There’s one thing that people didn’t warn us about before we had kids: all the stuff. Oh, sure, we knew about it in some aspects of parenting life: We saw the ever-growing list of must-haves on a registry and did our best to pare that down, and of course, we knew about the perils of […]
More Friends and More Fun—with Less Work
One of the best things we can do is to get together, gab and relax with friends. We all know this, but somehow along the course of our regular weeks that get tangled up with work and kids, getting together with friends—the kind of friends you want to see, not have to see—tends to fall […]
How to Juggle Everything in Your Crazy Mom Life
Mom life is crazy. The life of an actor is equally, if not more, crazy. Mix the two and you have a recipe for true momsanity. And trust me: I speak from experience! So does Liz Samuel, a mom of two who recently wrote, produced and starred in the very funny and very relatable short […]
Why New York City Is the Best Place to Raise Young Kids
Yes, you heard me right: New York City is THE BEST place to raise young kids. OK, fine, I may be slightly biased, since I chose to raise my family here for the past five and a half years. And I also may slightly wistful for my wonderful city life because we just moved to […]
10 Motherhood Lessons That Can Make Your Entire Life Better
Being a parent is exhausting. I don’t need to tell you that. What I do need to tell you is that all of your hard work is paying off—and not just for your kids. Motherhood has the potential to transform every aspect of your life and make you a better, more well-rounded, more whole […]
An Hour in the Life of a Work-at-Home Mom
Where are my work-at-home moms at? And my office-going moms who’ve had to work from home on a random day? And my stay-at-home moms who’ve had to do something important while the kids were using you as a jungle gym? Oh, there you are. Because that’s every mom ever. All I have to say is: Holy crap. These […]
Why Self-Care Is the Hardest Mom Lesson
A day to yourself, spent doing whatever you damn well please, is good for the heart, the soul and the brain. Why do I have to be beaten over the head with that very simple concept over and over and over again? It’s not that I don’t know the importance of self-care, because I […]
Not Sleeping? You’re Missing Out on More Than Just Sleep
So, the other night, I slept. Like, really slept. And it was wonderful. I mean, it’s not like I got 12 uninterrupted hours of sleep or anything—I am a mom—but I got a solid 9. Granted, some of them were spent sleeping on the couch with my teething toddler, but we both actually slept, […]
No, I Do Not Have 10 Extra Minutes
Do you have 10 extra minutes to get your life together? Of course you do, you’ll say. Everyone has 10 minutes to spare! Well, yes, technically that’s true. I mean, personally, when I have 10 glorious minutes to myself, I usually just want to stare at the wall. But even I am tempted by […]
The Six Words That Broke My Heart
Sometimes I wonder how we don’t all suffocate under the weight of mom guilt. I mean, does it ever end? There’s always something that’s making us feel bad, making us feel like we could and should be doing more, making us wonder if some seemingly tiny choice is going to have a butterfly effect […]
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