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Ultimate Homemaking Bundle-2018

| Marriage, Mom Life, Uncategorized

3 years ago I bought a bundle called The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle. I was a pretty new mom and looking for any and all tips I could find to keep my head above water. The bundle was really great that I have bought it every single year since! Every year it's filled to the brim with amazing content that makes my life easier. Yesterday I bought (yes I bought it with my own money haha) and was pretty blown away. First of all it's $3,700 worth of content for $29.97 I mean if that doesn't make you ...

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5 Ways I Combat My Postpartum Anxiety

| Mom Life

It's no secret that this time last year I was suffering with some pretty intense postpartum anxiety. I had had anxiety before but nothing like this. I was overcome but such intense and irrational fear that simple things like going to the grocery store we undoable. Over the past year I have come very far in this journey but anxiety isn't something that is just going to totally disappear from my life. I have learned how to control it though and have a toolbox of tricks. When it was really bad ...

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Self Care: Body Edition

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My goals were pretty simple this year... you can read them here, but the one I was dreading the most was getting back into shape. It sounds silly that I dreaded it so much but it's true! The thought of working out gives me a deep panic. There are like a billion cards stacked against us moms when we are trying to do something for ourselves: mom guilt, childcare, money...so many reasons that we push ourselves onto the back burner. When I decided I wanted to work out I was originally going to ...

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Creating A Home Base Binder + Free Mission Statement Printable

| DIY, Living Spaces, Mom Life, Uncategorized

Who here is a hot mess? Raise your hand! I currently have both arms stretched to the sky. If you look up "hot mess" in the Webster Dictionary you see my face. Yep in my glory with a coffee stained t shirt and old mascara. I don't ever try to hide that. They say disorganized people are creative people, so I'll take it. We recently created a family command center in our entryway, I'll share that soon, but we also have a Home Base Binder from Emily Ley that really helps too. What in the ...

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Social Media: A thief of joy?

| Mom Life, Uncategorized

I truly believe our generation and future generations are at a real disadvantage in life due to social media. It's stealing our time and our joy. What?! How can that be? I mean I make my living off of social media, it's crucial to my businesses survival. Just hear me out. First social media isn't the devil but were we really designed to have instant access to news, people, and shoes at the touch of one finger? Studies show that the average person will spend 5 YEARS of their life on social ...

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