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The Only Opinion That Matters Is Yours

September 4, 2019 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I think one of the things that often stops women from working out is worrying what other people will think of them. They don’t want to look dumb/clueless/slow/fat/etc. They compare themselves to other women in the gym or the yoga studio or the pool or spin class or running on the road or wherever. I […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: aging, confidence, exercise

Just Getting Started

June 27, 2019 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I was listening to Conan Obrien’s podcast a few days ago and he was interviewing Howard Stern. The two of them were talking about their work in the early years of their careers and how they cringe looking back at that stuff. I feel the same way when I go back and read old posts […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: aging, evolution, self-reflection, wisdom

Pushing Fifty And Better Than Ever

January 1, 2019 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I gave birth for the last time in October 2011. I was 42 years old. A little less than three months later, on New Year’s Day, I ran a four mile race in town. It’s a race that’s held every year. Since I had just given birth a couple months ago and hadn’t run while […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: aging, running, setting goals when you are older

Beauty isn’t only skin deep.

December 8, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I used to always look younger than my age. And now, at 47, I think things are catching up with me. I’ve got serious crow’s feet. My eyelids are getting heavier. My eyebrows are disappearing (what the hell??? — nobody warned me about that one). The chin and neck hairs are becoming increasingly difficult to […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: aging, boobs, eyelids, wrinkles

Mom, did you used to be pretty?

April 23, 2016 by not your average mom 6 Comments

A couple days ago, I was in the car with Number 3 and he asked me, “Mom, did you used to be pretty?” Used to be? I looked at him in the rear view mirror. “Yeah, I think I used to be pretty,” I told him. I get it. I’m in my late forties. I’m […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: aging, destination, journey, Number 3, perspective, pretty, wrinkles

The Senior Citizen Contract

April 11, 2015 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Somewhere along life’s path something happens. There is an invisible line that you cross. A switch that gets flipped. And you inevitably go from semi-cool parent to really-cranky-old-person-who-forgets-the-first-seventy-five-years-of-your-life. I’m really hoping I manage to avoid crossing this line. But I know how I am now. I can’t remember what day it is most of the time. […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Humor, Lessons I've Learned, Parenting Tagged With: aging, getting older, parent contracts, senior citizens

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