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Want to go far? DON’T GO ALONE.

May 22, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

What do yoga classes, running buddies, book clubs, 12-step programs, study groups, social media, and therapists all have in common? They provide accountability. And if you are like the majority of people on this planet, you operate better when you have some form of external accountability. Accountability doesn’t mean pressure. It means support. It means […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: accountability partners, developing habits, If you want to go fast go alone if you want to go far go together

The Sneaky Trick That Makes Habits Stick

May 13, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Between work, kids, laundry, and 250 new emails a day, it can feel impossible to find time for anything new, especially the new habits we can’t seem to make happen – drinking more water, stretching, strength training, organization, wathever. But there’s a way to make new habits feel doable – even on your craziest, busiest […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: eat the frog, habit pairing, habit stacking, habits, how to develop new habits

Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

May 8, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

It’s human nature to do whatever you can to stay comfortable and safe. Our brains preserve energy and avoid discomfort at all costs. The caveman part of our brain has not evolved as quickly as modern society has. It doesn’t know we don’t have to forage for food or search for shelter anymore, so discomfort […]

Filed Under: Self Care, Setting Boundaries Tagged With: growth mindset, how to tolerate discomfort, keys to growrth, tolerating discomfort

Did You Do It Today?

May 7, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

It doesn’t take 21 days to develop a new habit. That’s misinformation that spun from a plastic surgeon’s observations. Maxwell Maltz was a plastic surgeon and a writer. In 1960 he published Psycho-Cybernetics, which is still regarded as a classic self-help book. Maltz noticed with his plastic surgery patients that it took about 21 days […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: how to develop new habits, Psycho-Cybernetics, setting boundaries

Can’t vs Won’t

April 30, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Very often we don’t make changes because we tell ourselves we can’t do something. I can’t exercise because I don’t have time. I can’t quit my job because I need the health insurance. I can’t lose weight because my husband insists on keeping junk food in the house. I can’t go to bed earlier because I need time to unwind at night. In reality, these […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: growth mindset, how to make changes, shifting your mindset, victim mentality

You’re Supposed To Be Having Fun, Too

April 25, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I used to do a lot of fun stuff. Then I got married and had kids and almost everything I loved doing came to a screeching halt as I prioritized everyone else and what they wanted to do over just about anything I wanted to do. Twenty years, five kids, and one divorce later, this […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Self Care Tagged With: disc golf, disc golf in CT, making time for fun, setting boundaries

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