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,...