The idea that you can have it all and do it all is a myth to me. As a modern woman, I struggle with finding balance for everything I used to enjoy. This new life of mine requires me to give myself grace for not being perfect and allowing things to be good enough. With…
Category: Motherhood
The 5th Trimester Going Back To Work After Maternity Leave
Many people have heard of the 4th trimester. This is the 12 weeks following the birth of your child where you adjust to being a parent and your child adjusts to life outside of the womb. This is an emotional and physical adjustment for both. The 5th trimester though, the one where you adjust to…
Motherhood Is A Thread Tying Us Together On Our Journey
Single mom, married mom, breastfeeding mom, formula feeding mom, stay-at-home mom, working mom, mom of one, mom of multiples… There is one common thread all the above share regardless of the title that precedes. We are all a mom, first. Let’s stop this idea that one is better than the other, one holds more weight…
Things We Can Learn From Babies
Sometimes I just sit and watch my son do the funniest stuff, but beyond my amusement there are little bits of hidden inspiration in there too that I feel like I can learn from. Lesson #1- When you can’t fall asleep, talk to God, The Universe or whatever you’d like to call it. Just recently,…
You Make It Look Easy!
These are the words that I’ve often heard uttered all throughout my life. First, it was leaving home and relocating alone to the big city of LA, then it became something friends and colleagues would say at work, and eventually with my overly demanding position even more so. Then it became something everyone would say…
Doctors, Midwives, Nurses, Oh My!
When my pregnancy journey had begun, I had it all figured it out. I knew I’d have a natural birth, the midwives cheering me on as I delivered my son vaginally without any medical intervention. Boy was I wrong! My son was stubborn and comfy in my womb in a breached position and never turned….
The Conscious Parent
In more ways than one, this book made me reflect on my own childhood and upbringing on how the unconscious habits of the village that brought me up, impacted me today. This book was more about how being a conscious person underpins being a conscious parent. Some parts made me cry, call my sister and…