Encouragement

Setting Your 2024 Goals - and Keeping Them! If you close your eyes and reflect on 2023, or the many years before, can you recall making resolutions at the start of a new year? Did you keep them? Were they life-changing, achievable, and worth the effort put in? Did they require sufficient sacrifice, altering of annoying habits, and financial investments for the betterment of self? New Year's goals are nothing new, and roughly 4/10 of us set goals every year. And with that said, most of us have historically set similar goals. According to Forbes' New Year's Resolution Statistics, the top goals set for the new year include some form of fitness goals, finance goals, and goals for improving mental health....

A Love Letter To Angel Reese From A Momma's Pen I was once you. Noooo, I was not ever a top-notch athlete or a curator of a platform that stretches to millions of people. But I was a 21-year-old at LSU. I was young and unsure of myself and trying to forge a path for my future. Social media was limited to primitive Facebook posts and MySpace. We still partied and danced, and I am glad pictures and videos were limited LOL. I was wearing a mask that I hoped would match the scene at the time. This is why I think I admire you so much because you are honoring both your authentic self and your needs, physically, emotionally, and mentally....

Natural Vs. Medicated :: My Perspective From Both Sides After having 4 kids it’s safe to say I have quite a bit of experience giving birth. My first two babies, I opted to be pumped full of that game changing drug, the epidural. After finding out I was pregnant with number three, I decided to challenge myself and go all natural, pain med free. I did the same with my fourth. So as a mom whose been on both ends of the spectrum here’s my take on them both. Epidural:: Best if you don’t have a high pain tolerance or just don’t want to feel much of anything at all. Not going to lie, those epidurals with my first and second knocked me...

Raising Without Religion I’m raising my kids without religion. There, I said it. We don’t attend church. We don’t read the Bible. Not that I’m against those things, it’s just not my style. It may be an unpopular opinion, especially in the South, but my children get to choose whether or not they want to follow an organized religion. I do not force it, but if they decide to go that route, I try my best to encourage it. Our children will grow into adults before our eyes and I believe they’re entitled to the right to choose their own spiritual path. I was raised as what I could only describe as a lax Catholic. My parents chose to bring me to...

The Enneagram Of Motherhood The Enneagram is a personality typing system that categorizes individuals into nine distinct personality types, each with its own set of traits, tendencies, and motivations. These personality types can shed light on how different mothers might approach motherhood, interact with their children, and navigate the challenges of parenting. Keep in mind that these descriptions are generalizations, and individuals may not fit perfectly into a single type. Here's a look at how mothers of each Enneagram type might approach motherhood :: The Reformer (Type 1) ::    - Strengths :: Organized, responsible, and principled.    - Challenges :: Struggles with perfectionism and can be critical of themselves and others.    - Motherhood Approach :: The Type 1 mom strives for excellence in parenting. She...