Tag: motherhood

• 5 Easy Yoga Poses for Stress Relief

  

  Yoga poses, or asanas, have an extraordinary capacity to unravel the tightly woven threads of stress and offer solace to us brave but tired souls caught in the whirlwind of business ownership. When the stakes are high (and they often are!), yoga can be an oasis of tranquility and respite. Yoga’s fusion of physical postures,…
• An Exquisite Inconvenience

  I knew this quarantine was going to be sketchy. I’m not usually a full-time stay-at-home mom, and I never (and I mean NEVER) set out to be, but here we are. I’m lucky because my husband is working from home – emphasis on the working – so technically he’s here too, but the burden of…
• Making Time For Friendship

  It was 9:30 pm and we were tired. A few hours earlier, my dear friend and I had carpooled 80 or so miles northeast from the city we both live in to her hometown of Milwaukee. We arrived at her parent’s house and, after a quick dinner and a stop at her favorite childhood ice…
• Why I Don’t Feel Guilty for Being a Busy Mom

  As featured on Scary Mommy Before I had kids, I thought I was busy. I honestly believed working 40 hours every week, practicing yoga, and grocery shopping left me with no time for all the other things I wanted to do with my life. Okay, you can stop laughing now. Really – knock it off!…
• Serenity Now: Self-Care for Burnt Out Moms

  If I were to stack Legos on top of one another, adding a new piece every time I was beckoned during the day, the stack would grow into a tower capable of reaching the moon by dinnertime.
• Elastic Waistbands: A Love Story

  I’m one of those women whose waistline expands faster than a marshmallow in a microwave within weeks of seeing two pink lines on a pregnancy test.