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Mom, what if I don’t get into the high class?

May 22, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Number 3 is in the middle of standardized testing at school. He came home last week really worried. “Mom, my teacher told me that if we didn’t get a high score we wouldn’t get put in the high classes next year.” Ugh. “But she said if we aren’t in a high class one year, we can […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: AP, master's degree, mental health and children, middle school, standardized testing, stress, stress in preteens, yoga

5 Things

May 6, 2016 by not your average mom 18 Comments

I have two pretty sick kids. One with a nasty chest cough thing and another puking her guts out, so the post I wanted to write will have to wait until tomorrow. So a couple quick things: 1.Every month the Top Mommy Blogs site resets its votes back to zero and the totals for the […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Blue moon, swati, whole 30, yoga

100 Days of Yoga

May 2, 2016 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Last week we finished cleaning out and organizing the office. Once  it was decluttered and opened up, I was able to really look at the space with new eyes. And one of the things I did was make this cozy little reading  spot for the kids. They love it. Spending time in this room with […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: 100 day project, office, playroom, yoga

I feel great.

January 25, 2015 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I got my next month of Personal Trainer Food this week. In case you were wondering, this is what it looks like when you get it. It comes in a big ass box, and the food inside is packed in dry ice.   Back in November I weighed at least 10 pounds more than I […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: fitness and weight loss, manipurapoweryoga, Personal Trainer Food, yoga

Powering Down

January 23, 2015 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I overdid it today. I exercised too much, had too many things to do, didn’t take one break all day, didn’t eat or drink enough, just got home from coaching a swim meet, and I feel awful. My former self would have written a post at all costs. Because, well, because that’s what I do. […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: balance, listening to your body, yoga

Get your sunglasses.

January 15, 2015 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Today I went to my fourteenth yoga class in fourteen days. Some classes are really crowded. Others only have a handful of people in them. In those crowded classes, you take whatever spot you can get, but in those emptier classes, people tend to spread way out. So today I went to the 6:30 a.m. […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: hiding, worrying about what others think about you, yoga

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