A Single Income Family | Is It Right For You?

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Have you been dreaming of quitting your job to stay at home with your kids? Are you questioning whether returning to work after maternity leave is right for you? Today we are going to discuss if living as a single income family is right for you. 4 Tips To Help Decide If A Single Family …

Little Kids With Big Emotions

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Little kids have big emotions. Lightening quick and in rapid succession, children’s moods can swing from happy dancing to angry thrashing without much of anything in between. As parents we may be left wondering “What just happened?” or we may simply dismiss it with “Calm down, now.” But while these big emotions may seem like …

Inexpensive Date Night Ideas

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Last week we talked about the importance of date nights in a healthy relationship. By now you should be fully informed on why date nights are so important for your relationship. But how do you squeeze them in? And how in today’s crazy high priced world can we afford them? Good news! Date nights don’t …

When Motherhood Lets You Down

When Motherhood Lets You Down Therapy for women in Washington, Pa

When you think of motherhood, do you envision a “Pinterest-perfect” mother holding hands with her impeccably dressed kids? Or do you see an exhausted mom wearing dirty pajamas in the afternoon while barely keeping it together? If motherhood has let you down, if you feel unhappy in your role as a mother, you are not …

Living With An Angry Teen

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Eye rolling, dismissive smirks, shouting matches and slamming doors – – oh yeah, you’re living with an angry teen. You may question why in the world your child is so angry. You may wish for all that anger to just stop and go away. Anger is bad, after all, right? Nope! The good news is …

Date Nights For A Healthy Relationship

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Are date nights important for a healthy relationship? Yep! You better believe it! It can be easy to lose focus on your relationship with the demands of life. The bright side is date nights don’t have to be elaborate, time consuming or even at night. Date nights are key to a healthy, long-lasting relationship. Date …

Anxiety During Pregnancy

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You’ve wanted this baby for so long and now you’re finally pregnant. But where is the joy? The glow? Anxiety during pregnancy is very common – – you are not alone. What Is Anxiety? Anxiety is our natural response to something that makes us feel threatened or unsafe. Anxiety isn’t inherently bad. After all, if …

A Growth Mindset In Kids

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“You are so smart!” There is a pretty great chance that we have all said this to our kids at one time or another after they’ve gotten a good grade or completed a hard task. But what if they didn’t get a good grade? What if they couldn’t complete the hard task? Encouraging a growth …

Sleep Training Tips

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Sleep training – – Just those two words may cause some to recoil.  If you shudder at the thought of sleep training, hear me out.  These sleep training tips are a game changer, I swear!  Mothering is Exhausting – Sleep Training Helps So many new mothers are just plain exhausted from the routine of a …