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This Week In Self-Care and Weight Loss, Episode 2: Filling The Tank

March 19, 2022 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I don’t really hang out with many people in person any more. Covid and my divorce have made it especially easy to avoid humans because dealing with humans can be hard and covid made it easy to not deal with people in person and hide. When I’m tired I don’t want to talk to anyone. […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: self care, social self-care

Keep Start Stop

February 7, 2022 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Every day in E-School members receive an email from me. Sometimes the emails are related to the topic we are focusing on that month (it’s Financial February right now) and other times we are doing more reflection/introspection or something more lighthearted (like on Fun Fridays).  Most Sunday emails focus on introspection, and I encourage members […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: 1% improvements, habits, self care

This is the last time I’m doing this.

January 18, 2022 by not your average mom 7 Comments

Nine years ago I was at my heaviest (non-pregnant) weight ever. I had given birth to five kids in six years, was overwhelmed, had no money, was in a fucked up marriage and was not taking care of myself. Life looked like this: And this: and this: and this: Nine years ago I was 43 […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: before and after, mental health, moderation, self care, SELF-CARE, sitting in discomfort, transformations, weight loss

It’s Not You, It’s Me

December 12, 2021 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I spent the weekend at a swim meet on Long Island with my 10 and 12-year-old. It’s nice to be back at swim meets. It’s nice to see the kids having fun on deck with their friends. It’s nice to be able to sit in the stands and actually see your kids swim in person. […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: self care, solitude

I Choose to see the Opportunities

November 26, 2021 by not your average mom 6 Comments

The kids went to their father’s house today at noon. They are with him for the whole weekend. I had a Facebook live to do for E-School, and then I was going to just chill out for a little bit. It was a cold and rainy morning here in CT, so it was the perfect […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: done is better than perfect, empowerment, self care

So Much Fun, Susie!

June 6, 2021 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Last week I started a weekly summer bingo series for the NYAM community. It’s something I do with my E-School members, and I decided to offer it to anyone and everyone for the whole summer. For free! 195 women grabbed the first week’s bingo card, and 85 women joined the closed Facebook group where we’ve been having fun […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: bingo, FREE CHALLENGES, self care, summer challenges

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