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Monday’s Mama: Three Principles for Finding Balance as a Work-at-Home Mother

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I actually began working at home as a freelance writer and editor more than a year before I became a mother, and so I already had more or less dependable work habits, a roster of clients, and systems for tracking invoices and my expenses. What I didn’t have was any sense of how to find balance in caring for my family’s needs, my clients’ needs, and my own needs (including my creative needs as a poet). Continue reading

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Monday’s Mamas: Reflections on Balance Part 2-Presence

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Balance for a parent is like water is for the human body. If we don’t have some, we cannot meet the task of parenting with clarity on a moment-to-moment basis. At the same time, the human body is comprised of … Continue reading

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