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When’s the last time someone asked you what you need right now in this moment? Not what your kids need. Not what your partner needs. Not what your job demands or what your endless to-do list screams for attention. Just you. What do you need? This week I found myself at that familiar breaking point, […]

“How do you find time for yourself while raising two young kids?” I get this question almost daily, whether it’s from another mom at the playground, a friend texting me at 11 PM, or someone sliding into my DMs after seeing my Instagram stories. And every time, I wish I could give them a magic […]

This week hit different, didn’t it? In a strange twist that felt almost surreal, we watched Taylor Swift’s engagement news break against a backdrop of heartbreaking school violence and ongoing global conflicts. The whiplash between joy and devastation, between celebration and grief, felt like a perfect metaphor for what it means to be a mom […]

I saw a post recently that really bothered me. It declared self-care a privilege, suggesting that busy moms like us simply don’t have the luxury of taking care of ourselves. As a mom of two boys under five, juggling household management and running two businesses, I need to push back on this narrative. Self-care isn’t […]

A therapist’s question that stopped me in my tracks I was sitting in my therapist’s office last Tuesday, doing what I do best, explaining away another situation where I’d completely abandoned my own needs. The scenario was painfully familiar: my husband and I had agreed he’d take both kids to the rec center so I […]

Earlier this week I had made a post that got me thinking. I bought my 4-year-old a Lego set, and his response stopped me in my tracks: “I’ve wanted this my whole life.” His. Whole. Life. Four years on this planet, and this kid already gets it. And suddenly I’m crying because wow, when was […]

My sweet baby, Today you turned one, and I’m sitting here trying to process how we both survived this year. Not just survived, thrived, even when it felt like we were barely hanging on. I need you to know something: this year changed us both in ways I never saw coming. The Year That Broke […]

Dear millennial mom, I see you there at 2 AM, scrolling through your phone while your baby finally sleeps, wondering if everyone else has this parenting thing figured out except you. I see you comparing your Tuesday chaos to someone else’s Sunday highlight reel, feeling like you’re drowning while everyone else seems to be gracefully […]

Every summer, like clockwork, it appears in my social media feed. Usually overlaid on a sunset photo of silhouetted children running through a sprinkler, or maybe a perfectly curated beach scene: “You only get 18 summers with your kids.” The first time I saw it, I felt that familiar jolt of mom guilt. Was I […]

Last week, I watched my four-year-old look his grandmother dead in the eye and tell her, “You can leave if you don’t listen.” My mother-in-law had just given my 11-month-old chocolate ice cream after I explicitly said no. My preschooler’s response? Pure gold. Was it blunt? Absolutely. Was it rude? Maybe by traditional standards. But […]