Organizing Your Home For Holiday Visitors (Guest Post) While it is true that the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, they can also be the most stressful. Between gift buying, holiday decorating, dinner parties, hosting visiting family, and taking care of the everyday mom jobs, it can feel like the to-do lists are endless and all organization goes out the window.   Fortunately, all it takes is some preparation to ensure your holidays run without a hitch. From organizing your schedule to eliminating items in your home that you no longer need, every mom has the power to make this holiday season your most efficient yet. Keep…

Stress-Free Ways To Spend The Holidays Stress-free ways to spend this holiday season. Christmas is mine and my husband’s favorite holiday (along with Thanksgiving), and now that we have children, our desires for how we focus our time during this season has become a topic of conversation and I wanted to share with you what we’re doing (and plan on continuing).   We hope it will encourage you to maybe evaluate your own schedule during this season and perhaps even start making some adjustments. What is Your Main Focus? For starters, we ask ourselves what we want this season to be for our family!? Do we want it to be overbooked,…

Preventing Caregiver Burnout(Guest Post)   Recognizing burnout and what to do about it is very important. Prior to becoming a mother, I knew that parenting would be a challenge, but I underestimated just how challenging it really is. Early on I found myself stuck in the routine of being a wife and mother and neglecting myself. I quickly found that I was physically and emotionally exhausted, with no end in sight.     By profession, I am a licensed therapist. Part of my job is educating and encouraging others to practice self-care. I never imagined that I would be struggling with this concept because I know how critical it is…