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Parenting is a team sport | Men are capable fathers | muchnessmama.com

Parenting is a Team Sport

April 22, 2019 By Emily Smith 1 Comment

When the movie “Mom’s Night Out” appeared in theaters I began hearing wonderful reviews, so I looked up the trailer. I must admit I was appalled. This is portrayed as a good, fun, Christian film and I just could not believe the main story line. Idiot husbands can’t handle a few kids. Really? REALLY? This…

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Filed Under: Marriage, Motherhood, Relationships Tagged With: capable fathers, fatherhood, loving husbands, motherhood, parenting, parenting is a team sport

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I am a Misfit

April 16, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

How often have you felt alone, unappreciated, or just plain weird? I know I do, a LOT!! When you feel like a misfit you often tend to turn that into feelings of inadequacy. “I’m not good enough because I don’t do…..”, or self doubt “should I be doing this instead of that?” Sometimes being a…

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Filed Under: Community, Emotional, Finding Balance, Friendships, Marriage, Motherhood, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: finding belonging, fitting in, i am enough, i am unique, I don't belong, ia m a misfit, mental health, motherhood, muchness, self-care, self-love

Get Your Husband to Step Up With Kids and Housework

April 5, 2019 By Emily Smith 9 Comments

I’ve seen a disturbing trend in my social media lately. Post after post is complaining about our husbands not stepping up to do their fair share of caring for the children and home. We all want our husbands to do their part, yet we often treat them as parenting interns rather than parenting co-presidents. If…

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Filed Under: Marriage, Motherhood, Relationships Tagged With: communication, coparenting, dad, father, honey do list, housework, motherhood, parenting, partnership, relationships, spouse, Thank You, unappreciated

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The 5 Love Languages- Understanding How We Give and Receive Love

February 23, 2018 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

Have you ever struggled with feeling like you are loved and appreciated in your marriage, parenthood, friendship, or other relationship? On the flip side have you ever felt like you were showing an overwhelming amount of love only to have someone tell you that they don’t feel appreciated? You might be dealing with a love…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Community, Friendships, Marriage, Motherhood, Recovery, Relationships, Trauma Tagged With: acts of service, big family, five love languages, gifts, mental health, motherhood, muchness, parenting, physical touch, quality time, self-care, self-love, words of affirmation

Weak Things Become Strong

February 19, 2018 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

We all have weaknesses. Character flaws, not yet achieved ambitions, desires to do or be better. We also all have strengths. A big part of self-love and self-care is being able to accept our current state of being while still pushing forward to always be better. With that intent we often quite vigorously hunt for our…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Creativity, Digital Art, Emotional, Recovery, Scripture Journaling, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: he uses the weak things of the world, i am enough, iwill make weak things become strong, motherhood, muchness, self-care, self-love, weak will confound the strong

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The Leaky Bucket-Managing Your Daily Energy Reserves

February 9, 2018 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

I had always imagined my energy reserves as a big metal bucket full of water. This bucket had holes all over the bottom constantly spitting out water as a small stream ran in. In my little mental cartoon I was manically trying to plug as many holes as I could to make sure my bucket…

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Filed Under: Emotional, Finding Balance, Marriage, Motherhood, Physical, Relationships, Self Care, Spiritual Tagged With: big family, energy balancing, energy draining, energy filling, energy reserves, extroverted, introverted, leaky bucket, motherhood, muchness, parenting, self-care, working mom

Filling Your Bucket with Drops of Awesome

January 21, 2018 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

If you are anything like me then most days you go to bed with with a mountain of regrets and a long list of to-do’s that never got done. It’s a little bit too easy to get lost in the negative self-talk of “I’m a failure!” What if instead every night you focused on counting…

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Filed Under: Emotional, Finding Balance, Physical, Self Care, Spiritual Tagged With: drops of awesome, focus on the positive, i am enough, motherhood, positive thinking, self-care, self-love, supermom, you are enough

You Don’t Have to Enjoy Every Minute of Motherhood

January 8, 2018 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

“The time will pass so fast. Just enjoy every minute!” I call big fat BULL$***!! Are you seriously telling me that I should enjoy rinsing poop out of my three-year-old’s underpants? I should be whistling a happy tune while scrubbing the make-up off my walls? I should be in the throes of euphoria while repeating…

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Filed Under: Finding Balance, Motherhood, Relationships, Self Care Tagged With: enjoy every minute, enjoy every moment, finding joy in motherhood, it will get better, motherhood, motherhood is hard, motherhood is work

My 2018 Word of the Year- Enough

January 2, 2018 By Emily Smith 2 Comments

A new year is a time for resolutions. I’ll be honest, I haven’t made one in years because I know I won’t manage to do it perfectly and I really don’t need one more thing in my life to feel like a failure about. Yep, that’s right, I often feel like a failure. You may…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Art Journaling, Blogging, Business, Community, Creativity, Digital Art, Emotional, Entrepreneurship, Finding Balance, Friendships, Marriage, Motherhood, Physical, Recovery, Relationships, Scripture Journaling, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: enough, i am enough, motherhood, muchness, parenting, self-care, self-love

Back to School: 5 Self-Care Tips for Mom

August 7, 2017 By Emily Smith 4 Comments

Getting the kids ready to head back to school can be a pretty big drain on time and finances. It’s easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of back to school haircuts, clothing, supplies, activities, etc. and quickly forget to take a little time for self-care. Whether your kids are homeschooled, private schooled,…

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