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What I Learned When The Kids Were Gone For Two Weeks

August 18, 2022 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

The kids spent the first two weeks of August with their father. This is the longest time we’ve ever spent apart (except for Ingrd who goes to school about 5 hours from home). I knew I needed to file for divorce for a long, long time. For many years. What kept me from pulling the […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: divorce, divorce guilt, setting boundaries, single moms

It’s Your Job To Plug Yourself In

August 14, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I saw this on Facebook today. https://www.facebook.com/thescarymommy/photos/a.375569458300/10158198745883301/?type=3&theater And while I have to agree that moms are often underappreciated, I disagree with this post. Most of it, anyway. It is true for me that since becoming a mom, I haven’t had the pleasure of someone else feeding me more than a handful of times. Very rarely […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Self Care Tagged With: self care, setting boundaries

How To Strengthen Your Ability To Say No

February 28, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Yesterday I asked the ladies in my Thrive membership group what things they really want to focus on in March. There were a whole bunch of responses. But this one really jumped out at me: What I could really use the most help with is strengthening my ability to say “no” whether it be to […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Self Care Tagged With: how to say no to people, learning to say no, setting boundaries

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