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quiet moments

Quiet Moments: Do We Find Them or Make Them?

This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience (which means if you make a purchase after clicking a link I will earn a small commission but it won't cost you a penny more)! Click here to read my full disclosure policy. Finding quiet moments in my day has been a dream I've had for a very long time. I have a list of all the things I’d like to get done. Not my daily task list, but ... Read More about Quiet Moments: Do We Find Them or Make Them?

meal planning when you lack planning skills

Becoming a Meal Planner When You Lack Planning Skills

  You come home after a long day. The kids are hungry and cranky. You look through the fridge and the cupboard and try and decide what you’re going to make them for dinner. Everything will take too long for the little monsters, and you are too tired to fight with them to have a healthy snack while they wait for you to make a pot of pasta (it’s the only thing you know that they will all ... Read More about Becoming a Meal Planner When You Lack Planning Skills

caring for yourself in grief

Caring For Yourself In Grief

Taking care of ourselves during the best of times is a challenge for most of us. When we are faced with tragedy we go into survival mode. Making sure other people are ok is our way of pushing our emotions, our reality, to the side for a little while. It’s a weird form of escapism. It doesn’t feel that way in the moment, but we are escaping being with our own thoughts, feelings and memories. Caring ... Read More about Caring For Yourself In Grief

helping your children grieve

Helping Your Children Grieve

As parents, we spend a lot of our time trying to protect our children from being hurt. Whether it’s in the playground when they are little, among their peers as they get older, or the physical dangers that can keep us up at night as they start going out with their friends. When someone close to them dies, our initial instinct is to protect them too. Unfortunately, we can’t protect them from ... Read More about Helping Your Children Grieve

5 things you can do to help someone who is grieving

5 Things You Can Do To Help Someone Who Is Grieving

Your friend’s mother dies. You don’t know what to say. Nobody really does if they haven’t gone through it themselves. It’s this weird club that nobody wants to be in, but those who are, get it. Most people want to help. It’s human nature. It’s hard to watch someone else suffering. We wish we could take it away. Since we can’t, here are a few suggestions of things that you can do to help during ... Read More about 5 Things You Can Do To Help Someone Who Is Grieving

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