Author: Mommasaurus2
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Part 3: The Pressure I Didn’t Realize I Was Carrying
I used to think the problem was my lack of follow-through. That if I could just be more disciplined, more focused, more consistent—I wouldn’t feel so stuck all the time. But the more I’ve paid attention, the more I’ve started to question that. Because the paralysis doesn’t show up when I don’t care. It shows…
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Part 2: What paralysis actually feels like in daily life
It doesn’t look like doing nothing. That’s the tricky part. From the outside, it probably looks like I’m just busy. I’m thinking, planning, reorganizing, making mental lists. I’ll even start small things—answer a message, move something from one place to another, open a tab with every intention of getting something done. But underneath all of…
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When Doing Everything Turns Into Doing Nothing
Does your mind ever freeze because you know you can’t do everything—so you end up doing nothing? I’ll start with a solid plan. A mental checklist. A promise to myself: just do one thing at a time. But then time runs out. The task isn’t finished. And suddenly that unfinished thing becomes a wall. I…
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Inside Reflected on the Outside
There’s a saying that what’s happening inside of us eventually shows up on the outside. I used to roll my eyes at that — because I thought it meant physical appearance, like fitness or skincare or how put-together someone looks walking into the school drop-off line. But lately, I’ve been learning it’s deeper than that.…
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Balance Your Life: Easy Ways to Eat, Move, and De-Stress
My body has been sending me signals this past year: low energy, tight shoulders, restless sleep. Despite my best efforts to “decompress’, I have come to the conclusion it’s time to listen to my body. But how do I reset— obtain a clean start for eating, moving, and de-stressing habits? Eat better. Not perfect—better. More…
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Anxiety and Life: What does the gut have to do with it?
Wow, I totally had bigger plans when it came to this blog and somehow, I let myself fight myself and here I am months (okay, years) later not doing what I wanted to do. Isn’t it funny how anxiety works? One day you are overly excited and committed to a new, exciting opportunity and the…
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Attempt #2 – Let’s Make This Go Stick
Well I tell you what, life can really be complicated and throw you from some loops. I had every intention of getting back to all the things that I enjoy doing like my health and wellness biz and this blog. But here I am months later trying to make yet another come back. But what…
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Smoothies – Let’s Blend It Up
Life can get down right hectic sometimes, right? I don’t know how many times I have ‘forgotten’ to eat throughout the day because of how busy I can get. It’s like my mind just has a hard time telling my body to eat. Oh wait, it’s the other way around. My body does not speak…
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Never Ending Cleaning
We have all found ourselves thinking “there is just not enough time in the day” when it comes to all the things we “need” to do. Working 8-10 hours, cooking dinner, helping with homework, working out, quality time with the family, sports practices, school events, sleeping. That’s just the big things. In between all of…
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Small Steps, Big Changes
Well these past few weeks seem to have been just a whirl wind of stuff going on and I just haven’t had any of my own personal time. Sometimes life is just funny like that, huh? But what I got to thinking throughout all the chaos is what do I do to keep moving in…
Healthy Happy Chaos 