“We can use this mantra to help ourselves let go of the things in our life that hold us back from being where we would like to be and who we would like to be. Sometimes when we notice the things holding us back they look like external things. For example, my financial situation Read more
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Mama Mantra of the Moment: “I am who I say I am.”
“I am who I say I am”
This mantra can remind us that we create our own stories. We have the power to change our self-image which will allow us to change the way the rest of the world interacts with us. Read more
Mama Mantra of the Moment: “I have balance.”
Balance is a feeling. It’s a feeling of calm, the opposite of anxiety. To have balance is to feel balance. Read more
Mama Mantra of the Moment: My thoughts are my own, they come, they go.
5 Motherhood Stock Photos that Prove Shutterstock is Drunk
It’s no secret that stock photos of mothers are a hot commodity. A search for “mother” on Shutterstock yields nearly 8,000 pages of results. And they have someone vetting the photos … but my question, which I think you’ll come to agree is a good one, is: who? Who is vetting these photos?
Obviously, Shutterstock is drunk. Read more
From the “Bitter” Mom. Pregnancy Happens.
I have a tendency to be direct and brash according to those close to me, and my mama writing may often come across as a scary mom who should not be a mom if she hates it so much, but it is part of my way of coping, and I was a bartender for 14 years so a blunt potty mouth runs through my veins. Here is how becoming a mom happened for me in the form of a timeline. Read more
Mama Mantra of the Moment: I Can Do What This Moment Demands of Me
“I can do what this moment demands of me.” Read more