by Erika of Erika’s Not So Secret Diary Have you ever suffered from stress while your children are around? Have you ever experienced yourself being extremely stressed? Let me give you some tips that you can use as a tool to reduce the stress. Whether you are a working mom, or a stay at home… Read More
Ok, so I’ll start off honestly here. I am FAR from a yogi. My three year old is better at differentiating right from left than I, and I have been known to *occasionally* fall asleep during Shavasana especially when the instructor breaks out the singing bowl. All that being said, over the course of the… Read More
Dear Beautiful Girl, The scale cannot measure your worth. And yes, I called you a girl because whether you are thirteen, thirty, or eighty-three that same mean-girl voice inside your head is judging you. While you make your list of resolutions, undoubtedly as mine always does some form of “get in better shape”, “loose the… Read More
So honesty is the best policy, and I’m actually now thirty-three as of the end of November instead of thirty, but sometimes wisdom takes a bit to settle in. Kind of like how all of those wise tidbits my mom bestowed upon me as a teen, that I then found annoying, suddenly become Gospel truth… Read More
This time of year is so magical. Perfect family moments. Delicious food. It’s also straight up chaos. With the increasingly fast pace in which we are living our lives, I can’t help but wonder what happened to Thanksgiving? It seems now we go straight from Halloween to Christmas. Is there no place in our society… Read More
Dear Sweet Mama, Are you having one of those weeks? I sure am. Maybe you handed the cashier a tampon instead of your debit card. Or just forgot your wallet entirely. Your garage door snapped off its hinges. Maybe you snapped off your hinges. Maybe your toddler lost it in a public place and you… Read More
I am a women who loves paper. Thinks there is beauty in the tangible. However, I am also a mom to two young children. All over the internet you can read about the “Mental load of motherhood“. Not in every relationship, but certainly in mine invitations, announcements, holiday cards all fall under my prevue. Maybe… Read More
Thousands of blog posts try to answer the question of why moms stay up late. Is it just needing more minutes in a day? Is it time to unwind with a glass of wine and a Netflix and actually chill (not the colloquialism)? Well I’ve been pondering why when sleep is the NUMBER ONE thing… Read More
Walking out of preschool I heard a mom saying, “Well, I’m glad my daughter isn’t friends with that little boy. He’s wild.” Other fake blondes (a cohort of which I am a part, so no hair judgement) whole heartedly nodded their heads in agreement. When did it become ok for grown women to stand around… Read More
Positive parenting is a trendy as well, I’m a mom I don’t know what’s trendy anymore. It sounds great in theory, when your child acts a fool as children are known to do respond calmly and positively. There are certainly situations where this is appropriate, but I don’t believe in this method exclusively. Here are… Read More
