It’s summertime! Maybe your kids are out of school for summer, or they’re about to be! This is when either excitement or panic sets in for you, mama!

For all of you work-at-home moms, how do you navigate a peaceful summer where they have fun, but you’re able to get actual work done, too? How can you balance your need for vocation and vacation? Your must-dos and your want-tos? Your needs and their needs?  

Whether you work at home or you’re a SAHM, we’re all trying to create fun, lasting summer memories while our kids are still at home – and time with our kids living at home is fleeting! But how do we create that illusive BALANCE during summer?

On today’s episode, I share 10 fantastic tips for juggling WAHM life with kids and summertime!

Until next time, friends.

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Welcome to Part Two of our episode on how to support a friend who’s waiting to adopt a child. This can be a difficult journey to navigate.

The waiting, the hoping, the milestones, the holidays, baby showers, and getting your heart and home ready to welcome a child.

If you’re here, I can imagine you want to support them with love and grace, but you’re not sure how! Go back and listen to Episode 41 (as well as this one) and take some notes.

There’s a lot to unpack between these two episodes. I pray you gain new insight and wisdom to better support your loved one on this adoption journey. Kudos to you for being here for them and doing what it takes to understand the road they’re on.

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Do you have a friend or loved one who’s adopting a child? If so, this two-part episode is exactly what you need to show up with wisdom and kindness and support them in an intentional way.

The fact that you’re here today says a lot about how much you love your person, so first and foremost, THANK YOU for taking the time to better understand the world of adoption.

Please share this episode with friends and family who might find it helpful! As always, leave me a review so I can reach more women who are in a season of waiting to adopt or raising adopted kids.

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Would you consider yourself an introvert? If so, you’re in the right place!

On today’s episode, I’m talking about parenting adopted kids as an introverted mom. While it can be very challenging on the nervous system, it can absolutely be done. I’ll share some common burnout triggers for adoptive moms, along with ways to create boundaries and create time for recovery.

Believe it or not, introverted moms have so many gifts to offer their kids. We just need to find ways to charge our battery while also loving our families well. This takes intention and sometimes planning ahead.

Remember, mama, you aren’t broken. The need for alone time isn’t selfish. For the introverted mom, it’s actually survival!

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Today’s episode is all about open adoption and ways to stay connected with a child’s birth family. I talk about different methods for maintaining contact with your child’s birth family, and how each scenario is completely unique according to everyone’s preferences.

Whether you’re hoping to adopt and plan to have an open adoption, or you’re raising children and need to hear from someone who just GETS it, I’m here to share what our open adoptions look like in real life. It’s not always easy, but it’s worth it.

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It’s time for another R.E.N.E.W. episode, and this time, it’s for April.

April means spring, and spring is ALL about renewal, so I can’t think of a better time to renew ourselves on this motherhood and adoption journey.

Whether you’re waiting for your family to grow or raising little ones like I am, we must keep our minds, bodies, and spirits nourished and cared for.  Sometimes, that means educating ourselves and leaning into a different method of parenting, and sometimes, it simply means relaxing a bit and doing something enjoyable.

I hope you enjoy all the fun tips I have for reading, educating, nourishing, enjoying, and writing (R.E.N.E.W.).

See you next week!

Mentioned in today's episode:

Horacio Printing

The Self-Driven Child

The Calm Parenting Podcast

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Inspired by a book and a podcast interview, I wanted to have a conversation around giving kids more control over their lives within safe and loving boundaries.

Moms, what if I told you that all kids’ and teens’ mental health issues revolve around one central theme: a low sense of control.

Clearly, there may be other factors involved, like genetics, trauma, and neurodiversity, and each child is uniquely their own person. And if you’re raising kids by adoption, there are, arguably, so many more variables.

But with today’s moms becoming more and more micromanagers and helicopter moms, it’s no wonder our kids are lacking in confidence and self-motivation.

Where can you offer more autonomy to your child today? We can start small! What can they decide for themselves within appropriate boundaries? Let’s pray over our kids, their choices, and our hearts as we let go juuuust a little.

They may fail, they may fall, but they will undoubtedly be stronger for it and learn invaluable life skills.

The Self-Driven Child book

The Gift of Failure book

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In this fun, two-part series, I chat with my husband about infertility and adoption from a “his and hers” perspective.

We share some very candid moments, offer advice for couples dealing with infertility and advice for couples as they transition into pursuing adoption to grow their families.

I hope you learn something new, share a few laughs with us, and reach out to ask us follow up questions. We absolutely love sharing our infertility and adoption story with others that are walking the path we walked several years ago.

And most importantly, God is in the details, friends, so I hope you hold on to that truth today.

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In this fun, two-part series, I chat with my husband about infertility and adoption from a “his and hers” perspective.

We share some very candid moments, offer advice for couples dealing with infertility and advice for couples as they transition into pursuing adoption to grow their families.

I hope you learn something new, share a few laughs with us, and reach out to ask us follow up questions. We absolutely love sharing our infertility and adoption story with others that are walking the path we walked several years ago.

And most importantly, God is in the details, friends, so I hope you hold on to that truth today.

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What’s the one thing we, as a society, all have in common right now? It’s a lack of time!

I get it. You don’t have time for self-care and you don’t have time to be still or mindful. But what if I told you that your future kids really depend on you to be a whole, healthy person?  Whether you’re waiting to adopt a child, or raising your adopted children, this episode is for you.

On today’s episode, I want to share with you 3 things that will move the needle in your mind, body, and spirit, when all other forms of indulgent things just aren’t possible.

These 3 things don’t require much time, they don’t require any money, and they can be done in the tiny pockets of your busy day. They’re also jam-packed with research-backed benefits. Friends, you can’t afford to not do these 3 things!

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