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My heart is truly full to have been able to share space with other mamas and their little ones.
From bubblegum-hued baby gear to date-night worthy holographic pumps, pink is the new black.
Why can’t kids be both?
We’re the soft cushion below them. When they need to unravel, they choose us.
How do I encourage my kids’ fire to fight injustice, yet also encourage them to see people as imperfect beings who are, for the most part, trying their best?
While we’ve made incredible strides in terms of how companies support working moms, we are lagging in terms of how the corporate world supports and perceives working dads.
From unruly curls to tangled pin straight locks, it's a miracle in a bottle.
It doesn't matter your age. It doesn’t matter when you first became a mom or when you gave birth to your last. It doesn’t matter if you’re a mom of one or of many.
Recognizing the way my body’s biology works has made me feel like a superhero.
From being consistent to praising publicly, criticizing privately, here are the parenting and leadership rules that I (try to) live by.
"Distractions are everywhere, and we often forget to ground ourselves before connecting with our baby so we can be fully present"
"The news that Instagram (and, to a lesser extent, Facebook) is shifting away from a friends and family model to a content creator model had a lot of moms wondering, where in the world is my social network?"
1. Check your thoughts, and then challenge them
I hadn’t thought about how my homebody tendencies were keeping my son from building relationships and creating memories outside of our home, with other people.
And I realize that many of these moments will be "lasts" very soon, so I cherish them as if they are.
“It doesn’t have to be like this. I’m tired of being so tired. We can take our power back.”
I’m afraid that I will lack understanding—and that even with the wisdom collected in becoming a mother for the first time, I will have so much to learn and unlearn in becoming a mother again.