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What you want vs. what you need

December 30, 2022 by not your average mom 1 Comment

The hardest part about being a grown up (for me anyway) is taking ownership of all aspects of self-care. Most people don’t want to do most of the things they need to do to stay healthy. I don’t want to floss my teeth or go to bed early or eat (mostly) healthy or go the […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: sitting in discomfort, wants vs needs

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

Stop Obsessing Over Shit You Can’t Control

May 20, 2021 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Five years ago I had very little control over my brain. Actually, I didn’t really start getting a good grip on my brain until maybe two years ago. I’ve done a tremendous amount of work on managing my mind in the last couple years. I still have work to do, but I no longer lose […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: circle of concern, circle of influence, sitting in discomfort

Choose Your Ending

May 4, 2021 by not your average mom 2 Comments

One of the things that held me back from getting divorced was the thought of leaving or losing my house. I didn’t think I could handle leaving the house, and I didn’t think the kids would be okay with it. If I’m going to be totally honest, I also looked at holding onto the house […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Uncategorized Tagged With: divorce, facing fears, sitting in discomfort

Making A Deposit In The Bank Of Hard Shit

March 2, 2021 by not your average mom 1 Comment

My ten-year-old went back to school for the first time today after being out of a classroom for just shy of a year and being homeschooled since September 2020. Now that the elementary schools are back full time and the K-8 kids are in school five days a week aaaand we are settled into our […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: comfort zones, dealing with discomfort, sitting in discomfort

Why You Have Trouble Keeping Commitments To Yourself (Part I)

November 9, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

When it comes to making commitments and keeping them, most of us are what Gretchen Rubin would call obligers. We are really good at keeping commitments to other people, but we suck at keeping commitments to ourselves. There are many reasons why it’s more challenging to stay committed to changes we want to make in […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: making changes, sitting in discomfort

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