Category: Mom Musings
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What we do impacts our children: Teach through example
Parenting is a tough gig. Life with kids is chaotic, stressful and amazingly rewarding. Sometimes I forget that I am the example, and that I’m teaching my children about the world through my actions. As a mom of daughters I find I’m noticing more of the things I’m saying (and sometimes doing) are coming back…
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May is Mental Health Month (A local entrepreneur’s story)
Over the past few years, mental health – the stigma and the reality – have become a hot topic. And rightly so. Mental health should be as normal and natural to discuss as the common cold. So why isn’t it? There are a myriad of reasons mental health has a stigma surrounding it. Rather than…
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Easy ways to be sustainable (despite our busy schedules)
*This post was sponsored by KFL&A Public Health, and contains affiliate links. If you choose to make a purchase through my link(s) I will receive a small commission at no cost to you.* Sustainability and environmental impact are very important elements of life today. Busy schedules, life with kids, and the never-ending overwhelm can push…
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Finding Time for your Relationship as a Two Working Parent Household
Families are busy. Busy helping with homework. looking after the house, the meals, the laundry and each other. Then there are work responsibilities, extra-curricular activities, and finding that elusive “unscheduled time”. Something that often gets pushed aside in our busy lives is our relationship with our significant other. I know in my early years of…
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7 Busy Mom Must Haves
I talk a lot about being a busy mom. We’re rarely home to cook dinner, we spend four nights a week at the dance school, and my husband and I both work full time jobs (and we work “after hours” as well!) So how do I keep it together? Lots of scheduling, communication, patience and,…
