We recently took our first long road trip with our kids to Florida. I was very resistant to this idea because I thought 10 hours in the car with my 6 year old triplets would be stressful and ruin our vacation before we even got there. In this episode, I am sharing with you the tips and tricks that we used to survive this road trip with our kids!
Have you ever suffered from separation anxiety?? This is something that I have never experienced before until recently. On this episode, I am sharing with you how I got to the root of the problem and what I did to work on it.
When we focus on expectation instead of appreciation, we often end up feeling disappointment. On this episode I am sharing with you how your life can change when you focus on the things you appreciate instead of the things you expect.
Before becoming a mom, you were focusing on yourself and pursuing your dreams. That naturally changes when you become a mom and all your time, love, and attention shifts towards your baby/babies. On this episode I am sharing with you who I was before I became a mom and how I am integrating that person into the mom/wife that I am today!
With Mother's Day approaching, I thought this was the perfect time to talk about how it's essential to take care of ourselves. We as mothers tend to put everyone first, but it's not selfish to take time for yourself. In this episode I will share with you how I fill up my own cup to keep myself happy and healthy!
Most of the time, we are teaching our kids everything they need to know. But every once awhile, they teach us some things. In this episode I am sharing with you the lessons that my kids have taught me.
Procrastination is the avoidance of pain. We don't want to change or do something because we feel like it would be more painful than not doing it. In this episode, I am sharing with you the reasons behind why we (and our kids) procrastinate and what we can do to break this habit.
SHOULD we do that or do we NEED to do that? There are so many things in our life that we feel like we "should" be doing, but a lot of those things don't really need to be done. In this episode I am sharing with you how I work through prioritizing what I need to do vs what I feel like I should be doing and not feeling guilty by not doing the "shoulds" on my to do list.
Where you spend your time and energy directly affects how you are feeling. Are you spending your time and energy doing the things that you love to do and want to do? In this episode, I will share with you how I realized I wasn't spending my energy wisely and what I did to change that.
Something I wished that I had learned from an early age was that I had the power to control how others made me feel. As I continue to grow on my personal development journey, I am sharing what I learn with my kids. I am giving them "tools" for their mental toolbox so they are in control of what they think and feel. On this episode I am sharing with you how I am instilling this in their daily lives.
Having an attitude of gratitude is hard to do when you are having a bad day. It's not easy to pull yourself out of a funk and sometimes it feels good to stay in that negative mindset. On this episode, I am sharing with you how I turned my bad morning into a good morning by listing the things that I am grateful for.
Are you over parenting your child/children? I have been determined to raise my kids to be well behaved and respectful, but maybe I am parenting them too much? The term "helicopter mom" comes to mind. In this episode I am sharing with you how I came to this realization, what I am doing to change it, and how I am teaching my kids to problem solve on their own.
Are you a fan of the law of attraction?? Well I am and I recently discovered how the law of attraction and parenting go hand in hand. In this episode I am sharing with you how I realized what you focus on grows no matter if it's good or bad, even when you are parenting.
When you say "yes" to anything in your life, that means you are saying "no" to another area in your life. This doesn't always have to be a bad thing, but recently for me I have realized that the things that I have been saying yes to haven't always been because I have wanted to do them. In this episode, I share with you how I am learning to say NO so I can say YES to the things that I really want to do.
When life don't as planned, do you feel like things are happening TO you or FOR you? In this episode, I share with you all how I look for the silver linings when I feel like life is throwing me a curveball.
Disciplining your kids can take a lot of patience, consistency, empathy, and a good sense of humor. Recently I feel like the methods I have been using arent' working anymore so I had to get a little creative. On this episode, I am sharing with you creative consequences for disciplining your kids! References: http://www.imom.com/21-creative-consequences/
One of the biggest lessons that I have learned from my mother is that a mother's love has no limiting beliefs. In this episode, I am sharing with you how my mom believed that I could do anything I wanted to no matter what. Even if it seemed so far out of reach, my mom believed in me so much that she didn't let my limiting beliefs stand in her way or mine.
Do you ever wonder why your kids lie to you? My kids have been flat out lying to my face recently and I wanted to know why. In this episode I am talking about the lies that my kids tell me and the truth behind it. Listen to find out the reasons why your kids might be lying to you.
We as moms are guilty of the "mom guilt". We feel like we are not good enough, we don't like the way our kids are behaving, and we feel bad when we think these things. But are these things we tell ourselves the truth?? In this episode, I share with you a method that I use to understand if what I am telling myself is the truth or a lie.
As a mom, we are masters at multi-tasking so being present can be challenging at times. On this episode, I share with you how I realized I was being present at the wrong times.