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Survival Tips for the Before and After School Hours

We have a lot of great authors here at The Power of Moms, and three of them offered fantastic ideas to help moms and families with their school year routines. Click here for practical ideas.

It’s About the FEELING We Create in Our Homes

We want clean homes and to get things done. But the “why” behind it all for us has to do with the FEELING in our homes and families. Listen in for ideas on taking care of ourselves, clearing the clutter, and putting our family members as our top priority.

Filling My Moments 

There are little pockets of time (or more, depending on your season of mothering) that you can claim all for yourself. And then when you do have a few minutes for you, what do you deliberately do with them?

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I Can Do Hard Things

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I would ask myself, “But how? How can I make it every day with pain that is so deep and dark? How do I keep going?” I soon realized I did not have to take it day by day. I could simply do minute by minute, slowly working through the cycle of grief while holding onto hope for a better tomorrow.

Traditions Stressing You Out? Try These 3 Tips

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Do you ever find yourself feeling overwhelmed and going through obligatory motions for the sake of keeping tradition? Would you like to free yourself from this trap or prevent yourself from falling in all together? If so, I suggest the following three solutions: simplify, delegate, and establish boundaries.

Audio Post: Learning Day By Day | Filling My Moments | Back To Work [Season 4: Episode 14]

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It may seem like every moment of our days are filled with mom-duties, but the truth is that there are little pockets of time (or more, depending on your season of mothering) that you can claim all for yourself. And then when you do have a few minutes for you, what do you deliberately do with them? Here are three moms’ ideas for how to wisely use that mom-time.

Feelings of a New Expat Mom

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Often what is depicted on social media and blogs are solely the thrilling adventures of living abroad. But what about the initial adaptation period? What about the culture shock, homesickness, and loneliness? If you are an expatriate mother, I want you to know you are not alone.

Adventures in Mommy Wonderland

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Need a boost to help start the school year off with an organizational “bang?” Amy Fonseca’s offers helpful tips that will bring order and perspective to any home. This article is a “must read” for all moms as children head out the door back to school!

Make a Difference Challenge: Simple Kindness

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Here’s a challenge-inspired by Saren Loosli’s  video on after-school routines. Everyday after school, Saren asks her five children two important questions: “What did you learn today?” and “What did you to do help someone?” I know the importance of making a difference through simple, random acts of kindness. So often when we think of making […]

September is “Be Nice To Another Mom Month”

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Make an effort to reach out to another mother in your school or neighborhood tomorrow. Try to be a little more neighborly. Open yourself up to the idea of making a new friend. Build strong social and emotional supports among mothers within our living, breathing communities. Because mothers with caring and connected friendships make better moms in general for our children.