parenting
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So much. It means so much. I am so tired of people not understanding the absolute soul deep toll it takes to raise a child. Full credit to the multiple African cultures that created this and teach this. Dealing vs Ideal Yes, you can do it on your own, but no that isn’t how it…
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This thought, this feeling, is completely valid. You aren’t a horrible person, you aren’t a failure, there is nothing wrong with you.
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Single moms! Time to reduce stress. And I don’t mean like the toxic positivity people (I’m looking at you ‘coaches’) say to just jump off every cliff because they say it will be better for you. Ugh! No!
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Reduce your stress, part 2! We covered a solid step to help eliminate the financial stressor(s) in the previous post of this short series. For this post, we are concentrating on dreams and goals. And I am going to upset so many people with this… Don’t Be Too Specific I know the type of people…
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Single mom shares 3 steps to reduce stress and gain success.
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Burnout. I just thought I was failing, broken, useless. My career dreams were dashed, I was angry and disappointed, I doubted my abilities and I just didn’t have the energy anymore. I didn’t realize that I was in burnout. Mostly because I kept comparing myself to others (there are other moms out there who have…
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I honestly hate the stress of moving and making moving manageable seems like a fever dream for a neurodivergent person like myself. Organizing the boxes, what needs to be left out until the last minutes, making weird discoveries of things I didn’t know I owned, the constant theft of packing tape by imaginary gremlins. Not…
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Is it time to go solo? Co-parenting can be an absolutely amazing way to move on after a divorce and give your kid(s) a better life. However, there are many instances (like mine) where it can actually make your child’s life worse. If there is no trust, cooperation, and compromise then co-parenting is doomed to…