It is Monday morning and I am sitting at my desk feeling somewhat overwhelmed. All the balls are still in the air but I am one move away from losing it. My weekend was positive but I was pushed to my capacity with my sister and brother-in-law visiting along with their four small […]

In full-disclosure, I will share that I have been working on-and-off, part time one day a week and as needed throughout my maternity leave. Knowing that I would be returning to work full-time in less than 3 months was enough incentive to keep my hand in things at work. Better to not get […]

Basically, Says who? applies to all judgement calls in the gray (and sometimes not so gray) range.  Anyone who has tried to raise a child knows that for every piece of expert advice, there is often an equally persuasive counterargument.  As with highly complex tasks, there’s no one right way to mother.  Of course your […]

It’s one thing to take affront when a parent, a friend, or a stranger openly criticizes our mothering.  But sometimes we think there is judgment where there is not.  Sometimes the negative scripts we run in our heads– often without our being aware of them– cause us to distort reality.  It can be like wearing the […]