The Real Cost of Ignoring Self-Care

People tell me all the time that I’m so much like my mom. Looks, traits, behaviors, mannerisms, goals, you name it. I didn’t really see it or get it while she was alive (of course, do kids ever?), but...

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Creating Balance Without Burnout: Overwhelmed Working Mom Edition

When you feel overwhelmed with the pace and demands of life, YOU HAVE 3 OPTIONS: 

1 – Just keep going 

Suck it up, Buttercup! Even when you’re exhausted, uninspired and unwell, keep showing up to se...

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Break Free from Burnout: How to Recharge and Reclaim Your Power as a Working Mom

There’s no prize for the most exhausted and disheveled woman still standing.

Yes, I’m talking to YOU, woman who hasn’t done a single thing to serve or take care of herself in…well, you can’t even rem...

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Losing Mom - The Wake-Up Call Every Ambitious Woman Needs About Self-Care

There is ZERO doubt in my mind that a huge part of what took mom from us was the chronic stress of a high-achieving, caring-for-everyone-but-yourself-WITHOUT-END life.⁣⁣

I watched my driven, passio

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The Ultimate Self-Care: Why Every Mom Deserves a Guilt-Free Sleep-In Day

When’s the last time you woke up like this?

Like...

-no alarm

-no tiny hands pushing and pulling at you

-no little voices asking for Cheerios

-no rules

-no timetable

-NO ...

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A Legacy of Strength: Reflections on Mom's Cancer Battle

I was a sophomore in college when we found out my mom had cancer. I’ve often told people that I reacted like someone that didn’t know anything about anything about cancer, which is to say, I thought y...

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