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Happiness & Empowerment Tips for Moms
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Many people seek happiness from outside sources. They feel that things like money, a better job, and better relationships will make them happy. To find true contentment, you must look within and learn to be your own best friend. That means you have to trust, love, and care for yourself just as you do with the people closest to you.
If you incorporate the following steps into your life, you will be happier and feel more empowered: Read More→
Prevent Teen Laziness!
Posted by: | CommentsMost of us enjoy a lazy day when we can sleep in, putz around and just relax a little – and our kids are no different. However, when the dog days of summer come, some teens take that one “couch out” day and stretch it over an entire summer break. Here are some tips to combat summertime teen laziness and keep your teen active and engaged.
Communicate Expectations – Tell your teen in a nonthreatening but firm manner that you will not accept their staying in bed all morning and afternoon. It is perfectly reasonable to ask that they get up at a decent hour. Explain that you want them to do more than merely watch TV, play video games, or visit social networking sites all day. Read More→
Stressed and Anxious? 7 Tips For Busy Moms
Posted by: | CommentsAre you feeling stressed and anxious all the time? Do you wish you could ask YOUR mom to take care of you the way you take care of everyone else? If you’re a busy mom and, of course you are, then you have to value yourself as highly as you value your best friend. You need to schedule personal time for yourself, and make it a priority. Read More→
Control Anxiety and Panic Attacks Naturally
Posted by: | CommentsAnxiety and panic attacks are serial killers. You may think you have them “under control,” but when you’re not looking, they will destroy you. Medications for these disorders may worsen your health in the long run. All drugs have side effects, such as liver damage, and many are addicting.
There are many different ways to overcome anxiety and panic attacks. Meditation, deep breathing, visualization, exercise, yoga, self-hypnosis, and tapping into substances that occur naturally in foods. Read More→
The Haiti Earthquake: How To Help Children Cope
Posted by: | CommentsThe Haiti earthquake has raised the level of fear in this country to code RED. Feelings of panic, helplessness, anxiety, and sheer terror are fueled by blood-thirsty media moguls on a quest to gain higher ratings.
We’ve been reminded, once again, of the fragility of life. How, in a split second, our lives can be altered forever. Although the Haiti earthquake is an example of the unpredictability of nature, we should also be mindful of the fact that good fortune can occur just as unexpectedly.
The next phone call you receive might be a job offer. You might find out that your “runaway” teenager has been found, alive. You may be holding a winning lottery ticket, but have been too busy to check it.
This adventure called “life” is a bumpy one. Both wonderful and tragic events are but a heartbeat away. All the more reason for you to cherish every precious moment and take nothing, and no one, for granted. Read More→
Monetizing Motherhood
Posted by: | CommentsThe person who coined the phrase, “If you want something done, ask a busy person,” must have been talking about moms. Who else works 24/7/365 without a salary, retirement plan, or health insurance?
Whether you’re a stay-at-home mom, work-at-home mom, or work-away-from-home mom, you still have to take care of the kids, the husband, the pets, the laundry, the meals…well, you get the picture. Of course, today’s spouse helps out far more than his counterpart in the 1950′s. Nevertheless, when the little one has a booboo, it is usually mom who kisses it and makes it better. Read More→
Attaining Happiness: 10 Common-Sense Tips
Posted by: | CommentsHave you spent much of your life in pursuit of happiness, only to find it slip through your fingers again and again? If happiness is so elusive, then how have other people been able to attain it? Why do some babies smile and coo, while other babies frown and scowl? Is happiness a trait you’re either born with or not?
There are people who seem to be happy all the time, no matter what the circumstance. On the other hand, there are people who seem to have a dark shadow following them wherever they go. Read More→
New Year's Resolutions: The One NOT To Break!
Posted by: | CommentsI’m not big on making New Year’s resolutions. It just makes me feel badly about myself when I break them and, inevitably, I do.
But, as I look back over this particular year, I can’t help but feel sad for all the people who lost jobs, homes, money, and, in many instances, their loved ones.
We tend to take so much of our lives for granted. We love our “things,” and don’t even think about their transient nature. Things, of course, can be replaced. Family and friends, on the other hand, cannot. Each day with a loved one is a precious gift that can never be repeated. Read More→
