Did you know that two-thirds of moms are feeling overwhelmed and stressed?
Moms have had it super hard during the past two years- heck being a mom, and a working mom to boot was already super hard, without all the extra worries, lockdowns, rules, virtual schools and health to worry about.
If our lives were a Hallmark movie- the holidays would be all smiles, home-baked cookies, matching outfits, and beautifully wrapped gifts with matching bows and tags.
Not one ounce would be gained from eating the holiday candy and gingerbread house
We all want to be better, to do better.
We all want to be the best versions of ourselves.
Problem is that getting to this point can be difficult when you have so little time and energy left in a typical day.
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Finding your true calling can be difficult to do. A lot of people end up trying a few different careers before they eventually find the right one. For some, they have more than one true calling that is a combination of areas that they can apply their skill set to. Whether it’s finding the perfect career, creating a business, or volunteering for an important charity, you will know when you’ve found your true calling from these five signs.
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There are countless opportunities for us to be happy, but we often pass them by without realizing it’s what we’ve been waiting for all along.
If you find it hard to spot these opportunities, here are 5 questions that will help you recognize the signs.
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It is March and about 90% of people who set their New Years Goals on January 1 have already failed.
Why does that happen? Someone has good intent, and then they don't achieve what they set out to do.
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My world was turned upside down when I took on a full-time job that was very stressful, while my mom was in the last stages of Alzheimer’s. The stress took a toll on me physically and emotionally. I was sick from the stress of balancing a son who needed me to be present with other things pulling me in a million directions.
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Simply put, food can help us or hurt us.
Food can be nourishing and healing for your body, or it can contribute to fatigue, illness, and disease.
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Do you ever have that inner battle with yourself?
Every single week you tell yourself you're going to start again on Monday.
It's this never-ending battle of restarting- trying to be healthy, trying to eat healthily, trying not to eat sugar, trying to get in your exercise. Then you say to yourself- I will restart on Monday. So, that weekend before you start (again), you eat treats and snacks, because you are starting again on Monday.
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I help women to find balance in their lives, and to me, it starts with fitness- your physical and emotional health. We need our health so that we can then find our balance in other areas of our lives.
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I am sure you know the statistics- over 50% of marriages end in divorce. When I was 20, my parents got divorced, and it was one of the hardest things I have lived through. I first swore I would never get married, but then as I fell in love with my husband, I remember telling him that I could not go through that again, the pain of divorce.
As a mom- I never want to see my son disappointed, but at the same time, I am not an “everyone should get a trophy” kind of mom. I believe that we learn through disappointments and that they teach us lessons. If we all get trophies just by being present, how does that encourage us to do better, to be better?
Autoimmune disease can look like this, like me in this picture.
Healthy and happy on the outside, but silently hurting, in pain, not feeling well on the inside.
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Have you ever had that year- that year when everything was going to be different?
You set your New Year resolutions in January, and you are ready to achieve those goals no matter what. Maybe you're going to run a marathon, or you are going to lose 50 pounds. Maybe this is the year that you are going to become neat and organized.
Can I ask you a tough question?
What was it like being isolated with our family during the lockdown?
If you discovered that your household is chaotic and stressful, and your marriage is feeling a little rocky, improving your family relationships should be a major priority in 2021.
Just like when you use your smartphone’s Maps app to get directions, the first thing that shows up is where you are at this moment—represented by a little blue dot. Plug in your destination and your smartphone will use GPS technology to give you step-by-step, mile-by-mile directions from your current location to your desired endpoint.
But before you can go anywhere, you need to know exactly where you are right now.
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda.
I don’t want to be a person who has regrets. I want to live my life to the fullest- I want to have fun. I want to spend time with my family and friends, and I don’t want to miss out on anything.
Have you ever seen the episode of friends about when they have to pivot to move the couch? Ross, Rachel, and Chandler are trying to get the couch up the stairs, and they have to keep turning it, and trying different ways to get the couch up the stairs. This is how 2020 has felt for me, and I think for a lot of people.
Global pandemic. Job loss. Financial hardship. In times like these, we all want certainty, predictability and safety. But how can you achieve certainty in an uncertain world?
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