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Once Upon a Wednesday…I started my blog

This was the original intention when I started my blog Once Upon a Wednesday back in 2018. I was a stay at home mom for 12 years drowning under the weight of motherhood and the world’s expectations. I was looking for something, anything to make me feel like me again after walking away from corporate in pursuit of white picket fence dreams. I thought being a mom would fulfill me and that motherhood was my life’s purpose. 12 years, 4 kids, and a whole lot of tears later, I could finally admit that motherhood didn’t fulfill me in the way they had promised.
 
What comes after the happily ever after?
 
This was the question that led me to start seeking answers for myself, to get honest about what I really wanted, and to reconcile that with what I thought was required to make me a good wife, woman, and mother.
 
And so Once Upon a Wednesday blog was born to help me (and other women), learn how to fuck the rules, write our own, and create true happily ever afters (no prince charming or perfect mothering required).
 
Seven years and over a half a million dollar life coaching business later, I’m still blogging.
 
While you can always find newest blog posts here (as well as scroll back to those original OG posts from 2018), the best place to follow along is to come hang out and support my FREE account on Substack.
 
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BREAK UP WITH BUSY

HAVE MORE TIME AND ENERGY FOR WHAT MATTERS

It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?” – Henry David Thoreau

A wise woman, my mentor Gina Devee once told me “busy is boring.”  That really struck me.  As a busy mom, I had prided myself on all the shit I ...

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DEAR VIVIENNE

A LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER AND ALL YOUNG GIRLS

As for my girls, I’ll raise them to think they breathe fire.” ~ Jessica Kirkland ~

Dear Vivienne,

The day you were born I knew I had to do better.  I gazed into your bright eyes and inhaled the earthy, pungent smell of new life still fresh on your wax...

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TURNING YOUR WORST FEAR INTO YOUR GREATEST BLESSING

#WCW JENNIFER'S STORY

Jennifer is a working mother of 6 with an incredible story that will absolutely bring you to your knees, make you think about motherhood differently, and remind you that not only are you capable of handling so much more than you think, but that sometimes our worst fears are th...

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YOU’RE PROBABLY A SHITTY MOTHER

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” ~ Robert Fulgrum ~

Becoming a mother was the hardest adjustment of my life.  I wasn’t prepared for the suffocating, constant, never-ending demands of a newborn. I wasn’t ready...

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CONQUER THE CHAOS

SIMPLE IDEAS TO CREATE HARMONY IN YOUR LIFE & HOME

“Anything worth doing good takes a little chaos.” – Flea –

Yesterday was one of the pants on fire kinds of days, where you are almost literally running from one thing to the next.  I made the grave error of not getting up at 4:30 am because well...

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THE TREASURES BURIED WITHIN US

UNEARTH CREATIVITY & INSPIRATION TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE

“Unused creativity is not benign.  It metastasizes. It turns into grief, rage, judgement, sorrow and shame ”  Brene Brown

I am having an affair.  I sneak away, under the cover of darkness to meet my lover while the rest of the world unknowingl...

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I AM ENOUGH

CHANGE YOUR STORY

If you find yourself constantly trying to prove your worth to someone, you have already forgotten your value.” – Anonymous – 

I am not enough.

I am a 36 year old confident, self assured, sassy, fit, financially stable, happily married mother of 4, and yet…I am not enough.

I a...

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NOTHING CHANGES UNTIL YOU DO

IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, YOU NEED TO CHANGE

“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” – Carol Burnett – 

I was running. The day glorious. The spring air was clean and fresh, new signs of life popped up in the neighborhood all around me, green tulip shoots poked through dead m...

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THE POWER OF BELIEF: HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW

CHOSE HAPPINESS, RELEASE FEAR, AND KICK ASS

“Whatever you believe to be true, whether it is true or not; if you believe it, then to you it becomes the truth.” ― Stella Payton

It seems there is always something we long to change in our life.  We want more money, more love, less debt, better behaved...

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