by Sarah MacLaughlin | Aug 17, 2012 | books, food, multi-tasking, my life, resources, review, self-care
I am so excited to share this Slow Cooker Recipe Book with you! Stephanie over at Mama and Baby Love has written a supremely useful cookbook for busy families. Whether you work or not, you will find these recipes useful. It would also make the perfect gift for an...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Mar 8, 2012 | balance, perspective, self-care, simplify
Winter has simplified our surroundings. After a fresh snowfall everything is white and our whole landscape becomes pristine and beautiful. The minimalism of this lack of color is so calming. Because this white blanket falls upon us, and the light and temperatures are...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Dec 29, 2010 | daycare, self-care
I told a friend yesterday that I wasn’t sure how many people I was going to inform about my most recent foray into radical self-care. I’ve gone so Rambo I don’t even want to tell people what I did! In my heart, I know it’s good to be a role...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Dec 21, 2010 | self-care, volunteering, work
I often tell parents that they have to put on their own oxygen masks before they can help others. I emphasize how they must make time for self-care. Meanwhile, I’m over here gasping for breath, struggling to assist the other members of my family: wheeze, cough,...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Sep 6, 2010 | balance, mindful parenting, multi-tasking, religion, self-care, work
I’m reading a book right now called Buddhism for Mothers. It is excellent. For someone who was raised in a non-religious home, I could seriously get used to Buddhism; so accepting, so balanced, so sane. This is something I definitely do not always feel (sane...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Jul 30, 2010 | chores, developmental expectations, motherhood, multi-tasking, self-care, work
Right? Don’t we though? I mean no one is home at my house during the day to make dinner. Or do laundry. Or vaccuum. Or pick up toys, or wipe down surfaces, or scrub the toilet, or mow the lawn, or write thank you notes, or load the dishwasher, or, or,...