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family life

Happy-mom secret: stay connected to your kids

May 16, 2012

Exciting news! I’m contributing to the Goldfish Smiles website, on the topic of – you guessed it! – finding more happiness as a mom. I’ll be posting there monthly, and I hope you’ll read along! Introducing my first post: It can be hard not to get caught up in a go, go, go lifestyle that [...]

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Mindful Monday: Get ready for summer

May 14, 2012

Wait. It’s May 14 – really? The end of the school year seems to have caught me off-guard this year, and between getting ready for summer break and making sure my kids get all those library books back to school, I’m feeling a little flustered. So for this week’s Mindful Monday intention, I’m looking forward [...]

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Nurturing or ambition: do moms have to choose?

May 11, 2012

Ever since I can remember, I’ve been a nurturer. Some of my earliest memories involve cradling baby dolls and placing injured animals in shoeboxes so I could (usually unsuccessfully) nurse them back to health. I always loved babies, from the time I was a baby myself. And I always knew I would be a mother, [...]

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Mindful Monday: Light up with warm greetings

May 7, 2012

Whew! Just barely getting this Mindful Monday post up on time. I’ve been in recovery mode today, reconnecting with my family and trying to process all that I learned and experienced over the past few days. It may surprise you to hear that a conference dedicated to the business of blogging left me feeling inspired [...]

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Your Turn Thursday: how do you balance your views on screens & tech with your spouse’s?

May 3, 2012

I am so excited to announce a new series here at The Happiest Mom: Your Turn Thursdays. Why? Because I believe all moms are experts on raising kids and finding more satisfaction in motherhood Because I have amazing readers and commenters and welcome the opportunity to highlight all your wisdom and advice, and Okay, because [...]

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My ‘pre-mothering’ travel routine: what’s wrong with prepping your family before you hit the road?

May 2, 2012

I mentioned my “pre-mothering” pre-trip rituals in Monday’s post, but it turns out I had a lot more to say on the subject: As I usually do before a trip, I’ve spent much of the last few days doing what I jokingly refer to as “pre-mothering:” stocking the house with snacks and reasonably healthy convenience [...]

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Kid stages we could do without (for me: toddlerhood)

April 27, 2012

Earlier this week I was thinking about how much the season of motherhood we’re in affects our experience of parenting. For example, the rest break I declared on Monday simply wouldn’t have been possible two years ago, when I had a busy toddler getting into ev-ery-thing. Then I remembered that almost two years ago, I [...]

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