by Pamela Zimmer | Jan 13, 2017 | Ditch The Mom Guilt, General Parenting, Happiness in Motherhood
It is entirely common to hide negative thoughts about motherhood from other moms. In my experience with Postpartum Depression, I had a lot of ugly, scary, terrible thoughts, and I couldn’t tell if what I was thinking was normal or unhealthy. It wasn’t until I started...
by Pamela Zimmer | Jan 13, 2017 | Happiness in Motherhood, Moms To Moms, Work Life Balance
It takes a village to raise a child, right? But what’s it take to raise a healthy mom? We could use a village to depend on too! Creating your personal community of moms will give you a foundation for support. Sharing stories, advice and just having a place to be...
by Pamela Zimmer | Jan 13, 2017 | Becoming A Better Mom, For Frazzled Moms, Work Life Balance
As a stay-at-home mom, “work” and “life” seem to blur together (and so do our days!) With all that chaos, we’ve all thought at least once, “I hate being a stay at home mom.” It’s OK to feel that way, but it’s also OK to want to change...
by Pamela Zimmer | Jan 13, 2017 | Becoming A Better Mom, Caring For Your Child, General Parenting
Kids really are like sponges, and they learn so much more from our actions than our words (for more on this, view my article, “I Want to be a Better Mom”: Let’s Look at Lessons We Teach Our Kids that We Should Listen to Ourselves). Today I want to focus on showing our...
by Pamela Zimmer | Jan 13, 2017 | General Parenting, Postpartum Depression, Things Moms Say
According to an NPR piece, 1 in 7 women experience postpartum depression, but how many receive the support they need? My life’s work — aside from being a mom, of course — is to share my story with working moms and stay-at-homes who feel they have lost...
by Pamela Zimmer | Jan 13, 2017 | Becoming A Better Mom, General Parenting
As mothers, our big goal every day is to teach our kids something big — an important life lesson that will stick with them through all of life’s challenges. But it’s easy to get caught up in the role of teaching, and we often forget to put ourselves in the roles...
by Pamela Zimmer | Dec 10, 2016 | Body, Mind & Spirit, General Parenting, Milestones and Development, Parent Coaching, Special Moments
Sitting here in a tea house, enjoying a pot of black tea on this cold, rainy, winter morning. While it’s not Early Gray – I inherited the dislike of that from my Mom – it’s gray outside. The river water is rushing on the other side of the window, and the...
by Pamela Zimmer | Nov 22, 2016 | Body, Mind & Spirit, General Parenting, Parent Coaching
So, I’m supposed to write a blog post today. “Supposed” to. Where does supposed to come from anyway? It’s not like I have to get something written for print in the morning newspaper. I don’t have a boss standing over my shoulder pestering me for an article. Nobody is...
by Pamela Zimmer | Oct 13, 2016 | For Frazzled Moms, General Parenting, Parent Coaching, Work Life Balance
What does it mean to be a Mom? The first thing that comes to mind is kids. You need kids to be a Mom, or at least in the traditional sense. I suppose you could be a room mom, or a team mom or a mentor mom… but in each of those scenarios, there are other people...
by Pamela Zimmer | Sep 19, 2016 | General Parenting, Moms To Moms, Parent Coaching
Dear Zackery, You always have such a smile. From the day you were born. And I remember (well, at least I read that you did… yes, I thumbed through your baby book, reading what little I had actually written in there). I remember some, and it breaks my heart to think I...
