What Moms Don’t Say
It’s been a while so lets do some introductions! My name is JoAnn, I have 2 kiddos and when I grow up I want to be a…
Posted by Whimsicle on Wednesday, February 18, 2015
It’s been a while so lets do some introductions! My name is JoAnn, I have 2 kiddos and when I grow up I want to be a…
Posted by Whimsicle on Wednesday, February 18, 2015
She’s an accomplished writer, author, podcast host of the No Guilt Mom podcast, and speaker who appears in national media. Work with her personally in Balance VIP
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Fourth of July Eve Buddy got pink eye. In all my years teaching and with Biggie in daycare and school, we were spared the trauma…
School districts “no homework” policies miss the point.
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When I look for a fun family activity in the Phoenix area, I want somewhere not too expensive, unique and that brings me happiness. Usually food…
Mean kids. They’re everywhere.
Let’s face it. These kids who tease aren’t horrible human beings (although our mama bear senses want to say they are), they just lack social skills.
So if we want our kids to avoid these mean kids and seek out positive relationships, we as parents, need to teach them social skills.
Ever feel like you need to honor every request from your kids? They’re only young once that little voice says, of course, you should WANT to spend every minute with them. But, saying YES only makes you feel burnt out and resentful.
Here’s the fix.
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I really needed to read this. We are always feeling guilty as moms. Feeling we’re not doing enough. I want to grow my blog. I want to write a children’s book to accompany a toy line about to launch. Thank you for the uplift today.
You go Nichole!! Do you have plans on how you are going to do it yet?
You shout it out loud! Moms don’t say it enough- what we really want! I would love nothing more than to be able to help out my family more- this little blog has helped us a lot over the past couple years and I definitely want to continue to learn AND grow!
Awesome post. What do I want? To be on tv. I want to be a lifestyle contributor to a show like GMA. Pipe dream maybe, but I’ll never stop dreaming 🙂
I don’t think its that far off 🙂
This is awesome! I am not a mom, but still struggle with ‘saying’ what I want to do and actually taking the steps to do it. I want to grow my blog into a viable stream of income for my family and be able to influence many. I would also love to take an extended trip to Italy with my husband some day.
Yes Charissa!! Making the plan is the hardest part I feel. Taking time away from my family gives me a huge guilt trip. I see you are an Arizona blogger! Are you coming to SOFABU On the road this weekend?
Joann, I had to laugh about your huge guilt trip, I give myself one too. (why do we do this to ourselves? 🙂 I didn’t know about the SOFABU On the Road, what is that? I will be going to the Arizona Blogger Meetup on March 31st, are you going there?
SoFabU on the Road is an awesome blogger educational event. I wrote about it here: https://www.noguiltmom.com/2015/03/sofabu-on-the-road-phoenix.html. They still have tickets available and Social Fabric is an amazing thing to be a part of. It’s how I get most of my sponsored posts. I will be at the Blogger Meetup event, too!
SoFabU looks awesome, I am not able to go this weekend but maybe I can talk to you and see how it went? (And more about your sponsored posts:-). See you on Tuesday!
Yes! Look forward to meeting you on Tuesday!
It is scary to follow our dreams! I am 40 years old & just now breaking away from a conventional career to pursue my love of food! Every little step is one in the right direction!
It’s hard to step away from “conventional” careers. I wonder all the time if I should move away from teaching. But, this makes me so happy so I’ll just find a way to make it work. Good for you, Loriann!!
I love this, JoAnn! I want to build a super successful Shaklee business and make this my lifetime career! 🙂
I know this is an older post but I’m so glad I found it through Pinterest today. I needed to hear this!
I work from home and I still suffer a lot of guilt because of the opinions of a lot of my peers. I grew up in a very traditional household where being driven and having career goals would be viewed as being neglectful as a mother. But it’s not! I’ve got a supportive husband and a happy baby so I need to put the naysayers on the back burner and follow my dreams. 🙂
Yes!! Follow your dreams!! I have felt do much guilt and I am gradually learning to let it go. Since writing this post, I’ve enrolled my son in preschool three days a week. I now spend that time writing and building up Whimsicle as a company. So go for it!!!!