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Why You Should Use a Journal as a Part of Your Self Care Routine

What does your self-care routine look like? I’m going to be honest with you- mine sucked. It was little to non-existent for quite some time. And that was, quite possibly, one of the worst things that I could have done. It never occurred to me at the time how something so simple could be so useful. But, during the most difficult times of my life, self-care made a world of difference. One of the components of my current self-care routine includes keeping a journal. And I get it- you’re busy. You don’t have a lot of free time. But a journal does not have to be a time consuming task. In fact, here are a few reasons why I think you should use a journal…

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How to Create New Habits that Stick to Make Long Lasting Change

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One of the best pieces of advice you will receive about forming new habits is that you should only form one at a time. When you attempt to change too much at once, it almost always leads to failure. This can overwhelm you, frustrate you, and give you too much to change. When this happens, you feel like you can’t accomplish what you set out to, and you won’t try again in the future. The Importance of Sticking to One New Habit at a Time You Can’t Change Everything at Once Remember that you can’t do everything at the same time, just like you can’t develop a bunch of new habits at once. This is almost impossible for anyone, since you need a good amount…

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4 Ways to Organize Your Life For Less Stress

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As we have talked about before, stress is a natural part of life. But it doesn’t have to take over your life. Sometimes it just takes small steps like these 4 ways to organize your life for less stress. Seems like a win-win, right? You can get your house and home organized to improve your mental health. If you want help with stress, you need to focus on organizing your life. Having a lot of clutter and disorganization at home, in your car, and at work can create the feeling of overwhelming chaos. This is only going to cause more stress than you already have. Now is the time to start organizing your life in order to find some relief from your stress. 4 Practical…

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How to Start Finding Your Self Worth as a Stay at Home Mom

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Are you struggling to find your self worth as a stay at home mom? I assure you that you are not alone. In fact, I would be willing to bet that nearly every stay at home mom struggles with this at some point. If you are a parent, I want to ask you something: How do you introduce yourself? I’d imagine that it goes something like this: I’m (insert first name here) and I’m (insert child’s name here)’s mom. There’s nothing wrong with this. However, I’d like to ask you something else: Who are you? What else do you have inside of you that really defines you? What are your passions? What are your hopes? What are your dreams? All of this defines you and makes…

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Why I Stopped Trying to be a Supermom and How it Reduced My Stress

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I’m very capable of finding stressful situations. You might say this is a special talent. This ability to find and create stressful situations. A lot of this, of course, is purely internal. And it’s based on my own mindset and approach to situations. In that case? One would think that the easiest thing to do is to just stop trying. Easier said than done. And especially when it comes to parenting. Parenting is both the most stressful and the most rewarding thing that I have ever done. I love my kids without question but they stress me out. And there’s nothing wrong with admitting that. What I would also like to say is this: when I stopped trying to be supermom my relationship with my kids started…

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Why You Need to Take a Break

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Dear mom: Let’s talk about why you need to take a break. This is something that’s especially important for me to keep in mind, and any work at home parent or stay at home parent. If you were working at an office, you would get breaks. Perhaps a paid shorter break and a lunch break, but you would have a break. So why should working at home or being a stay at home parent be any different? It shouldn’t but in reality, we usually don’t take a break- even when we should. This is an important mental health issue for moms (and dads) to be aware of. Yes, you can take a break. What does it mean to “take a break”? Many of us are…