holidays & celebrations Archives

posted on December 14, 2018

Listener Questions (Holiday Edition, Vol.3): 2018 Holiday Special #4

Gift ideas for a second baby who wants for nothing, managing holiday hosting stress as a mom with a clingy toddler, tips for staying organized during the holidays, and standing your ground when extended family lays on the guilt. We answer these listener questions in this week’s holiday bonus episode.

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posted on December 13, 2018

The Christmas Of Changes

Changing doesn’t always mean having to do something new. Sometimes it just means letting go and allowing change to happen around you (it always will, if you let it). Sometimes simply choosing not to do something can leave space for a new experience to fill its place. And sometimes, it’s a matter of proactively filling your time with something new and different so the lack of the old and familiar isn’t so keenly felt.

posted on December 11, 2018

Raising Readers & Our Favorite Holiday Books: Episode 186

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posted on December 7, 2018

Loving The Holidays As A Divorced Mom, Single Mom, Or Blended Family: 2018 Holiday Special #3

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Most families are touched by divorce in some way, and the holidays can bring up all kinds of questions and challenges for single or re-coupled parents, children of divorced parents (including adult children), and blended families. As Meagan enters her third holiday season post-separation, Sarah picks her brain about everything from the practical logistics of sharing the holidays with an ex, to the emotional landscape of the holidays as a divorced mom.

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