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    Mindful Motherhood: A Key to Peaceful Parenting

    Motherhood is overwhelming.  We all know it. Yes, of course, there are those moments when we catch our little ones giggling over a secret together or when they read to us for the first time. Those incredible moments that make…

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    4 Habits for a Simpler, More Joyful Life

    Faster. More. Busier. The words that define our lives much of the time. But we can choose slower, simpler lives. Here are a few habits for slow living that have changed our lives for the better and allowed me to live more peacefully and more inline with my values.

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    How to Find More Joy in Motherhood: Slow Down

    Last month, I received an email from The Parenting Junkie with the subject line “most parents hate parenting.” It broke my heart. It is hard, but I love motherhood. And, I believe that slowing down has allowed me to love it. By embracing slow motherhood, we give ourselves time to take care of ourselves as well as our kids. It allows us to find more joy in motherhood. #selfcare #slowmotherhood #slowdown #lovemotherhood #magicofmotherhood #intentionalmotherhood #mindfulmotherhood

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  • The Only Motherhood Advice You’ll Ever Need

    The Only Motherhood Advice You’ll Ever Need

    I have one piece of motherhood advice: don’t listen to motherhood advice. This is truly the only motherhood advice you need.  — I am guilty of the same things you probably are. Searching Google for medical advice, reading Instagram captions…

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  • 5 Steps to Simplify Our Children’s Lives

    5 Steps to Simplify Our Children’s Lives

    Here are 5 steps to simplify our children’s lives. It took a global pandemic for me to get here. Hoping I can keep working on these after all of this is over. — A few months ago (or was it…

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  • You Are Not A Bad Mom (I Promise)

    You Are Not A Bad Mom (I Promise)

    You Are Not a Bad Mom. I promise. And neither am I. Today, I may have had a meltdown. This isn’t the first time. And, although I wish it were, I know it probably won’t be my last.   I…

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Sustainable, Simple, Slow LivingHi, I’m Jess. I’m a crunchy mama of two little boys who are almost always outrunning me. I do my best to let them lead and to sit in stillness and watch them. Like most moms, I struggle daily with patience (it is the thing I work on the most). I also struggle with presence, and it is at the heart of slow motherhood. 

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