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Screen Free Summer Giveaway

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It’s only a few weeks into summer, and while boredom hasn’t fully set in yet—it will. And that’s actually a good thing. As Ginny Yurich writes in Until the Streetlights Come On (which I reference in Mama Bear Survival), boredom isn’t a problem to solve—it’s a gift to reclaim. She puts it simply: “A bored […]

Screen-Free Summer Picks & a Giveaway! Give Your Kids a 90’s Summer

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 Fighting Back Against Parent Bully Mobs In this episode, I’m opening up about an increasing problem I’ve been seeing play out in my community and those across the country. It’s the evergrowing “parent mobs” – groups of parents who have thrown kindness and tolerance out of the window and replaced them with anger and divisiveness.  […]

Episode 49: How to Stay Focused and Strong During Crazy Times

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When many moms shifted to working and schooling from home at the start of the pandemic, I shared the video interview below with a few tips to “balancing it all.” The notion of balance has been something moms have always strived for – it continues to be a hot topic in self-help books, podcasts, and […]

Finding Balance While Working and Schooling at Home

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