Thanksgiving is awesome but without attention to your mindset, there could be some stress! Who doesn’t want mindset tips during Thanksgiving? I can feel the excitement leading up to it now, as I type this blog! There’s so much anticipation with the lead up to Thanksgiving. But…the stress and overwhelm can dampen your holiday...
Continue readingEP #205: Genealogy and Your Family Legacy in Midlife with Laurie Hermance-Moore
What You’ll Learn in this Episode about Genealogy and Your Family Legacy in Midlife How genealogy can really help you explore and share your family legacy in midlife. Why looking at the pattern of clues from your past can help you figure out your next chapter. How being adopted can affect your genealogical search....
Continue readingEP #180: Covid-19 and Extra Family Stress with Sara Dimerman
What You’ll Learn during this Episode about Covid-19 and Extra Family Stress with Sara Dimerman: Why COVID-19 can cause extra family stress and create division within families. Why family meetings are an excellent strategy to cope with stress at home. Why roommates at college and university are also experiencing a lot of stress. How...
Continue readingCelebrating the accidental mom: Raising your sister’s child
Celebrating being an accidental mom and raising your sister’s child is a lot to think about. This week I watched in awe as two of my closest friends celebrated a major transition with their sisters’ children. Each family situation was similar, but different. One lived in Florida. One lived in Ontario. One was the...
Continue readingHow to be less grouchy about winter
I have a proven track record of being grouchy about winter. It’s not very becoming actually. I’m not the type of person who complains a lot. Yet…when it’s winter and it’s freezing, I’m a different person. Complaining regularly. This is not the kind of midlife mom I want to be. I find myself talking...
Continue readingHow drums saved the day in this midlife mom’s once quiet abode
Hard to imagine that drums could save the day. “I hate piano.” That’s what my middle son said, over and over. It was hard for me to hear. I just imagined all three of my kids would be musical because my husband and I were musical. Music was such a huge part of our lives....
Continue readingFamily vacations, sailing adventures, hurricanes and midlife stress
Can you still be a good mom if take your family on a sailing trip with a hurricane or two? I was super excited for our family vacation this year. We would be flying to the Caribbean to board a catamaran to go sailing for a glorious week filled with fun, sun and aquatic...
Continue readingScary solo travel of the first born
Nothing like having kids travel on their own to put some hair on your chest. Now that I’m on the other side of 50, the “older mom” milestones are coming fast and furious! I’m the proud mom of three fabulously handsome and talented young men. I know we all say that! But seriously, they...
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