MomCare Monday

When you become a mom, your life changes dramatically. It can be a very lonely transition and making friends can be hard. Here is why having friends that are moms is so very important in your motherhood journey… Additional Episode Notes: I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! I hope this episode helps put you back at the top of your todo list. [Insert any links mentioned in...

I said what I said! But hear me out… Asking for help puts your parenting partner in the position of being your assistant in raising your kids. But a parenting partner shouldn’t leave you to carry all the mental load of parenting. Here is what you should ask for instead. Additional Episode Notes: I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! I hope this episode helps put you back a...

Taking a shower is selfcare! Selfcare is the act of caring for yourself and that can exist on a spectrum that can range from basic tasks like showering or eating to girl’s trips and spa days and more. Here is why that is so important for you to understand on your selfcare journey…. Additional Episode Notes: I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! I hope this episode helps pu...

Social Media will have you believing that you need to wake up at 5am, workout, meditate, journal, walk 3 miles a day, eat kale salads and smoothies, have a hobby, spend quality time with everyone in your life and drink a gallon of water a day…(Insert maniacal, exhausted laugh). So often we think selfcare is an all or nothing practice and so many of us moms end up not practicing selfcare because th...

Does your never ending TODO list seem to forever taunt you? Have you ever taken the time to edit your todo list? That’s right, take some time to see what you can take off of your todo list! Yes, that’s right! You don’t have to do it all and here is why and how you can edit your todo list and make time put your selfcare back at the top of you todo list. Additional Episode Notes: I am so grateful to...

For a mom, selfcare can sometimes seem like an overwhelming and daunting task to add to the already too long to-do lists. And there can be a million reasons to not do all the things that we are told we “should be” doing… There isn’t enough time in the day… It cost too much… You don’t have the capacity to do all the things… The  list goes on and on. But here are a few simple selfcare practices that...

When was the last time you checked in with yourself… Your mental self, emotional self, physical self, spiritual self? As a mom, you often get caught up in the chaos of motherhood and tuck away how you feel to take care of all the people you need to care for. But you need to be cared for too and selfcare starts with checking in with yourself to see if you are really ok or is that just what you are...

Burnout is something that so many moms face and it is pretty much an inevitable part of motherhood. And yet we tend to beat ourselves up when we hit the point of burnout. But here is what you should do instead to help practice more self-care. I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! I hope this episode helps put you back at the top of your to-do list. Be sure to listen to oth...

Stop Treating Selfcare As A Luxury. Selfcare is a necessity. And us mommas can not afford to treat Selfcare as a luxury. Here is why... I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling overwhelmed and like there is no room on the to-do list for you? The Mom Selfcare Planner will help you...

One of the most important lessons this pandemic year has taught us is that we need to learn to shift. Life happens and we can’t control it all the time so we have to be able to shift. This is how that applies to your Selfcare practice... I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling ov...

Like I said...Selfcare is hard but we don’t have to be so hard on ourselves when our Selfcare practice doesn’t go the way we want it to. I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling overwhelmed and like there is no room on the to-do list for you? The Mom Selfcare Planner will help you...

Selfcare is about taking care of your over wellbeing… Your mental, physical, emotional, social and spiritual health. And sometimes it is HARD. I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling overwhelmed and like there is no room on the to-do list for you? The Mom Selfcare Planner will he...

Welcome to Season 2 of MomCare Monday! Selfcare is a practice that takes daily work. Time for you to care for yourself will not magically appear in your day. You have to be intentional about practicing the daily habit of selfcare. I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling overwhelm...

This episode is a throwback but really applies to right now. We all have way too much on our plates right now. And with all that is going on, our mental and emotional health are in fragile states. So... Don’t feel guilty for needing to take a time out. Take a time out! I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along wit...

The biggest lesson I have learned this year is to honor me and the things I want to do for myself. I have released the mom guilt around it and become a happier mom because of it. And I am challenging other moms to honor the fact that you are more than just mom. I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with mother...

So many of us are silently punishing ourselves for not accomplishing the things we feel we should and all that does is perpetuate our feelings of inadequacy. Here is what you should do instead... I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling overwhelmed and like there is no room on the...

Think about the ways you treat someone you are dating. Do you treat yourself the same way? I say you should practice selfcare as if you are dating yourself and here is how... I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling overwhelmed and like there is no room on the to-do list for you?...

There has always been a lot of talk about what women should or shouldn’t and can or can’t do with our bodies. But what we can and should do is treat our bodies with love and respect. I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling overwhelmed and like there is no room on the to-do list f...

So many of us speak to ourselves with the most cruel words and we become our own worst enemy. But words and thoughts matter so it is important that we speak to ourselves kindly. I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling overwhelmed and like there is no room on the to-do list for yo...

So many mommas including myself complain they can’t find the time for selfcare. But the truth is you have to make the time in our busy lives for selfcare or it just isn’t going to happen. Here is how to make time for your selfcare... I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling overwh...

It’s a new year and many of us have set new goals and resolutions for ourselves. We get really excited and start implementing everything right away only to burn out by February or March. That’s definitely not what you want. Here is how to ensure you accomplish your goals and resolutions within the year...  I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balan...

2020 was a crazy year. So whether you thrived or just survived celebrate it as an accomplishment and don’t punish yourself for what you didn’t get done. Everybody gets a reprieve. You can press reset and carry your goals into the new year! I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling...

Raise your hand if you have deprived yourself of rest because you didn’t feel like you had done enough to deserve it? 🙋🏽‍♀️ Rest is a necessity and depriving yourself of it just creates a cycle of self sabotage and here is why... Are you guilty of this? I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood?...

Every mom needs to take real time off to rest and reset her mind, body and spirit. A day, a weekend or more on a regular basis. Here is why it is so important and how every mom can manage to take real time off. I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you struggling with balancing all the roles that come along with motherhood? Are you feeling overwhelmed and like there is...

As we enter the home stretch of what has been an extremely challenging year for all of us...Please be gentle with yourself. This last month may feel a bit daunting and your body, mind and soul want to shut down but try being gentle with yourself in these 4 ways and see if that helps you get through the rest of this year. I am so grateful to have you as a listener of MomCare Mondays! Are you strugg...