New Stay-at-Home Parent? 7 Crucial Tips to Ease Your Transition
*This post was originally published on Mommy on Purpose. I Had No Idea What to Expect as a New Stay-at-Home Parent When I first decided to become a stay-at-home mom, …
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How to Survive a Rough Patch in Your Marriage | 5 Game-Changing Steps to Try Right Now
My husband and I are celebrating our eleventh wedding anniversary this month, and thirteen years together. Although eleven years is a drop in the bucket to the marriages of 20, …
Don’t Shut Out the World | Why Your Friends May Be the Cure to Depression
When I was 23 years old, my first husband blindsided me with a divorce. I had noticed that he wasn’t as loving toward me. I even saw him pulling away …
“You Can Do It!” The Slow and Messy Journey of Raising a More Self-Sufficient Child
Our daughter is a pretty self-sufficient child for two and a half. But she’s always testing, constantly toeing the line. A few months ago, she asked me where her Elmo …
Life Is Not a Movie | 5 Rom-Com Lies That Are Sabotaging Our Relationships
I Didn’t Always Know That Life Is Not a Movie Who doesn’t remember the rom-coms (romantic comedies) of the 90s and early 2000s with fondness? When I was in college, …
What To Do About the “Mental Load” | 4 Practical Actions To Lighten Your Load
What is the Mental Load? I was first introduced to the mental load through a clever comic by French illustrator, Emma. She argues that in traditional home dynamics, the husband …
8 Ways to Support Your Friends With Cancer | As Told By a Friend Who Battled Cancer
Almost all of us have friends with cancer. Did you know that 39.6% of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives? With statistics like that, the …
I Don’t Like Being a Stay-at-Home Mom and That’s Totally Okay
I don’t like being a stay-at-home mom…it’s not what I thought it would be. I don’t like being a stay-at-home mom. There. I said it. So many moms gush about …
How to Stay in Love After Kids | 4 Practical Actions You Can Take Today
It’s Easier to Stay in Love (Or Do Anything) Without Kids Ah, marriage before children – those carefree years my husband and I went out several times a week to …
Pushy, Rude Family | How to Avoid Abuse Without Sacrificing the Relationship
I had a friend in college, let’s call her Ana, whose sister, “April,” was a source of constant stress. April was self-centered, competitive, and had never apologized once to Ana’s …