As a mental health expert who works with moms, I’m seeing first hand how moms are struggling with the many hard decisions that need to be made around how to celebrate the holidays this year during the pandemic. And many moms are experiencing major FOMO (fear of missing out). I know I am. More ... READ the POST
“No Children Allowed” – Parenting in a Pandemic is Breaking Moms
“Mom, look! Watch this!” My four-year-old screams at me as I move around the house trying to put away a month’s worth of unfolded laundry because between working from home, distance learning, daycare at home, and never leaving home, I’m spent. My cup is empty. It doesn’t matter if I put my oxygen ... READ the POST
Managing Your Mental Health While Parenting in a Pandemic: Five Tips to a (Somewhat) Cooler, Calmer You
(Because how cool and calm can you really be in a pandemic? Just keeping it real.) Have you heard of the spoon theory? It goes like this: those who experience chronic illness explain the little energy they have left or even start with at the beginning or end of each day as if having a ... READ the POST