You want the best for your children so you focus a considerable amount of time and energy on their learning and growth opportunities. And that is commendable! But how much do you focus on your own learning and growth? Every week I talk to moms who feel like they’ve lost a piece of themselves somewhere […]
Who Moved My Freedom?
Guest Post by Britt Bolnick, In Arms Coaching Six years ago was the worst time in my entire life. I was a fairly new mother to a 12 month-old girl, living in a house that I hated and could barely afford. I had a husband who was cheating on me, almost never home and about […]
Window Into The Soul
By MGAL Expert, Lynn Trotta As I bent low and looked up into the bush of French climbing beans, I got the strongest sensation that I was looking into my soul at all the gifts that are waiting to be harvested. How many times had I walked by this wall of green in my […]
Does Freedom = Obligation?
As we celebrated Independence Day here in the U.S last week, I contemplated what our Freedom means. Ever since 9/11, certain patriotic holidays tend to bring on discussions about how to protect our Freedom or ensure that we protect the Freedom of people in other countries. Often times it seems that our Freedom is directly […]
And dang it, I’m worth it!
By MGAL Expert Theresa Robbins Recently, MGAL Featured Expert, Lin Eleoff, wrote a hilariously brilliant post entitled, “June Cleaver Must Die Too!” If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it. In it, Lin writes that we have been sold this image of what the perfect mom looks like, how she acts, and what […]