressure on ourselves, and this is how we can stop!

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} Most of the immense pressure I've been feeling as a mom is self-induced. It is me getting in my own head. It is me pushing too hard and not allowing myself grace. Maybe it's because I'm … [Read more...]

Under Pressure: The Truth about “Just Being a Mom”

Why do we do it, moms? Why do we put the pressure on ourselves as mothers to prove our success as moms to others? The truth about just being a mom is we are under pressure. But who is putting that pressure on us?

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’ve learned a lot of things as a mom. I’ve developed a special set of specific skills that include but aren’t limited to cooking dinner while playing blocks, while helping with … [Read more...]

Why I Need My Mom Tribe

We all need moms that surround us and make us feel better about all things mom-related. They support you unconditionally through the good days and the bad, while also helping build you up during those rough times of need during the season of motherhood.

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} Becoming a mom is such an amazing feeling. The excitement you feel when you find out you’re pregnant to the first ultrasound when you get to hear the heartbeat. The sense of wonder as … [Read more...]

Strong Like a Mother

The fact that unites all moms-we are stronger than we think. Moms are courageous. Be strong like a mother.

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} If life is cataloged into seasons, I am in the vulnerable season of raising tiny humans. I have two young children belong to two different mommy groups within my community, and write for … [Read more...]

When I Love Being a Mom

Being a mom is a full-time job, so I want to appreciate the special moments. I want to focus on the moments when I love being a mom-to soak them up before they end.

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 Melissa Lawrence} I really do love being a mom, but being a mom is a full-time job! There are no holidays or lunch breaks and vacations can more aptly be called “trips.”  As mom, your roles include … [Read more...]

Losing Myself in Motherhood

For moms who feel as if they are giving too much away and losing themselves in motherhood. Stop losing yourself in motherhood with the tips included for redefining who you are and enjoying some of what you did before you had children.

I was losing myself in motherhood. Motherhood. A collection of ups and downs, highs and lows, joy and sadness, frustration and love - there is just so much that comes with motherhood that is unexpected and not easily describable. Think for a moment about how many parenting books are currently on the market. I know there's a lot because I used to buy them trying … [Read more...]

Less than Perfect Mom

This year, I vow to be a "less than perfect" mom. I am shedding the stuff that doesn't matter to soak up the moments that matter as a mom. 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 Heather} Until this year, I never fully understood what my parents talked about when they said each year went by faster than the last. I am now painfully aware that in order to truly feel the effects of … [Read more...]

I am a Good Mom and a Bad Mom

I am a good mom and a bad mom. You are not alone! Perfection is just not possible, so this is the reality.

The Summer I was pregnant with the twins did not hold my best mom moments. Dealing with the first trimester of a twin pregnancy was tougher than I thought it would be. I have been pregnant now 4 times. I figured I was up for the challenge of this one. My ‘I feel like I could throw up at any moment yuck' feeling hit hard around week 8, just as my oldest ended his preschool … [Read more...]

I Don’t Ever Give Up

I don't every give up on my job as a mom. I don't ever give up on my kids, my family, on motherhood. You don't have to either. You can do this!

The role of motherhood has been pushed, pulled, and changed so much over the last 40 years or so that many of us wonder if we are doing it right or wrong.   The way the world defines motherhood is still changing today. Mothers need to know they are important and that a mother's presence is vitally important in the lives of her children.   Recently, my … [Read more...]

Confessions and Clarifications of A Stay-at-Home Mom

Let's clarify a few things about life as a stay-at-home mom. We SAHMs do not think we are perfect.

   I don’t write this blog because I think my life is perfect, or I am the  perfect wife, or perfect mother.  I write because despite all of my imperfections, I am happy, and will make every effort to be happy every day. I don’t always like  doing what I do each day: Who wants to drag a screaming, kicking almost-4-year old out of Library story time? Who wants to … [Read more...]

7 Ways for Moms to Fit in Me Time

Tough to get your me time mom? Fit in me time with these 7 me time ideas for moms. No babysitter needed!

Me time does not always look like I picture it in my head. Quiet hours with a book and a warm cup of coffee just do not happen in my season of life with young children. Many moms tell me it’s hard to find time alone to get some 'me time'.  It is hard to plan when we will get time kid-free.  I had to utilize creative ways to fit in my 'me time' when I was learning how to find … [Read more...]

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