I was compensated by U by Kotex®, but thoughts and opinions are my own. Cycle-Syncing is a new’ish concept to me – I’d read about it a few years ago but it didn’t really resonate. After I had my first daughter, I didn’t get my period back for 18 months, I had one cycle and…
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Tool Box; What’s in my Kit.
Having a toolbox full of options to pull from when days are hard, or workouts seem impossible, healthy eating feels…dumb, and connecting with your children seems impossible, is paramount to feeling like I can pull out of those trenches. I’ve tried a lot (A LOT) of tools. And keeping all of them fresh and in…
Guilt Games; How to Stop Playing
Disordered eating thoughts and guilt games that my brain uses as an excuse to restrict calories are deeply rooted. Noticing where they are prevalent, what makes them flare and burn bright, and then acknowledging them deeply and disabling them every time, is what saves me from falling into a thought pattern that I know leads…
Book Review: 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
We’ve begun to embrace a weekly Library day. It started at the behest of my bookworm children and has become one of my favorite parts of the week. One of our local libraries is just beautiful. Huge bright windows, low shelves that leave the space feeling open and sunny, and a ‘new release’ and ‘staff…
15 Things Every Woman Should Do
Own underwear that fits your current body, really comfortably. Or just don’t wear any. Either, totally cool. Know, or be learning, or take a moment now, to know some of your personal boundaries. Enforce them without guilt or shame. Read up on Gaslighting. Know it. Refute it. Take a few deep breaths. Have a morning…
More Abundance; Abundant30 Journaling Prompt’s
This is the 3rd Month of the Abundant30 Facebook group, and each month it has changed. January, it was fairly dogmatic, followed a planned course and trajectory, February I edited/shifted and didn’t participate as wholly, but still posted each prompt (nearly)daily. This March… I’ve run it far differently. I think throughout the month I’ve only…
5 Things I am Doing for my Heart, Self Care Habits
I was sitting in the children’s portion of the library. Mondays are our library days, and our favorite one has big windows and heaps of light. We always find a warm, bright spot, with our stacks of books, and all dive in. Ever to every Potty Book (she’s been bathroom independent since 19 mo, but…
Book Review: Love Warrior
I haven’t read a book in it’s entirety since December.But this book has been on my list since January, and on my radar before that. I’m glad I never looked it up, though, or read its premise, or knew too much about it. I went into it expecting something inspiring, beautiful, and thoughtful. I thought…
The Thought Hack that I Use Daily.
I have times, more than I would care to admit, where the internet and daily life gets to me. Instagram scrolling turns into self deprecating thoughts and comparisons. Facebook reading turns into re-traumatizing myself again and again with news I have already read but feel the need (duty?) to read again. And the daily grind of…
5 Way to Encourage your Friends…on social media.
This post may be a bit strange, as it’s far more in fashion to bash social media, tout all the ways it separates and hurts us, and tear down the images/videos/groups/sales/everything that every “friend” does on it. But I’m just not into that. Finding ways to make social media work FOR me, has been important….