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How to Transition from Career Woman to Stay-at-Home Mom

We think that our babies are going to constantly fuel us with the energy and love of being stay-at-home moms. The transition from career woman to stay-at-home mom appears simple at first. The desire in our heart and mind to spend all the quality time with our children is what we want to follow. The simplicity of one focus rather than balancing work and home. The … [Read more...]

Seek Happiness as a Mom

Is your path of motherhood paved like every other mom? Feel like your way to seek happiness as a mom looks different from the rest? That's ok.

{Post by Heather} In the last couple of weeks, I’ve had a couple of encounters with other women that have left me feeling less than. It’s happened before and unfortunately, it’s bound to happen again. I know it’s not something that women do on purpose or because they’re judging me, but it irks me none-the-less as I try to seek happiness as a mom. So what could these women … [Read more...]

How to Build a Home-Based Business

One income not enough? Build a home-based business and start with a free consult from moms who have built successful home=based businesses at home. Being a stay-at-home mom doesn't mean your families financial future has to take a back seat. Get your free goals consult today.

I never wanted to work while my kids were young. Being a stay-at-home mom was my first priority. I set my sights on being wife and mom in my first 10 years of marriage. Then, my husband’s job became a little less secure. I chose to build a home-based business on my time to help our financial future. About ten years in to our marriage, my husband’s military retirement seemed … [Read more...]

How to Use Essential Oils: Daily Schedule

How to use essential oils at home-A Daily schedule for using essential oils.

How to use essential oils in your day is so simple. There is a lot of uncertainty over how to use essential oils and whether they are safe. I have had pretty extensive doctor’s appointments in the last year that revealed to me that my health is doing great with essential oils as part of my daily routine. I wanted to share how to use essential oils throughout your day to share … [Read more...]

Seeking Balance as a Stay-at-Home Mom, Work-at-Home Blogger

If you are a work at home mom, you know seeking balance can be a constant search. Stay-at-home moms who are mom bloggers, share their thoughts on the "how to" of balancing being a SAHM with being a blogger.

This post contains affiliate links. Please view my disclosure. The working mom/WAHM thing never appealed to me. I had no desire to try to balance my family and my work. Loose ends stress me out. I do not like having to set a project aside and leave it unfinished. Life has taken me down roads I often have no interest in traveling, but often those experiences that break me out … [Read more...]

Working Part-Time Made Me A Better Stay-at-Home Mom

If you do not feel content as a stay-at-home mom, read one moms thoughts on how working part time helped her enjoy her time at home more.

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 Hice-McCray} This post contains affiliate links. Please view my disclosure. I have to tell you a secret.  A secret I used to carry around inside of me.  A secret that made me feel guilty.  A secret … [Read more...]

The “Work” of A Mother: Working Mom’s Thoughts On Being A Stay-at-Home Mom

{Guest Post} "Mom, you're silly. Moms don't work." This is what my four year old said to me as we were driving in the car one day. We were having a conversation about why the mother of one of her classmate's was not at the event they had scheduled at school that day. She asked where her friend's mom was and I told her that her mother worked.   It was then that … [Read more...]

My Will Versus Motherhood

My will versus motherhood: It is a struggle to remember what I need to focus on in this season of life.

Every day I seem to notice a new opportunity to choose my individual goals and achievement over my family. There are volunteer opportunities, opportunities for career development, and plans for income that would require realigning my family focus to the side of the spotlight. Sometimes I struggle with my will versus motherhood. I am always weighing the impact on my family of … [Read more...]

Building a Family is Work

Building a family is work. That is what we do as moms. We lay a foundation of love and support. We BUILD our family from the ground up!

How do we create peace on Earth? Create peace in the hearts and minds of each child born on this planet. I truly believe if we provide a solid family foundation before we send our children off into the world, and provide soft, trusted, respectful places to land when times get tough, the world would be closer to peace than it is now. Building a family is work-hard … [Read more...]

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