This post is about insomnia, a phenomenon that I have been suffering from more and more frequently of late and one that I almost never suffered from in the past. What's changed? Well, it could be the fact that I am a mother, with an ear acutely attuned to my child's every nighttime movement, which is disruptive, and a source of great anxiety, especially when illness occurs … [Read more...]
Raising a resilient child: Parent-coaching, sports and life lessons
Now that my little ones are old enough to play organized sports, I find my role as a parent morphing into parent-coach in this context. I don’t know about you but I have had coaches in my childhood that ran the gamut from the sweet, understanding, everyone just have fun coaches, to coaches who would make you cry and run extra “suicides” just for kicks, barking out orders and … [Read more...]
10 Things I Hate (in no particular order)
So it is Tuesday and already a couple of these things have happened to me. However I decided instead of flipping out on people or getting stressed that instead I would write it down and share it. I don't know about you but it usually isn't the big things that push my buttons, it is more the little seemingly insignificant things that get under my skin. Do these things ever … [Read more...]
4 Financial Tips/Tricks to “make it” in DC on a public servants budget
Caveat: I am NOT a financial expert in any way, shape, or form. I am however a habitual HR brown bag attendee and question asker and the lucky recipient of a lot of sound financial advice during my time in the foreign service thus far, which I will now impart to you. Take advantage of loan forgiveness programs If your employer offers these programs and you have … [Read more...]
Surviving the “Tired Years”: Five Ways to get through the early childhood years with your sanity and your marriage intact
Before our daughter was born, I thought parenthood would be a cinch. First of all, we outnumbered our son 2:1, so what was he really going to get away with. An additional plus, as the only grandchild, we were the happy beneficiaries of ridiculous amounts of love and support from our extended family. Then we moved and our daughter was born. Trust me when I tell you that … [Read more...]
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