When my youngest was a baby, he failed to thrive for what seemed like forever. The cause? A billion things that combined to create the perfect, awful storm of a sweet baby who couldn’t gain weight. In fact, he routinely lost weight — and he didn’t have much to lose. It was one of the […]
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I love setting goals. I love thinking about them, writing them down, and making plans. Oh, so many plans! I’ve always been a goal-setter, but I haven’t always been a goal-achiever. And I’ve been pretty hard on myself for some of the goals I didn’t reach. I never ran that marathon, I didn’t lose those
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How Moms Can Discover Their Strengths, Part 1 found here The last time I wrote about how to identify your strengths and talents, we took a strengths-based look at ourselves. And if you haven’t followed through on the work from that blog post, I highly recommend setting aside 10 minute and doing it now. Just
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I’ve gone and done it again. I agreed to do something I don’t actually have time (or a desire) to do. And I’m kicking myself, but it’s too late now, so I’ll do what I have to do. The thing is, I’m surprised at myself for being in this position. I learned, after saying way
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Most moms I personally know struggle to identify their talents. I think there are a lot of reasons for this, but two stand out to me: Our children take so much time and energy that we stop doing the things that once excited us, and so we forget those areas where we used to excel.
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Here’s the thing about creative writing: When the inspiration ain’t there, it ain’t there. I struggle with this weekly. I can conjure up 500-1,000 words about pest control, residential painting, or ADHD for my clients on any given day. That’s my job. Jobs are manageable. Jobs have deadlines. Jobs have expectations. But when I want to
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