Are You All Mothered Out?
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January 6, 2015
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Do you need a vacation from the Holidays? I wouldn't be surprised if you are All Mothered Out. You know if you are All Mothered Out because...
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This Is the Year That I Will ___________.
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December 30, 2014
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"This year I'm not going to be exhausted and stressed all the time." "This year I am going to get in shape and lose 10 pounds." "This year I am going to finish my book." "This year things are going to change with my husband." "This year I am...
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What Replenishes Your “I Feel Good” Energy?
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December 16, 2014
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It's important to be aware of what truly replenishes you. Here's why. When your body is low on "I Feel Good" energy, it protests. Unconsciously you feel, "I deserve some reward. This isn't fair. I'm not having any fun. I hate how I feel." On automatic...
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All I Want For Christmas Is __________.
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December 9, 2014
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Lights are twinkling in our neighborhoods and holiday music is playing everywhere. The holiday season is here. I was reminded of one of my favorite Christmas songs when I was little, "All I want for my Christmas is my two front teeth...
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Wise up about Cell Phones, Internet and the Teenage Brain
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December 3, 2014
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The teenage brain is under major reconstruction during the teenage years. There is a window of opportunity to "use it or lose it." What this means is that the brain is doing some major pruning of brain cells. If you use these brain cells these neural...
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Why Your Daughter’s Clarity Trumps Mother Fog Every Time
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November 18, 2014
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What is Mother Fog? Mother Fog is when there are so many things going on at one time that you can't think clearly. This happens all the time with mothers. It's like your mind is covered with a thick, soupy, dense fog, and your thoughts, feelings, decisions,...
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Your Daughter Has an Undeveloped Prefrontal Cortex
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November 11, 2014
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(What does that really mean?) My family loves to tell stories. One of my favorites is when my sister was 13. My dad, sister and I were down at Memorial Park in Houston. We had hiked down to Buffalo Bayou. The bayou is brown and murky...
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Are You Impacted by Mother Shame?
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November 4, 2014
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In Daring Greatly, Brene Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, defines shame as "the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging." I define Mother Shame as the persistent...
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Perspective Changes Everything
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October 28, 2014
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I was talking to Chelsea a 15-year-old girl a few days ago. She's gorgeous and tall, yet she looked small sitting on my office couch. I asked her what was going on. She looked out the window and said, "Everyone hates me at school. I am...
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4 Ways Your Daughter Makes it Really Hard to Say No (And What You Can Do About It)
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October 21, 2014
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Sometimes the answer is no. It has to be, if we are going to protect our daughters. This is not the fun part of being a parent. There she is standing in front of you in her mature grown up body. She tells you, she can handle...
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Waves of Blessing
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October 14, 2014
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I love the ocean. I enjoy the smell of the ocean, the song of the seagulls and the sound of waves crashing upon the shore. Nothing feeds my soul like the ocean. Last week I took one last trip to the beach before school starts. I...
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What You Can Do When Your Daughter is Upset
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October 7, 2014
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Your daughter is going to get upset. The question is how will you handle it? This is a hard one for moms. We hate to see our daughters unhappy, so we jump in and try to fix it, but we make it worse. Your daughter needs what...
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Girls Just Like to Have Fun (And You Can Too)
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September 30, 2014
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Remember Cyndi Lauper's song from the 80's, Girls Just Want to Have Fun. You might remember singing that song at the top of your lungs driving to the lake with your friends when you were in high school or college. But that was along time ago...
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The Problem with “Get it Right” Parenting
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September 23, 2014
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Do you evaluate if you're "getting it right" as a parent, by how well your daughter's performing? This feels logical. You think, "If my daughter is behaving and performing well, then I am doing things right, but if not, I must be failing." Here is the...
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Battle or Blessing: It’s how you look at it
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September 16, 2014
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I remember when I was 8 months pregnant when an acquaintance came up me and said, Is this your first? I said, "YES" in a happy voice. With a smirky grin she said, "You just wait!!!!!!!!!" Several years ago someone asked me how old my daughter was and...
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Are You a Pleaser Mom, Warrior Mom, or Empowered Mom?
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September 2, 2014
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I learn a lot from my clients. Cheryl is a mother of 2 teenage girls and is a stay-at-home mom. She recently found marijuana in Riley's (her youngest daughters) room. Cheryl was extremely upset and had a hard time focusing and getting anything done which...
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How Do You Want This Year To Be Different?
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August 26, 2014
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This is a great question to ask yourself. How do you want this year to be different? The problem is we don't give ourselves time to ask ourselves this question or come up with the answers. Most of us never take the next step, which is developing...
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Back to the Routine: Is That a Good Thing?
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August 19, 2014
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Summer is starting to fade away, and the reality hits us. Another school year is upon us. For many mothers the first day of school is a happy day. You get your time and space back. You can relax because you know your daughter is back...
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6 Ways to Create a Thriving Home Environment
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August 12, 2014
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What is a thriving home environment? A thriving home environment is all the circumstances, conditions, or factors that enable and encourage your family to thrive. Your daughter can be fabulous, but if she is planted in stressful or negative soil she is not going to thrive. I love...
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