This post was made in partnership with Depend® brand. All opinions are my own. While the holidays are something that many of us look forward to each year, they often come with their own kind of stress. Where will you seat everybody for dinner? How are we going to balance visiting all of the families in one day? How are we doing to make sure that there is something for continue reading...
EMPOWER YOURSELF
Learning how to empower yourself is a journey, but a very exciting and uplifting one!
You are strong, you are resilient, you smart and you are capable, you just have to build the tools to remind yourself. Here you can learn how to feel empowered, how to feel positive, how to set boundaries, and how to stay healthy during the challenging and less challenging times.
Empowering yourself isn't just finding the answers, but learning the questions to ask - of yourself and other people.
Find the self care steps that you may not have known were the right moves to empower yourself. The path is up ahead, you just have to learn how to put one foot in front of the other in the most healthy way possible.
A Chosen Family Is A Real Family
A chosen family is a real family and sometimes more real than your biological relatives. Regardless of your families of origin, love is what counts. Family Isn't Always Blood When you think of the word "family," several images may come to mind. You may have snapshots of good or difficult experiences you've had with your own birth family, or the pictures that many of us continue reading...
Fun Ideas For Socially Distant Holiday Celebrations
This post was made in partnership with Depend® brand. All opinions are my own. With the holidays upon us, I know we're all wishing for a time in the last few years when things looked "normal." When we could get together with our families, hug and kiss our loved ones, and sit around a big table in an indoor living room where we could laugh together (or fight together?) for continue reading...
Incontinence – It’s Not Just A Woman’s Issue
Insecurities are a part of life. We all have them and on some level, we are all managing the feelings that go with them. When you are a woman who is managing incontinence it can be embarrassing, but there is a lot of public support out there. Most women over the age of 21 know what a Kegel is, whether or not we've ever needed to do them, it comes up in common continue reading...
You Can’t Always Be In Control
I am someone who likes to be in control. Not in control of you or my children or any other person, but of myself. I like to know that at the end of the day, most of what I succeed or fail at is my own doing. That I am in control of my own destiny. But there are many - MANY - things in this life that we can't control. The world doesn't work that way and I'm pretty sure continue reading...
What Major Life Skills Do Young People Need Before Moving Out?
What To Teach Your Child To Enable Independence We all want to do the best for our children, but life skills may not be at the forefront of our minds. We love them, we care for them, and we try to make their lives the brightest that we can within our abilities. But with that, we sometimes do a little too much. Our children need certain life skills to get along in the continue reading...
Why It Is Important To Take Care Of Yourself First
This post was made in partnership with Depend® brand. All opinions are my own. When we are little, we are taught to care about other people. We are taught how to sympathize, how to empathize and how to treat others as we'd want to be treated. These are very important life skills, but there is one missing. Before you can do anything for anyone else, it is extremely continue reading...
Hang On Tight – It Is Not Over Yet
You guys, I'm beat. I know I'm not alone, but I want you to know that you are not alone either. I am depleted and desperately wishing for some alone time to recharge. I love my family to the tiniest of little pieces, but if you can't take care of yourself, you can't take care of anyone else. And this is difficult. Did you ever see the slightly older version of Little Women? continue reading...
How To Maintain Confidence While Dealing With Incontinence
This post was made in partnership with Depend® brand. All opinions are my own. When you are someone who lives with bladder leakage, it can be really easy to get down on yourself. You feel badly about what you have to deal with every day and insecure about how you may look to others. Even if no one in the world knows, it can be difficult to maintain confidence while dealing continue reading...
How To Calm Your Mind When You Can’t Sleep
How To Relax So That You Can Sleep Trying to get to sleep can be daunting from time to time. Overwhelming stress and everyday life make it hard to shut down when it’s time for bed. It is as if your brain is finally able to relax and all it wants to do is go over every minute detail from your day. It can be difficult to calm your mind. If you find that your mind races continue reading...