Single Moms: Finding Time for Yourself

Single Moms: Finding Time for Yourself

Moms / Mom Time

If anyone needs some time for pampering and self-reflection, it’s a single mom. Single motherhood demands so much of a woman that it barely gives her time to sit back, breathe, and enjoy the moment. A partnered mom can ask her spouse to keep an eye on the kids while…

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Handling Competitive Moms

Handling Competitive Moms

Moms / Mom Time

It’s that time of year where parents gather to watch their children play a friendly sport. At least, that’s what we hope to see out on the playing field; friendliness. However, sometimes it’s not the children playing we have to be concerned about; it’s the parents on the sidelines. The…

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Great Ways to Work in Fitness

Great Ways to Work in Fitness

Moms / Mom Time

Keeping fit is a goal for most women, but with kids, work, chores and a ton of other responsibilities, few of us have time to focus on getting (or staying) trim and healthy. A busy, on the go lifestyle sounds like it would be a good way to stay fit;…

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Staying Well When the Kids Are Sick

Staying Well When the Kids Are Sick

Moms / Mom Time

Moms everywhere are familiar with the scenario: You’re nursing your child through a bout with a bad cold or stomach flu, knowing all the while that within a few days, you’ll be experiencing the same misery yourself. Before you had children, it was probably fairly easy to avoid catching illnesses;…

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Empty Nest Syndrome

Empty Nest Syndrome

Moms / Mom Time

Paula’s last child had just gone off to college and Paula was struggling with a deep inner emptiness. While she knew this day was coming, she was not really prepared for the intense hollowness that welled up within. After all, she had a life of her own. Her work as…

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The Balancing Act

The Balancing Act

Moms / Mom Time

“The average office worker receives more than 200 messages a day via snail mail, email, express mail, cell phone, landline, wireless Web, bicycle messenger, singing telegram, you name it. Taking in information these days is like trying to drink from a fire hose.” –Dr. Martha Beck Did you know that…

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Do You Look Overtired?

Do You Look Overtired?

Moms / Mom Time

Mothers of small children are some of the least-rested groups of people around. If you don’t have time to sleep you probably don’t have time to run to the spa and get a professional facial or wrap, and don’t even think about a massage. Instead, let’s look into some easy…

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Friends and Family – Family Matters

Friends and Family – Family Matters

Moms / Mom Time

For many couples this isn’t a problem at least not at the beginning of the relationship but when children come along difficulties with partners’ families often crop up. Difficult decisions have to be made about parenting and a competition between ‘my family’ and ‘your family’ can arise. Often each of…

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Playing Nice with Your Ex: Here’s How

Playing Nice with Your Ex: Here’s How

Moms / Mom Time

They say that breaking up is hard to do — and for good reason. The emotional pain of a split can last for years, and if you have mutual friends, children or live in the same area, those lasting wounds can be opened time and time again. While the thought…

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