The day started with bang. Or in this case, with a smack.  Our dog, Stanley, decided he wanted to eat breakfast. At 4:30 in the morning. So he whacked my face with his paw. Hard. After muttering a few choice words under my breath (and don’t ask why the dog is in the bedroom in the first place!), I pretended to go back to sleep, hoping the obnoxious mutt would catch a clue. This reminded me of how, a few years ago,  I would pretend to be asleep so my …

One of the moms I’m coaching sent me an article on moms and stress from the site, Modern Mom. Wow. It didn’t beat around the bush or try to sugar-coat the issue. It didn’t say, “There, there. You have so much on your plate. Of COURSE you’re stressed.” It acknowledged the stress and then said, straight up, that many moms are addicted to stress.  I believe it.
The article goes on to say that a little stress is good. It can “keep you on your toes” and help you tap into …

If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “My child has an agenda! I just know it!”–you may be onto something. He/she does. And guess what? So do you. We all do. Conflict arises when our agendas as parents clash with those of our children. Perhaps a great illustration of this concept is a scene that gets played out across the nation every night: putting your child to bed. YOUR agenda is to get your child in bed so they can get rested up for the next day. You also, deservedly, look …