Category: Mom Life
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, the Unofficial Start to Fall
Fall is my favorite season, and for me the season really kicks off every year with the Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival. My mom usually sends us mooncakes, with the most delicious fillings. My favorite is the red bean mochi egg yolk, which looks like a full moon when you cut it open. The Mid-Autumn Festival is…
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The magic you’re looking for is in the work you’re avoiding.
I was going super hard on a cardio set at F45 as per usual… when I had a sudden thought that I am not at the end of my story. This is not how my career story ends. If I plotted my story arc of my early career struggles with work-life balance and identity, my…
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Parenting with Empathy: Nurturing Growth Mindset in Kids
First, handle your own emotions. I hate watching my kids struggle. Yesterday during sparring practice at Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), my 8-year-old son got taken down repeatedly. After several brutal quick submissions, he cried and had to be comforted by one of the junior coaches. Meanwhile, I just sat on the side and watched it happen.…
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Easy Quick Family Meals, Always in Rotation
By no means am I a chef, or even culinarily inclined. But I do have two kids who have starkly different food preferences and who need to eat constantly! Like, every day! My husband is the chef of our family, and he cooks most nights, which everyone prefers. However, occasionally I do have to make…
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What’s Saving My Life Right Now
It’s been a busy season, and it’s so easy to fixate on what’s killing me, not literally, but the things that feel hard and hectic. So, I have decided to try the quarterly practice of making a list of What’s Saving My Life Right Now. I first heard about this practice on The Lazy Genius…
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Blink and You’ll Miss It
Have you ever felt like you can’t breathe, because you feel stifled by your life, the one that you worked so hard to build, the one that you prayed for and that you’re so freaking grateful for, but sometimes… it is just a lot. It’s hard to explain, because you love your life and you…
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Have We Taught Our Kids to be Uncompetitive?
Do we do our kids a disservice when we tell them it doesn’t matter if you win or lose? Last weekend, Amelia’s softball team lost their first game of the season by a lot (final score 14-2). Hubby came home from the game in a funk, riddled with guilt and self-blame for not practicing more…