Yesterday I was prepping for guests, making the bed, and as I put the pale sage fitted sheet on the queen bed I noticed how worn out the fabric was looking. (That was right after I found that not one, not two, but three of our pillow cases had tiny holes in them. ) All…
Category: Mental Health
Reading, Decluttering, and Craft Rooms make me Happy…Eve Schaub Combines them All!
Did you pick up Marie Kondo’s book The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, only to toss it on your pile of stuff and think “That Konmarie method’s not for me”? Don’t let life and your mess overwhelm you. Chill out, read THIS book instead, and get motivated because you’re not alone! You’re not the…
How Minimalism Helped my Mind
Overwhelmed. Distracted. Discontent with status quo. Disgusted with myself and my inability to get organized. All that is how I felt a few years ago in the depth of my anxiety and discouragement with where my life was. It just couldn’t stay that way. I couldn’t stay that way. I contemplated getting a professional organizer. …
If You’re a Mom Struggling with Depression, Fatigue or Other Chronic Health Issues, you’re NOT Alone!
In a perfect world, motherhood would exempt a person from health struggles that really affect functioning. It’s hard enough to face your own struggles, then on top of that see how your family is affected by them too. For the past few weeks I’ve been pretty wiped out. I went back to having practically zero energy,…
Summer Break: Parents, Don’t let it Break You!
Parents, need ideas to keep kiddos occupied so you don’t go insane…without micromanaging their every move this summer? AND without them being glued to screens? I’ll be honest…I was kind of dreading summer, until I remembered I’m in charge of the way things go, and if I determine to plan a fun summer, I’ll most likely…
Pursuing Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis
When you realize that coping has not improved beyond a certain point for your child, and meltdowns that stress the whole family exhaustingly occur daily, it is heartbreaking not to have an immediate solution. I’ve read book upon book hoping to find the key to ease my son’s struggle with spectrum and SPD/OCD behaviors. There…
My Favorite SPD Books and Resources for Families
When my son began having disproportionately large meltdowns around the age of two over how things felt and big emotions, and in turn I was struggling to parent him well, figuring out how his mind works really helped me. I read all these books and they helped me piece together the puzzle of my precious,…
From Survival Mode to Creative Zone Again
When life was just about day-to-day survival and I wasn’t feeling very creative, I knew I needed to do something to get un-stuck. Four years of deeply wading through the weight of everything that was keeping me in survival mode, praying for hope and joy despite my circumstances, and trying to discover what my unique purpose…
When Creativity gets Squashed by Survival Mode
Have you been in survival mode, and your creativity has suffered?
Stay-at-home-mom Productivity and Progress
Last year I got into a rut a bit more deeply than years previous. As a SAHM, one thing that often has discouraged me is knowing my work is never really done, and doesn’t look more done because piles of laundry and cooking and dishes (etc. etc.) need to be re-done each day/weekly. I have…
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