Here’s the deal. Last year I put out a post on the EWGs 2017 sunscreen guide and a ton of moms slammed me for it. So to be clearer this year I want to state right up front that ANY sunscreen is better than no sunscreen. My purpose in writing this post is to give you information on what chemicals can be found in most common sunscreens and how those chemicals can affect you and your children. Read 2017 Guide to Safe Sunscreen What you wash your kid’s hair with, paint their toes with, feed them for dinner or...
Here’s the deal. Last year I put out a post on the EWGs 2017 sunscreen guide and a ton of moms slammed me for it. So to be clearer this year I want to state right up front that ANY sunscreen is better than no sunscreen. My purpose in writing this post is to give you information on what chemicals can be found in most common sunscreens and how those chemicals can affect you and your children. Read 2017 Guide to Safe Sunscreen What you wash your kid’s hair with, paint their toes with, feed them for dinner or...
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June 12, 2018
9 Meat-Free Easy and Quick Summer Meals
Meal Planning is a great way to save time, money and the headache of trying to figure out what to make for dinner every night. Meal planning in the summer can get a little tricky though. Its super hot and most nights my family doesn’t want a huge hot meal. If we aren’t grilling out we really don’t even eat that much meat in the summer. It just makes us feel even hotter. Tell me we aren’t the only family who does this in the summer? Another thing about making meals in the summer is that heating up the...
Children and Grief – We Should Teach them How to Process their Feelings, Not How to Hide Them There are times where its perfectly fine and normal to hide our stress, anxiety, fears and hurts from our children. And yet there are other times when hiding these feelings from them could cause more long-term damage then we realize. I DO hide certain pain points from my children and I recommend you do the same. As women, we tend to have lots of body image insecurities that we should try our very best NOT to pass on. don’t hate your...
It is so easy to fall into the trap of complacency as a stay-at-home mom. We make our own schedules. We don’t have a set dress code and our coworkers have no fashion sense. Why bother even getting out of your PJs? Because you are a grown up. Grown-ups get dressed. They do stuff. They have responsibilities. If you can keep little people alive and happy every day surely you can spend a few moments to get dressed each morning? You matter. What you are doing matters. Treat yourself and you mommyhood life with respect. Get dressed. A few...
People are always telling busy moms that they need to take time for themselves. Honestly though, who has the time? We are busy with life and life doesn’t have built in self-care breaks. Taking time for yourself is important though so how do we find the balance? As busy moms, we do have the ability to incorporate our children into our self-care routines. We are with them ALL THE TIME so it makes more sense to include them instead of trying to build in time when we can exclude them. While I do love my alone time, I also...
April 26, 2018
Easy Self Care Ideas for Moms Who Like to Read
Looking for Easy Self Care Ideas? Taking care of your own emotional well-being seems so simple. Then you become a mom. Your time is no longer your own and you find yourself lost when you do have moments of solitude. I’m fairly certain that in the moments of quiet you, like most all moms, reach for your phone. Check Instagram. Check Facebook and emails. But really, shouldn’t you be spending that time doing something FOR yourself? Something that benefits YOU? Something that YOU enjoy? Of course, you should. While it sounds like such an easy thing to do, its...
Always on the lookout for ways to make your home feel more serene and calm? You’ve tried lightening it up with textiles and paint. You’ve added some special fragrances. But still, something is missing. Have you missed bringing a bit of nature into your design? Perhaps it’s time to start bringing in a few houseplants for anxiety. This post may contain affiliate links. This just means if you make a purchase using a link I provide that I may receive compensation. This is no way changes the price for you and I only recommend products or services I truly...
April 3, 2018
Creating a Self-Care Box
Self-Care is a trendy topic these days. While I seriously hate the term “self-care” I do see its benefits. As very busy stay-at-home-moms I also realize that in this season of life we won’t always have time in our days to check self-care off our to-do lists. That’s okay. When we do have days to fit some “me” time in, a self-care box is a welcome addition. It’s kind of like meal planning. All the ingredients are already there and you just need to throw it together. The reason I love having a ready to go box of items...
Anger and Anxiety Punishing others for a perceived wrongdoing feels good, doesn’t it? It gives us a feeling of power and control over someone who hurt us. We feel that being mad or upset is a useless emotion and punishing that person gives us a purpose. A way to deal with and process those negative emotions. A way to deal with anger. What we don’t realize is all we are doing is harming ourselves. We are holding on so tightly to those negative emotions. But the person who harmed us doesn’t have to continue to feel any of it....
December 8, 2017
When the Holiday Season is Hard to Handle
As a mom, some days are just hard. Most days have hard moments, but sometimes it feels like the whole day is filled with the hard moments. It’s easy to let yourself fall into the pit of self-loathing,or self-pity when you have one of these days. Like every insecurity that you ever have just bursts forth and somehow it becomes who you think you really are. It’s important to fight that self-doubt, loathing and pity. It’s important to know that these are lies. That these insecurities aren’t who you are, ever have been or ever will be. BUT sometimes...
