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A Time-Out Mindset Shift

May 14, 2016 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Changing the way you parent or look at commonly utilized parenting methods is difficult. Paradigm shifts make many of us uncomfortable and that discomfort often causes us to automatically respond with disbelief and opposition. We can also come up with many justifications for why any new idea won’t work for us. We are too busy. Our kids […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: cool off spaces, paradigm shifts, parenting, positive discipline, positive parenting, time out

Tonight there will be fireworks. But not cause it’s the 4th of July.

July 4, 2015 by not your average mom 5 Comments

Being the 4th of July, I should probably write about how great this country is, or what I appreciate about having freedom or something patriotic. But instead, I just want to share this little story… My husband and I were at an all-time low last week. It was bad. We are under a lot of […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: fireworks, moving out of your comfort zone, paradigm shifts

(Another) Paradigm shift

October 19, 2013 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Last Saturday morning I ran the 20 miles I was supposed to run according to my training plan. The first 16 miles were great. And then my body just seized up. Today I’m supposed to run 16 miles. I have a lot of crap to do today. A lot. And it’s physical. So I could […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: 20 mile run, New York City Marathon, paradigm shifts, practice what you preach

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