I grew up in a dog-less home as a freckle-faced, kitty-obsessed kid. I love most furry faces indiscriminately, but as an adult, I married a man that is allergic to cats. When I went to adopt my first dog, I preferred smaller breeds. I had small children and didn’t want the kids’ faces to be…
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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,…
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…
When Creativity gets Squashed by Survival Mode
Have you been in survival mode, and your creativity has suffered?
What everyday SPD looks like for my 3 and 5 yr olds…
My 5 yr. old son asked for another piece of pizza, a rare treat at our place since I am gluten-free and don’t usually have the energy to make it myself and avoid certain ingredients for my healthy eating standards. He was so happy when I said sure…but when I gave it to him, he…
How Being Intentionally Involved Moms Invites Joy Into our Lives
Finding joy as a mother has been a long journey for me. Yes, there was the instant joy and love during the bonding phase with each of my children as newborns. After that, however, I really struggled with the realities of life as a mother… Mainly, the lack of sleep. Lots of anxiety. The postpartum…
Aiming high in 2018!
As I take down and prepare to recycle our 8-year old, pre-lit, 4 ft. Christmas tree that slowly dwindled down to having only 1/5th of the lights working, I start to think about how I might miss out on the after-Christmas sales, where I was hoping to snag a replacement. They’re probably all sold out…
Postpartum resolution?
I’ve been thinking of writing this post for a while. I’ve been hopeful but hesitant to say “I’m over it.” The postpartum days of no energy. No enthusiasm. No respite from anxiety, frustration, irritation, random and intense anger at minor things, and feelings of isolation and panic. But spring has sprung and with it, my…
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