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Handling the Stress of being a Mom

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 19:36:16 +0000

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 […]

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

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:30:37 +0000

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 […]

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Why I Need My Mom Tribe

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:30:52 +0000

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 […]

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Strong Like a Mother

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 19:30:12 +0000

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 […]

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When I Love Being a Mom

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:30:08 +0000

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 […]

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Losing Myself in Motherhood

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 20:30:22 +0000

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 […]

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Less than Perfect Mom

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 19:07:51 +0000

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 […]

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Super-Mom Kisses Perfect Goodbye

Jaimi Erickson — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 08:21:00 +0000

Super-Mom Syndrome thrives on doing all the right things to build the perfect family. The wonder of holding my son for the first time quickly turned into fear at the thought of actually leaving the hospital–this is the fear that sets us up for Super-Mom Syndrome. Super-Mom Kisses Perfect Mom Syndrome Goodbye What if […]

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I am a Good Mom and a Bad Mom

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 21:08:00 +0000

The summer I was pregnant with the twins did not include 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 four times. I figured I was up for the challenge of this one. My ‘I feel like I […]

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I Don’t Ever Give Up. I’m a Mom

Jaimi Erickson — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

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 […]

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