Tag Archives: Taking Care of Yourself

Grouchy Children

By Elise | Published: February 16, 2012

The thing about kids is that they are people too.  They have many of  the same needs as everyone else, which include: Needing much more sleep than they get  (Check to see if your kids are getting enough sleep here.) Needing many more hugs than they get Needing people to me much more patient with [...]

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Hello exhaustion my old friend…

By Elise | Published: February 6, 2012

My husband possesses a skill that I lack.  He is able to function without sleep for an extended period of time.  I cannot do this. This came in handy in 2005 when we had an infant that would not sleep for more than 3 hours.  I do not honestly remember much of that year.  I [...]

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Guidance

By Elise | Published: January 30, 2012

I started physical therapy last Wednesday.  So far, so great!  While hobbling slowly around for the past month has put me in touch with my inner old woman, the healing progress was slow.   Everything hurt.  I didn’t know what exercises to do, and I was very nervous about making things worse.  It was frustrating. Since [...]

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Peaceful Child

By Elise | Published: January 25, 2012

My daughter came home from school last night in a tizzy.  She got in a tiny bit of trouble with her teacher, and it hurt her feelings.  On top of that, there was the mountain of homework.   The poor child was freaking out about getting it done so much so that she was practically [...]

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Taking Care

By Elise | Published: January 23, 2012

This Thursday marks the one-month anniversary of my self-induced tailbone and spine drama. I am a lot better!  However, I still have to walk slowly, lay down several times a day, try not to bend my back, sit on a special pillow, and make sure I take painkillers before bed so that I can sleep. [...]

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Releasing Frustration

By Elise | Published: January 5, 2012

I am really, really, really frustrated.  I had a nasty cold the week before Christmas, and I got hurt the day after.  I’ve been down for a while, and I’m getting sick of it. I really want to re-fill my bird feeders, do laundry, make bread, vacuum the living room, and make dinner.  Domestic crap [...]

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Frustrated to Grateful

By Elise | Published: December 29, 2011

It’s been 3 days since I broke my tailbone trying to be silly.  It still hurts a lot.  In fact, I’m hoping the chiropractor will be able to do something for the pain later this afternoon.  It’s frustrating to be moving so slowly, but I am playing with the idea of embracing this experience. It [...]

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Handling days or weeks like this

By Elise | Published: November 21, 2011

It is a super-busy week here full of working, cleaning, hanging out with children and preparing food of course. It can be tempting to neglect self-care during these times.  After all momma said there’d be days like this. I figure I have two choices as a plan of action this week. Neglect myself.  Focus on [...]

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Holiday Grace Class by Week

By Elise | Published: November 9, 2011

Here’s a quick video walking your through my newest online class – Holiday Grace.  The video is not perfect, and that’s okay.  (You see how easy that whole embracing imperfection thing can be?  Give it a try dahling!)  The class is $59 for the 7 weeks. Class starts next Monday, November 14. And of course, [...]

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Serene Summer Plan

By Elise | Published: June 2, 2011

It is officially the 3rd day of summer vacation for my family, and yes of course we had carrot cake for breakfast again.  Don’t you think that’s healthier than cinnamon buns?  I really want the kids to start off  happy dontcha’ know. School was actually out last Thursday, but I’m not counting Friday – Monday [...]

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