Mommy Mondays

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

March 19, 2013

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

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: How Parenting Helps Me Clarify What’s REALLY Important

February 11, 2013

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

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

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

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

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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Mommy Mondays: Birthday Reflections on Being a Mommy

November 5, 2012

This week is a big week in our home as we celebrate not one, but TWO kiddo birthdays! It’s been a pretty incredible 6.5 years and I feel awestruck at the amazing journey these two souls have taken me on. As I sit and reflect on what these past mommy years have been like for […]

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Mommy Mondays: The Organized Parent

October 29, 2012

I think one of the things that surprised me most about being a parent is the amount of organization that’s involved. Keeping in mind that I’m not yet to the carpool-sports games-and school activities stage of parenthood, there’s an amazing amount of planning, coordination, and management involved when raising kids. Here are just some of […]

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