That Lets get real here Mama, ladies.... The struggle bus happens to everyone, in every part of your life in different seasons. But we hardly talk about it openly. Who wants to admit it. But we need to. For support, for community, for creating a new normalcy. I have gone through my own fair share of dark times too. In my career, in parenting, in marriage, in my health, in relationships with friends, family and even myself. Its part of life, the ups and downs, so know its OK. The reason for this post is to bring some normalcy to the topic of struggle, but I'm trying to zero in on your health journey, but really it's relevant to many parts of your life. I want to give you some tips and words to use in those hard times.
Say you've been at this health journey for a while, or maybe it's new. You could be in a funk, not feeling it, feeling lost, not seeing the results you want, you don't feel good, and the comparison game is strong. Here is what I need you to do and think... OWNERSHIP. Own where you are right now and where your going. That means commit to yourself, don't care about what others say, think or might think. Don't feel pressured to eat and drink what everyone is, at the party, at the bar, in life. Give new things & practices TIME. Nothing is overnight that is sustainable and healthy. So many times I have ladies that deal with shock to their bodies with a new health habit in the form of bloat, weight gain, detox symptoms, sore bodies, scales not moving, acne, etc. BUT our body has to be given time to heal after YEARS of bad health habits. New habits take time physically, emotionally and mentally. So trust in the process. Be ok with TRYING NEW THINGS. If something isn't working. or if it's time to level up, try something new. Always be available for learning, growing and changing from what you know now. Listen to podcasts, connect with others, read. You never know what you don't know. BE OK with not being OK. BE OK with being UNCOMFORTABLE. Get uncomfortable. Feel ALL the emotions with what your struggling with. Retreat back to a quiet space of life. A place you can grow, feel and be true. Focus on simple priorities. Even when you feel LOST. Stay this course. Do personal development. And you will find CLARITY AGAIN. Why retreat back? Why feel the hard emotions? You need to come to a quiet time in life to feel the emotions, to understand them, to grow and move past them. You need to quiet life down by focusing on simple priorities so that you can hear your gut instincts, hear the universe, hear your mind. So new things can show up and present themselves. You need to do personal development, pick up a book or listen to the podcast so you can grow, learn and try new things. If you stay this course in a positive spiritual way, you will climb the dark mountain of struggle and find CLARITY again. You will go from foggy and lost to energized and inspired again. Things will start showing up in the best ways if you make the space for them.
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Let's talk boobies!
Every breastfeeding journey is different, and I don't think anyone's is a walk in the park as it is one of the most self-less journey's Mother's go through. I personally prefer to breastfeed and I am going to assume you do as well since your reading this post, but I will never judge another Mommy's choice, as fed is always best in my mind, and I hope you never judge another Mama either, since Motherhood is already a tough act. We need all the love and support. Any ways, back to the boobies, here is my experience and my tips on breastfeeding. My home is my oasis, my time is valuable, & my family is MOST important to me, so a minimal lifestyle makes all the sense for me. And now as a Mom of two very young littles, I am all about making life easier and more peaceful for me and my family. We embarked on making our life more minimal over a year ago, right before we decided to sell our house and build a new one. And now that we are finally in our new home we have been able to bring it all to life. We are still working on this journey, still purging, finding what habits and routines work, only brining in things we LOVE or that are useful into our home, reminding ourselves what is most important and learning to block out the rest of the noise. Less is more. Have LESS so you can have MORE LOVE.
Here are my top 10 daily Minimal habits that I do day in and day out as a stay at home/Work at home Mama with a toddler and baby in tow. I am someone who THRIVES off of a routine, and even more so once I became a Mama, and then double that once I became a Mama of two boys. A routine keeps our days rolling smoothly, keeps my toddlers attention, keeps his energy up and happy, helps my days become predicable and keeps me SANE. And everyone loves a sane Mama.
No better way to get back to blogging than starting with my second baby boys birth story.
Jaxson Andrew Brady was as punctual as they get. He came earth side on his DUE DATE. March 30th, 2018. Who does that?! Its a pretty low statistic. I am forever anticipating this will be a part of his personality as he grows up. I was guesstimating he would come on the full moon a few days later like his big brother, but he had other plans in mind. A big hot word right now is MINIMALISM. We're all talking about it, trying it out and following others journey's. Before my first son turned 1 my husband and I watched the documentary, Minimalism, a documentary about the import things. It really hit home and made so much sense for my husband and I. Now, there are so many different levels of minimalism, and I don't think any certain level is right over the other. I think what matters is finding out what minimalism means to you and creating what works for YOU. Here is what it means to my husband and I and the start of our minimalism journey. We've been at it slowly for a year but we still have a way to go, so this is the start of us sharing our journey and it will be a series that I will share with you as we move into our dream home and continue to grow our family.
I never thought I would want or have the opportunity to be a stay at home Mom before I got married and had kids. Once I got married and it became a closer and closer reality it became part of our goal as a future family. But no matter what your position is as a Mom, whether you are a working Mom, stay home Mom, work at home Mom, Mom life isn't a walk in the park. There are pro's and con's to them all. This is just part my story on motherhood thus far.
I remember being pregnant with my first and researching, shopping and asking other Mamas ALL ABOUT BABY STUFF. I wanted to be SO prepared. That is my personality, I don't always love surprises, I want a plan and I want to know as much as I can. But really can you ever really be prepared for parenthood and babies. Probably not. And parenthood has made me go with the flow much more and now I just wait and figure out a lot more. Never the less as I prepare for baby #2 I want to share all of my FAVORITE baby things that I couldn't live without. This list is pretty much all you need for a while in the infant stage. You don't even need a nursery, all you need is a little space.
When I was pregnant with my first I started researching EVERYTHING right away and I wanted to get and buy everything I needed for my pregnancy, the right clothes, the right products. But I learned along the way that I really didn't need all that much. I got things that weren't that efficient or useful and some things I didn't figure out till the end. So here are all my simple must haves for my preggo Mama's.
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