Life

My mornings are hectic—and other confessions from a working mom

Why can’t we talk about what it’s really like?

How Chip + Joanna Gaines just addressed marriage rumors is a lesson to us all

Yet again, Chip and Joanna Gaines are #marriagegoals.

I felt like an instant failure at breastfeeding

Just because you have a set of breasts doesn’t mean you will know how to use them to feed your baby. It’s okay to ask for help.

Let me take your picture, mama—you’re beautiful

Your kids deserve to see and remember just how loved they are, and how beautiful you are.

This mom’s medicine hack is going viral for a very good reason

Help your baby take medicine—no spoonful of sugar needed!

Anxiety in kids: what’s typical and what’s not

Kids have perfectly valid anxieties of their own. Here’s how to help them conquer them.

Dear husband, here’s what I wish you knew about my anxiety

Keep reminding me that I’m beautiful. That you love me. And that I’m the greatest mom I can be.

I am writing ‘me too’ so my children don’t have to

I don’t want them to grow up in a world where they feel like they have to let inappropriate behavior slide.

Motherhood is frustrating, but here’s how to find your inner calm

Feel the emotion, be humanly annoyed for a moment and then choose to let go,

To stop the ‘culture of sexism,’ we need to raise feminist sons, says Justin Trudeau

Because gender equality is not only an issue for women and girls.

#MeToo is a rally cry for all parents—we must do better

Despite the statistics, we can have hope. We are the ones shaping the future, after all. 

My son was never born, but he’s with our family everyday

Finding a way to honor him has brought healing and meaning to my life in ways I could never have imagined

How to find the joy, mama

Spend some time, every single day, gifting yourself quality time. Not at the expense of your children or family, but to recharge + value your wellbeing. 

Our weekends as a family changed when we made time for unscheduled, unregulated FUN

That day of fun made me feel so recharged, so refreshed, so ready to take on the week.

To the person who told Susan Sarandon motherhood would ‘ruin’ her career…

Spoiler: It didn’t.

I don’t want mom friends, I need them

My mom-friends are a whole new category of friend.

New law could cause jail time for parents of bullies

But it likely won’t solve the real problem.

To the mama who moved away from her family

I decided to get plugged in.