We all know how important caring for ourselves is. I don’t think I need to spell out the significance for you. For a long time I didn’t practice any kind of intentional self care. Any time I read about it I thought of it as a pre-defined idea. I thought it meant I had to […]
My Top Parenting Book Recommendations
I get asked which books I recommend reading when it comes to parenting. I find personally that blogs are easier for me to follow and get information but here are the top 5 books I recommend: contains affiliate links The number one book I recommend is Alfie Kohn’s Unconditional Parenting. This covers so much and […]
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Parenting Respectfully When Triggered
Disclaimer: I’m using the word triggered to describe the process of an experience/feeling that a child has that triggers a response in us as parents. As someone with depression and an anxiety disorder, I’m aware it can have other meanings regarding trauma and mental health. This will hopefully be helpful to many. When I had […]
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Share More Real Parenting
Social media is a funny thing. We only get a snapshot of people’s lives and it’s hard to know what goes on behind the screens. I get messages like: “You look like you have it all together” “You make motherhood look so easy!” “You’re lucky, my kids are crazy!” If you follow me you know […]
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Ava’s Homebirth
Ava’s pregnancy was an intense time. From normal things like nausea early on to pelvic pain later in pregnancy. To out of the ordinary life-altering things like my continued struggle with mental health and my husband being diagnosed with cancer and having surgery… Things were intense. Her birth was no different, but in the best […]
