mental health Archives - Kels in Wonderland

LIFE

May 10, 2020

3 Ways to Be Positive (During Negative Times)

Surround yourself with pizza and positivity, so says my t-shirt. Well, I've got pizza... positivity, though? I'll call that a work in progress. Let’s be real for a sec: Maintaining a positive attitude right now is hella hard. The smallest things can irk even the most level-headed mamas. It doesn’t help that the most common tips for promoting personal positivity are: Surround yourself with positive people. Right… my toddlers are fully in “no mommy!” mode because I told them they had to nap in their beds and not the front hall closet while care[...]

LIFE, Motherhood

April 13, 2020

Parenting in a Pandemic: Give yourself a break

If you weren't aware, we're in the middle of a pandemic. Full sarcasm alert there because there's no possible way on earth you couldn't be aware of it. Every news station is on a 24hr Covid-19 run, your social media feeds are full of kidless people exclaiming how bored they are to be stuck at home telling you how many new hobbies you should be picking up, and it's likely your parent friends are documenting and sharing their #momgoals lives on a minute-by-minute basis. Parenting in a Pandemic Not only are you just trying to survive this, but you're also tr[...]

LIFE, Motherhood

May 8, 2019

Hey Mama: Empower Your Mental Health with BEACON Digital Therapy

I’ve always been an anxious person, but I didn’t always know that it was anxiety I was dealing with. I got stressed about the usual things: work, boys, friends, sports, school, being perfect… the list goes on.read more[...]

Motherhood

March 22, 2019

How to Help a Mom in the Trenches

To all the new moms, experienced moms, twin moms, singleton moms, enough kids to fill a soccer team moms, teen moms, "old" moms, grieving moms, joyful moms, foster moms -- whatever kind of mom you are, this post is for you.read more[...]

LIFE, Motherhood

October 2, 2018

Hey Mama, It’s Okay to Have a Bad Day

I meant to write a different post today. Inspired this week by Hunter's fearlessness in learning to take both figurative and literal leaps around his crib -- and the living room furniture -- I wanted to write about his infant tenacity and self-discovery. It's adorable and incredible to watch him figure it out; sometimes making it from (non-sharp) corner to corner, sometimes safely falling, and most times being very excited to try again. That was my plan. But, I didn't. Because today sucked. And you know what? That's okay.read more[...]