As a new stay-at-home-mom, I am still trying to figure out how to find the sweet spot of doing what I need to do to take care of my son, and doing what I need to do to take care of me. I was tempted to use the word “balance” just now, but that’s not […]
Personal (yogini)
Holding space
Have you ever had a friend or family member that is just going through a really rough time? Like, their current circumstances just suck. They tell you all about it and it just sounds awful. You feel their pain and want to help, but there is nothing you can do or say that will make it any […]
Those sticky thoughts
My son and I attended his first class the other day. It was a class with kids in his age group where they got to explore this soft padded room with all sorts of things to climb and crawl through. As I looked around, I noticed he was the only child that wasn’t walking. And […]
Know which balls to drop
As a stay at home mom, I am still figuring out how to do all the things I need and want to do. It’s definitely a balancing act. I’m not necessarily trying to “find balance”. It’s more like juggling. With many balls constantly in the air. And a toddler who LOVES to throw them. Some balls are […]
Meet yourself where you are: a postpartum update
Meet yourself where you are. I have to continuously remind myself of that. I haven’t talked a lot about my postpartum recovery, but it has definitely been a journey. I had my son last summer and it was a very long labor. The birthing process itself was uncomplicated, except for a bit of hemorrhaging that needed to […]
Replacing the paradox of choice with routine
There is a lot to keep up with being a new mom. And a SAHM (Stay-at-home-mom) at that. One year + in, I am still learning to embrace this new role. I thought I didn’t have time before — wow! I had no idea! My life is completely devoted to caring for and keeping this […]
Don’t Make it a Thing
How many times have we made something into more than it should be? Overcomplicated things. Made it into a ginormous deal. Put pressure on ourselves to do “the thing” perfectly. I was reminded of this crazy “thing” we do during a recent guided meditation where the instruction was just to sit. Just sit. Don’t make […]
Sometimes you’re not actually hungry
The other day I found myself reaching for a snack. Man, was I famished! But as I started biting into my Trader Joe’s food bar, I realized I wasn’t actually hungry. I was thirsty. I hadn’t had enough water that day and my body’s cues were not actually those of hunger but of feeling slightly […]
Time confetti
Being a new mom, I really value my alone time. My “me” time. Where I have a moment to just BE. When my son is sleeping and I have a little time to tend to myself. A lot of the time it’s “getting stuff done” (cleaning up, answering an email, practicing piano, showering, eating, etc.) […]
Breathing through negative thoughts
“How do you feel about those things that you are giving most of your attention to? If there is something in your life that gives you negative emotion almost every time you think about it, we would do anything that we could do to get that negative thing out of our awareness.” ~ Esther Hicks […]