OH EM GEE, mama, did you hear? Did you hear that I wrote a BOOK? I am giddy with excitement, because this is a dream I’ve had ever since I was a little girl. Back then, I also had dreams of illustrating my own work. But since my worst grades were always in English and […]
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Can you believe Thanksgiving was only last week?! It’s a little hard for me to believe, as we’re still wearing t-shirts here in Houston, but Happy belated Thanksgiving if you’re here in the US still in a turkey coma. Now that we’ve kicked off the holiday season, there are all kinds of things going
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Do you remember the first time you tried to get a job? Maybe you were in high school, looking to make some extra cash over the summer, or you needed a job to pay for your college education, or you were out there, diploma in hand, trying to start your career. You sent out resumes.
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Yep, I’m thinking about snowballs — but it’s not what you think. I mean, it’s 70 degrees here in Houston, so I don’t think we’ll be breaking out the snow boots any time soon. The snowballs I’m thinking of are a bit different. But let me back up a bit and tell you about the
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A couple months ago, my coach posted that she’d be hosting a mastermind weekend in Las Vegas in October. Within minutes, I had booked plane tickets, because I knew that I wanted to be there — for myself and for my business. Here’s the thing: I booked those tickets before I knew who would take
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If you’ve been working your way through the modules of The Free Mama Movement, you might already be fielding client inquiries — which is AMAZING. And maybe you’ve had a potential client come to you and ask for a proposal. So you wrote a proposal and sent it. And then the client came back with
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Raise your hand if you’ve seen this before. 61 comments. And at least 60 of those are, “PICK ME, PICK ME!” How the heck are you supposed to find clients in Facebook groups when that’s what you’re up against? Well, there are definitely things you should NOT do… and I also have the details
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My husband reminded me of a funny story, and I thought I’d share it with you. A couple weeks ago, we had a rare family weekend — my husband didn’t have to work for a change. So, on Saturday morning, we all went to the gym together. The kids went to daycare, my husband went
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Heeeeey there, Mama! October! Halloween! Fall! Leaves! Yeah, I’m a little excited. I live in Houston, where we basically have 937 days of hot and humid summer, four days of fall, a day of winter, and then back to summer. Allow me to revel in my four days of fall. 🤠 If you’re feeling in
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How many times a day do your kids ask you, “How come [my sibling] can [do this/eat that/go there/stay here]?” At any given moment, at least one kid is convinced that you love the other kid more. But as the mom, you know that love is not a pie that gets eaten. Love expands. At
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