Gratitude | Skills and Strategies

10 Ways to Combat Holiday Materialism

Last week I was driving my seven-year-old daughter to dance class when she spotted Christmas decorations on a store front. She said. "Mom ,what do you think I should ask Santa for?" "I'm not sure, is...

Children | Gratitude | Motherhood

Happy Mother’s Day

Mother's Day became an official national holiday in the United States in 1914. We can thank Anna Jarvis for the holiday; she spent four years of her life advocating for mother's to have a day where th...

Gratitude | Self-care | Skills and Strategies

How I Practiced Self-Care the Past Three Weeks

The past three weeks have been a whirlwind of activities. I am certain I am not alone. Parents in most of the United States, (I write this as I have many people visiting this site from across the glob...