Gasp! How can I be talking about the holidays already? I noticed a few weeks back that the Halloween decorations were starting to grace the shelves of my favorite stores and the aisles were getting cleared to make room for Christmas items. Every year it feels like the holiday craze starts earlier and earlier. IContinue reading “3 Steps to Create Holiday Calm”
Category Archives: Me Time
2020: The Year of Covid
We knew Covid-19 was coming as we celebrated Christmas 2019. I remember watching the news of the world and seeing it spread across the map toward the United States. The last time I traveled was early March 2020 and that was a little scary with the virus spreading so rapidly. I planned to meet myContinue reading “2020: The Year of Covid”
How To Find Inspiration When You’re Just Not Feeling It
Inspiration can come at any time and from anywhere. It can also feel like it’s lost in the uncertainty of the times we’re experiencing now. We can easily get bogged down with online school, remote work, and the thousand things dragging on us each day. I have felt that lack of inspiration many times overContinue reading “How To Find Inspiration When You’re Just Not Feeling It”
Being a Working Mom During a Pandemic Part II
Where has the month gone? I read my last post about Being a Working Mom During a Pandemic Part I and realized how far we’ve come in 30 days. We left off with the overwhelming transition into homeschooling and remote work. It was a huge undertaking to get familiar with the Google classrooms, lesson plans,Continue reading “Being a Working Mom During a Pandemic Part II”
Being a Working Mom During a Pandemic Part I
Well, that’s a title you don’t see every day. Being a working mom can be tough during any given week. Now that we’re in the middle of a global crisis, being a working mom feels like 5 more jobs at the same time. We shifted from going to work, school, and community gatherings to workingContinue reading “Being a Working Mom During a Pandemic Part I”
Soup to Sooth Your Soul and Your Gut
Comfort food can come in many forms. Until Fall of last year, I’d dive into fried foods, mac-n-cheese, and wine without a blink of an eye. Being a working mom, I’m on the go, so convenience food helped me along the way. It was all tasty and good to me. I ate my kids’ foodContinue reading “Soup to Sooth Your Soul and Your Gut”
Dream It. Plan It. Do It.
Have you ever been around someone who constantly talks about how busy they are? There’s so much work to be done yet not much ever gets accomplished. The conversations revolve around all the things on the list instead of actually working on them. This thought process becomes a repetitive cycle of perceived busyness versus beingContinue reading “Dream It. Plan It. Do It.”
Finding Your Passion as a Working Mom
Being a working mom is hard. Sometimes it feels like a constant state of multi-tasking schedules and shifting priorities. Your time is spent from the moment you wake up until you crash in the evening. It can be really easy to let go of things you loved to do before you became a mom. WeContinue reading “Finding Your Passion as a Working Mom”
Book Review: The Happiness Equation
The Happiness Equation is a practical guide to developing the happiness muscles in your brain. It gives the reader a framework with real, practical ways to train your mind for the positive. The book outlines nine secrets for achieving happiness. And while these “secrets” are really nothing new, the approach and framework provide the toolsContinue reading “Book Review: The Happiness Equation”
5 Ways to Thrive as a Breadwinning Mom
Did you know that moms are the sole or primary breadwinner in four out of 10 households with children? According to the Pew Research Center, women make up almost half (47%) of the U.S. labor force today, and the employment rate of married mothers with children has increased from 37% in 1968 to 65% in 2011. The roleContinue reading “5 Ways to Thrive as a Breadwinning Mom”
Stephanie Lema 