Wishing a warm welcome to Anne McOmber of Simplicity Avenue! -- Arms full with our toddler, diaper bag, and all the other loose ends from the truck, my husband quickly headed into the house with our kids. They were up the stairs and to the front door before I’d even made it past the sidewalk. I'd …
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I knew I was right on the brink of saying something I'd regret.We'd been with our extended families for eight days straight. When you live 600 miles away, your visits tend to last long when they happen. And because that time together is so rare, you want to make every minute count.So for the …
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A warm welcome to Emma Scheib of Simple Slow & Lovely! I think most mums would agree that motherhood is simultaneously the hardest and most rewarding thing we've ever done. But for those of us who flourish in quiet and solitude, mothering can sometimes feel too hard.Interestingly, I …
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Has something significant ever happened to you that made you think—It's so weird that just a few minutes ago, I had no idea this was coming. This happened to me once when I slipped in a puddle while carrying a toddler on my hip and a baby inside my belly. Thankfully, both of my babies were fine, …
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I believe in the power of the words we tell ourselves. Our inner monologues have so much influence over how we feel.The problem, though, is that our brains are wired to over-learn from negative experiences and under-learn from positive ones. Thankfully, we can practice disrupting these cycles by …
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She pulled out her white board. In my experience, breakthroughs come when a therapist pulls out a white board. Moments before, I'd been unloading all of my feelings on her. I didn't expect anything to change; I just knew I needed to get the weight of parenting off my chest for a while."I …
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