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Continue Your Flow

May 19, 2021 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

We are all capable of achieving any goal we set for ourselves. This is something I’ve been working on with my E-School members. What most of us don’t realize about ourselves is that we are all limitless in our capabilities.  We look at other people and think I could never do anything like that. You […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: determination, Failure, grit, perseverance

Getting Back On Track (Again)

May 3, 2021 by not your average mom 2 Comments

It’s always my goal to write a blog post a day. This is how I started out writing the blog. But as the blog grew into more than just the blog — the Facebook group, The Empowerment Experience, E-School — I’ve struggled to be consistent. Throw in a pandemic, homeschooling two of the kids, getting […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: getting back on track, giving yourself permission to fail, grit, perseverance

The First Week

September 17, 2020 by not your average mom 6 Comments

It’s been a week since I watched Number 4 walk away from the existence we had known for the last fourteen years and into a new phase of life. Last Friday I dropped her off at boarding school for her freshman year of high school. This was not something I ever envisioned doing. I imagined […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House Tagged With: boarding school, homesickness, perseverance

Worth The Wait

December 8, 2019 by not your average mom 4 Comments

A couple days ago I wrote this post about Number 6 and his very first wrestling meet this past Thursday: It was a tough (but good) day for him. He only had one match, and he did a great job. Although he lost and was extremely emotional both during and after the match, he handled […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: perseverance, wrestling, youth wrestling

I’m Taking Massive Action

June 13, 2019 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Today I was doing a live training with the members of Not Your Average Tribe, and I was talking to them about setting goals and then taking massive action to get there. Taking massive action doesn’t mean you have to do something HUGE every day. It doesn’t mean you have to spend hours upon hours, […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: goal setting, massive action, perseverance, taking massive action

What I Learned At The Swim Meet Today

July 27, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I have been at this pool since 6:15 this morning. It is now 6:15 p.m. I have been here for 12 hours, and I have (hopefully only) 2 more hours to go. I’ll do the same thing tomorrow. And again on Sunday. It’s a three day meet, it’s trials in the morning and finals at […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Funny Stuff, Parenting Tagged With: perseverance, swim meets, swimming

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