Mommy Mondays

Mommy Mondays: The Benefit of Out-of-Town Travel

April 2, 2013
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I am in major preparations mode. Stocking up on food, cleaning the laundry, getting ahead on homework and school projects—I’m getting physically, mentally, and emotionally ready for a couple of out-of-town work trips this month. I’m excited about it, though—I love to travel! Have since I was a kid. I love the routine of getting […]

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Mommy Mondays: The Dark Side of Being a Working, PhD-seeking Mommy

March 19, 2013
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One of the top questions I get is “how do I do it all?” I can see how, from an outside perspective, it seems like I do “do it all.” A job I love, working on a PhD, a great family, a blogging career. It may even seem like I do it easily. I feel […]

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Mommy Mondays: Pondering the Yins and Yangs of Parental Imaginings

March 13, 2013
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It’s only Wednesday and I have already experienced extremes in the continuum of emotions related to being a parent. On Monday, I had a lovely conversation with a fellow music therapist who recently watched her 20-something daughter perform in a professionally-produced play. This was the yang—the excitement and wonder of envisioning the possibilities for my […]

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Mommy Mondays: Child-like Discovery

February 25, 2013
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One of the joys of having a child is that you are forced to appreciate moments. To stick your head above the busyness of the daily grind and be present…even if just for a moment. For me, it seems that many of these moments occur during periods of discovery. Times when the little inner scientist […]

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Mommy Mondays: How Parenting Helps Me Clarify What’s REALLY Important

February 11, 2013
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People—yours truly included—often talk about the challenges parents face. It’s true that the constant monitoring, middle-of-the-night feedings, and never-ending energy can be exhausting, but the perks of being a parent far outweigh the challenges. One of those perks is having the opportunity to analyze and clarify what’s really important to you. As a parent, there […]

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Mommy Mondays: The Art of Letting Go

February 4, 2013
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I spent 5 hours of a beautiful Saturday the other week putting away our holiday decorations. Trees, tree ornaments, wreaths, garland, household knick-nacks . . . all are organized and tucked away in the attic in their appropriate red containers ready to emerge again on the Friday following Thanksgiving to make out house pretty and […]

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Mommy Mondays: 5 Creative Childcare Solutions

December 10, 2012
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A fellow music therapist—and brand-new mommy—is growing a practice while growing a family. She recently posted a question on Facebook asking for ideas on working out a childcare schedule that is flexible enough to support a crazy and ever-changing private practice schedule. Here are some of my thoughts… First, infant childcare is difficult to coordinate […]

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Mommy Mondays: I Need My Kids, Too

December 3, 2012
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I’ve always known that kids need their parents. It was common sense to me, really. The ways in which they need their parents may look different over the years—for food, shelter, clothes, health, learning, emotional support, etc.—but regardless of how it looks, kids need their parents. Want to know what I didn’t know? How much […]

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Mommy Mondays: The Calm Before the Holiday Storm

November 20, 2012
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I feel like it’s the calm before the storm. The holidays are stressful for pretty much everyone. I understand that. But for me, the stress level and complexity of navigating the holidays has grown exponentially since having kids. First there’s family. We live far from pretty much all the grandparents. Thus every year it’s a […]

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