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Mom Enough and Happy
I was recently a guest blogger over on the “What to Expect” website. There I shared my thoughts on being Mom Enough and Happy. I’m grateful to share my post with you as part of our Awesome Tips for New Moms series. Do you want more Awesome Tips for New Moms delivered straight to your inbox? [...]
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Tagged gift for new moms, happy mom, mom enough, Motherhood, overwhelm in motherhood, parenting experts
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5 Ways to Rediscover YOU While Surrounded by Diapers, Milk and a Sea of Fatigue
In the introduction to Purple Leaves, Red Cherries, Andrea and I wrote: “Looking back, we now understand that becoming a mother required a radical reinvention; we not only held a new baby, we owned a new identity. Motherhood demanded that we change in complex ways; no part of our lives was left untouched. We slowly redefined [...]
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Tagged gift for new moms, Motherhood, parenting, rediscovering you, Tips for New Moms
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Parenting Through the Lunar Cycle: 6 Tips for New Moms
When my children were babies, I was unaware of how the lunar cycle could influence my children and my parenting. Recently, I came across the astrologer, Kim Tennant, who uses her knowledge of the sun, moon and planets to help moms cope with the challenges of early parenting. In an age where we are bombarded [...]
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Tagged astrology, Lunar cycle, Motherhood, New Moms, parenting, Tips for New Moms
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Birth trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Childbirth: 8 Tools to Manage Stress and Reach a Place of Healing
I never knew I was suffering from birth trauma until I was a few months away from giving birth to my second child. During the birth of my first child, I spent two hours in the final pushing stage of labor. I was tended to by a midwife who despite my requests for a natural [...]
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Tagged birth trauma, childbirth, Motherhood, New Moms, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, stress, Tips for New Moms
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Gift for New Moms
Purple Leaves, Red Cherries is an award-winning gift for new moms. It offers new moms support, inspiration and the knowledge that they are not alone as they journey through motherhood. Purple Leaves, Red Cherries is a beautifully illustrated book, which has been designed with new moms in mind. It contains an inspiring collection of short stories on motherhood. Each [...]
Postpartum Mom: Your 10 Best Fashion Choices
If you are a postpartum mom, you might be wondering what on earth you can wear today! This week, in the third post of our Awesome Tips for New Moms series, we are giving you 10 tips to help you look and feel great with clothes that will work with your body! I remember each time [...]
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Tagged clothes, maternity, mom, Motherhood, new mom, Postpartum mom, Tips for New Moms, wardrobe, what to wear
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Awesome Tips for New Moms: 5 Tips to Handle Conflict as You Transition from Couple to Parents
Today the Awesome Tips for New Moms series is looking at handling conflict among new parents. Could you imagine how having a baby would affect your relationships before you were in at the deep end? In the book Purple Leaves, Red Cherries, Salena writes about her relationship with her partner in the weeks following the [...]
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Tagged Conflict resolutions, Couples, Help for New Moms, Motherhood, New Moms, New Parents, Parents, Purple Leaves, Red Cherries, Tips for New Moms
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Official Awards Day!
Today, we issued our official press release about how Purple Leaves, Red Cherries won two international book awards. Congratulations to everyone involved in creating Purple Leaves, Red Cherries! Self-Publishing Mom Joins Ranks of Top New York Publishing Firms by Winning Prestigious Nautilus Book Award Purple Leaves, Red Cherries – an Inspiring Gift Book for New [...]
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Mother Label
… Another round of mommy wars Stretching women Into rehashed dichotomies. Remember virgin/whore? Now try stay-at-home mom/working mom. The comparison is The need For a dichotomy To divide women To label women To tell women what is right And wrong Or wrong And right. Have you noticed It keeps men And the economy Out of [...]
Thank you, Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich, a prolific poet and one of the most influential writers of the feminist movement, died last week, aged 82. I first came across Rich’s writing over 20 years ago when I took a course in Women’s Studies (yes, back then it was not yet known as Gender Studies). I was 20 years old [...]