Relationships

The awesome husband checklist: Before vs. after kids ✅

Before kids: Confesses his love for me. After kids: Says, “I will clean up this puke.”

Declining Millennial marriage rate due to how much we value matrimony, study finds

Despite the hype, Millennials may actually be bigger romantics than past generations.

Micro interactions increase life satisfaction—so go ahead and talk to strangers

When other people think you matter and treat you like you matter, you believe you matter, too.

To the mom friend who loves my children, too…

It’s one thing to have mom friends. It’s another to have mom friends who truly love your own children.

To the mom on the brink of burnout

It’s a tricky feeling to know that our lives as mothers, and all that comes with it, has left us feeling burnt out. Because what are we going to do? We still need to go on, and get everything done.

Raising kids away from family is hard, but you can do it

By growing our family away from extended family (and their help), we’ve learned that there is nothing more valuable than creating a strong network of friends who are like family.

Viral wedding video of vows to a stepson shows there’s more than one way to become a mama

Families are made because of love—not just DNA. ?

Study: Grandmothers can be a breastfeeding mama’s secret weapon

The reason the breastfeeding success rate is higher in many other cultures? Grandmas. 

Facebook moms group rallies to support cancer patient in the most inspiring way

The warrior mama says the way the community came together for her was nothing short of “magic.” ✨

Looking to make mom friends? Try these 10 mom pick up lines

If they work for sleazy guys in bars, we can use them too.

To the mamas who’ve been with us through our autism journey—thank you

To all you amazing women who have been there for me through these ups and downs—I thank you. From the bottom of my heart. A million times over.

An ode to my husband’s sweatpants

Thank God I stole these from my husband because really—what would my life be without them?

Close the gap: 3 steps to reconnect with your partner

Sending to our partners STAT—out of love!

5 Ways to Ask for Help Postpartum

And who to ask for it.

My lesson: There’s no one right way to be a wife

Maybe that was our biggest marital misstep—thinking that marriage was about shaping ourselves to fit defined roles.

Don’t put off your girls’ weekends

Find your pre-mom gaggle of girls & embrace them, they are your connection with a part of yourself you may have lost.

Passion + parenting can co-exist—and here’s how

Having children is most definitely a game changer, but it doesn’t have to be a romance killer.

I didn’t know I could love my husband more—and then he became a dad

This is the messiest, sleepiest, craziest time—and that’s when you realize what a good thing you really have.

10 things my mom told me as a kid that continue to give me confidence

I grew up believing that I could be proud of myself. And I am.

To the women who have lifted me up: Thank you

We all have the power to make another woman feel substantial. Let’s choose to support, inspire + empower each other.