When Life Keeps Happening: Stop. Listen. Learn.
I’ve been offline for the past several weeks. I had intended to be diligently working on my latest book, building new online courses, speaking, and spending as much time as possible enjoying summer...
View ArticleEarthquake Model of Women’s Mental Health: Hormones + Life + Brain
One of the best tools I’ve ever learned, personally and professionally, is what I call the “Earthquake Model of Women’s Mental Health.” It’s actually a tool that can be used for male and female mental...
View Article5 Key Strategies for Overcoming Parenting Stress
“Parenting is stressful!” There, I said it, and I believe every parent would agree. We want the best for our children; we want to be our best for them. But by nature, being “Mom” or “dad” is a...
View ArticleWhat Matters Most: The Key to Personal Growth & Development
Back in 2012 I wrote a post, one of my very first in fact, titled “What Matters Most?” I was on vacation with my family in California and it had gotten me thinking about all I was doing at the time to...
View ArticleMotherhood 2.0 Podcast: Taking Mom to the Next Level
“Motherhood” is back for our fourth season, and we’ve got a new look, feel, and name–“Motherhood 2.0”! Check out this interview with host, Dr. Christina Hibbert, and then SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on...
View ArticleJoin my FREE 10-Day Family Wellness Challenge!
As a psychologist and mom of 6, I’m always looking for ways to improve my family’s overall health, mental health, and wellness. Lately, I was working on a challenge for my family when I thought,...
View ArticleHoliday Self-Worth: 11 Surprising Gifts of Worth
The holiday season is one of joy, and fun, and celebrating, and family togetherness! BUT, let’s face it, it’s also one of the most stressful times of year, with so many things “to do,” cold and flu...
View ArticleHow to NOT Set New Year’s Resolutions: 3 Solutions
Happy New Year! It’s New Year’s morning 2019, 10 am, and I’m in my warm bed (still), looking at the piles of snow outside my window, thinking of the change and growth 2019 will bring, and writing to...
View Article8-Day REPLENISH Self-Care Challenge
This is for all you moms, and women, and caretakers out there. The holidays are over. The kids are heading back to school (hallelujah!). Now what? It’s time for YOU. Yes, it’s time to finally take care...
View ArticleDear Stress, Let’s Break Up…
Dear Stress, This letter may come as a shock to you, but it’s been weighing heavy on my mind for some time. I can’t be with you anymore. I can’t put so much time and energy and effort into you–into...
View ArticleGROW Monthly: Grasp Repeating Opportunities for Wisdom
If there's ONE question I get all the time from people all over, just like you, it's this: HOW? “How do I overcome depression, anxiety, grief, heartache?” “How do I figure out who I truly am and feel...
View ArticleFlourishing Through Morning Gratitude Practice, Motherhood TV
How do you start your day? Do you wake up feeling happy? Excited to get started? Grateful for each new, beautiful day? I do. At least, NOW I do. It wasn't always that way, however. Perhaps you can...
View ArticleWhat it Really Means to “Be Strong”
I have long pondered what it really means to “be strong,” and I think, for the most part, we've got it wrong. Especially we women and mothers, who too often believe “strength” is: doing it all on our...
View Article3 Skills of High Performance Mamas
Several months ago, I joined my very first “mastermind” group, the High Performance Mastermind, created by Brendon Burchard. I had no idea what a Mastermind even was (other than a funny kids' movie!),...
View ArticleMother’s Day & Mom Guilt – How to Overcome & Let it Go
Mother's Day–the one day set aside each year on which moms feel appreciated, loved, and celebrated. It's a beautiful idea. But the ugly truth? Mother's Day is one day out of the year when moms feel the...
View ArticleTo All Who Mother, on Mother’s Day
Mother's Day is a day of mixed emotions. For some, it's a day to feel appreciated and celebrated. For others, it's a day to feel guilt and self-doubt. And for others, it's a day to feel sadness and...
View ArticleGrowing through #BreastCancer : 7 Lessons for Us All
"I'm sorry to say, it is cancer," the radiologist said, less than 24 hours after my breast biopsy, just 7 weeks ago today. If I'm being honest, deep down, I already knew.I knew when the radiologist and...
View ArticleHere’s To The #CancerWarriors
The day I was diagnosed with #breastcancer, not quite 3 months ago, this came to my mind. It was a new way to try & comprehend the whole #cancerexperience, to somehow rid myself of the whole...
View ArticleWhat to do the next time life beats you up
"When Life Throws You In The Mud, Plant Yourself And Grow."When I wrote those words as I crafted my first book, This is How We Grow, I was definitely in the mud. In fact, I'd often say it felt like I...
View ArticleWhen the holidays don’t feel like holidays: dealing with Grief, trauma,...
It's 4 am and my brain's been awake since I rolled over at 2. Despite completing my last round of chemotherapy yesterday, the exhausting side effects that are already beginning, and the sleeping...
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