I may receive a commission if you purchase through links in this post. – Danielle It was around the New Year, January of 2013. I had given birth to my fourth child, a daughter, four months prior. Yes, I was busy… but I also had this burning desire inside of me. You…
From the Heart
Why Do We Procrastinate?
I may receive a commission if you purchase through links in this post. – Danielle Procrastination. A word I have been familiar with almost my entire life… as soon as I learned what it meant. 😉 As much as I dislike that word, it hasn’t kept me from practicing it every day, in multiple…
How to Survive Facebook in 2017
I may receive a commission if you purchase through links in this post. – Danielle What a year. I don’t just mean the few short weeks of 2017, but I mean the past 12 months. What a crazy, historical, earth-shattering, ground-breaking… interesting… year. On to social media. Have you noticed your anxiety level rising when…
Opting Out
I may receive a commission if you purchase through links in this post. – Danielle “JINX! I JINXED YOU!! YOU CAN’T TALK AGAIN UNTIL SOMEONE SAYS YOUR NAME!” My nine-year-old son was gleeful, and reveling in the fact that he had just tricked all his siblings into saying the same thing at the…
Funner
I may receive a commission if you purchase through links in this post. – Danielle “Mama,” my five year old son announced softly, “Daddy’s funner than you.” “Okay,” I said. I blinked away a few tears as I knew how true that statement was. He seemed to rethink what he said and added, “I mean you’re…
Diastasis Recti Surgery Update: 2 years later
I may receive a commission if you purchase through links in this post. – Danielle Hello dear readers and friends, It’s hard for me to believe that it’s been over two years since I went through diastasis recti surgery. Due to the number of requests I receive about how I’m doing these days, diastasis-wise, I…
Which Child Is My Favorite? This one.
I may receive a commission if you purchase through links in this post. – Danielle So my dear friend Heather and I were talking a while back. She had her first baby in March, and during our visiting we were oohing and aahing over her newborn’s every little detail. Newborns are so precious, aren’t they?…
Chronic Pain and Honesty with My Children
I may receive a commission if you purchase through links in this post. – Danielle So, I’ve been dealing with minor chronic pain and fatigue for years. Going on the GAPS diet taught me so much about autoimmune conditions, and really listening to how my body feels… I now realize autoimmunity (at least partly) stems from…
Quick Tip: Take a Minute to Love Yourself
I may receive a commission if you purchase through links in this post. – Danielle While this is a quick tip, it was 34 years before I tried this. It impacted me so much that I had to share it with you. I can’t remember where it was that I first read about doing this,…
40 Day Complaining Fast: Revisited
I may receive a commission if you purchase through links in this post. – Danielle Back at the beginning of the year, one of my biggest goals was to quit complaining. Now, I realize some don’t like to do New Year’s goals, and that’s fine! But I personally LOVE them; I think they are a…
