Part three of this series: what keeps harmony from becoming its own kind of overwhelm. Harmony without boundaries just becomes a new version of overload — saying yes to everything because, technically, it could all overlap. Boundaries are what keep…
7 Things that you can do, even on the busiest days to be more present in motherhood. None of these take more than ten minutes. — During my kindergartener’s school’s Harvest Faire, I noticed his teacher and her kids laughing…
Motherhood happens so fast. If we want to slow down, we need to define what we want and create a more intentional life. Start with your core values.
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.
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
Last week I made the case against searching for balance. This week: what actually replaces it. Work and family don’t have to stay in separate boxes — trying to keep them fully apart usually means hiding pieces of ourselves in…
It seems like we are constantly searching for balance. But balance was never the goal. Harmony was. I just didn’t have the word for it. Balance feels impossible to sustain because it’s built on the wrong model. Balance asks you…
Your lifestyle reflects your values when how you spend your time and attention lines up with what you say matters most. For many overwhelmed moms, the gap isn’t a values problem, it’s a busyness problem: too much automatic “yes,” not…