I feel very conflicted with New Years goals and resolutions.  I don’t believe in constricting goal setting to just one time a year.  I believe in setting, reflecting on, and accomplishing goals year round.  Furthermore, New Years occurs during the winter time where our bodies are naturally programmed to...

Honestly, I don’t even know where to begin.  This year has been one of my most difficult years.  I haven’t written a blog post in over a year and a half.  Every time I sit down to write something, I feel like none of it really matters.  It’s been...

One of the biggest concerns I hear about full-time and working moms is losing your “identity”.   I’ve been a full-time mom now for 5 years and this is something I have thought about A LOT.  What does it even mean to lose your identity?  And what even defines...

After the holidays, I feel so wiped out.  Christmas is always an energy draining time for me.   Every year goes like this: October comes around and we have Halloween and all the fun fall festivities. I start to feel excited about the next couple months. November rolls around...

Nothing could have prepared me for how difficult my breastfeeding journey has been.  I say “has been” because it is STILL something I carry lots of guilt about.  I breastfed each of my babies for a few weeks, but nowhere near how long I would have liked. My son...

Birth is such a personal experience for a mama.  My first two births were in a hospital with an epidural and were very mellow and easy.  I didn’t have any trauma and they were beautiful experiences.  But for some reason I felt like something was missing from them.  Ever...