Torn Between Parenting AND Peace? While summer vacations can be rewarding, plentiful, and filled with quality family time...holding the responsibility of entertaining the kids for two straight months can be downright DRAINING. Don't kid yourself. SUMMERS ARE HARD FOR PARENTS. If you've ever been made to feel inadequate from a member of an older generation of parenting, you aren't alone....and you aren't WRONG. Life WAS easier back then. Times have certainly changed as has the expectation of more parental involvement and societal pressure. This, in addition to the need to sustain a second income ... as well as an unavoidable increase in spending during the summer. (Sheesh. When … [Read more...]
Exceed your own Expectations in Life
Open up to your healing power. Earlier this week, I had ---what I like to lovingly refer to as --- "The Mommy Melt Down". My mind was clouded with overwhelm and I was finding it unusually difficult to focus on my daily tasks. (Did I remember to sign the permission slip? When did we run out of food? Did I remember to walk the dog? Are the baseball uniforms washed and ready for the game this weekend? I must remember to call that client back... and that one, and that one...) "Mind Clutter" like this was most likely the result of lack of sleep, lack of exercise, lack of nutrition, hormonal imbalance... whatever... It felt like my brain needed to BREATHE. ...and I realized I needed … [Read more...]
