As promised, I’m back with the next post in the “How To Thrive (Not Just Survive) Summer” series. Having your kids home during the summer doesn’t have to mean chaos and stress, but it DOES mean you have to plan ahead. In the previous post, I asked you to get clear on where you are with this summertime issue. Do you dread hearing, “I’m bored?” Are you worried that your kids will argue and ask you to referee? If you work from home as I do, do you wonder how you’ll …

Welcome to a series of blog posts that will be dealing with a topic that strikes fear into the hearts of mothers everywhere:  how you as a mom can set up the summer so that your sanity is intact, you actually enjoy your children, and you even make some good memories together. Is this possible, you ask? Absolutely. But it requires creativity, flexibility, and…..are you ready for the “secret ingredient?”
A willingness to rethink what summer means to you and your family.
In fact, let’s start with willingness, shall we? When you think of spending …

Taking care of yourself has never really been optional, but that hasn’t stopped many moms from years past from feeling guilty about doing it. There’s a ton of speculation on why this is so, from the media’s portrayal of perfect moms (think “June Cleaver”) as self-less creatures with boundless energy despite no down-time, to the 24/7 nature of motherhood expanding to fill as much time as you let it.
Thankfully, more moms are realizing that self-care is not optional if they want to be effective moms AND actually enjoy their lives. Motherhood …