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“One generation full of deeply loving parents would change the brain of the next generation, and with that, the world.” ~Dr. Charles Raison
So, I made the Today Show, and it was a huge accomplishment for me. As a writer, a mother, a “mompreneur”, and a self-proclaimed educated, intelligent, respectful human being who desires to write a book one day and empower others via speaking gigs (Phew! That’s a mouthful!) — making the Today Show was, needless to…
Are you getting parenting “right” by getting it “wrong”? My answer is, YES! I guess we should begin this conversation by scratching the notion that there is one method of parenting, “the right way”, and that any other way is undoubtedly “the wrong way”. Still, there are some absolutes when it comes to parenting, such…
An awfully sweet, naively angelic, charismatic and opinionated seven-year-old sat next to her father on the couch while Mommy cleared and cleaned the table after dinner. The little girl glanced over at her mother whose face looked a bit peeved and worn with her mascara unintentionally smudged beneath her lower eyelid, bags below that, and…
As I write this, I am in bed, and it’s only 9:17 pm. That’s an early bedtime, even for me. I sit here on my husband’s side of the bed with a pillow on my lap, a laptop on top of that, and a million thoughts stewing around in my head. You see, the reason I…
Today I took a picture of myself in a bikini and may I add that I didn’t filter it. Let the shock set in. But, I also didn’t share the picture — until now, that is. Today I took a picture of myself in a bikini because I needed to prove to myself that I…
You’re tired. The baby was on you all night long, and around 2am, your toddler gave you a swift right-hook while you were happily in dreamland. You don’t want to wake up to your alarm, and that’s why you set six alerts in succession. You finally awake with the last. You go to make coffee,…
I’m always giving strangers the benefit of the doubt. Not my husband (like, ever), and typically not my children and surely not myself, but acquaintances and strangers, well they seem all too deserving. Okay, maybe it’s not that they seem or even are deserving, but just that I find it pretty effortless to go easy…
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