Just when things start to feel steady…School’s canceled.Someone wakes up sick.The weather shifts.Or you get that robocall at 5:42 a.m. that instantly blows up your day, AND ruins your sleep... And suddenly you’re rearranging meetings, adjusting childcare, reheating coffee for the third time, and wondering how you still feel behind even though you never stopped moving. This is February. It’s the month where routines look solid on paper—but reality keeps ripping holes through them. Here’s what...
10 days ago • 1 min read
Valentine’s Day hits different when you’re tired.Not “I stayed up too late scrolling” tired.But the kind of tired where you and your partner pass each other in the hallway like coworkers on opposite shifts. You still care about each other.You just don’t have the energy to prove it with reservations, outfits, or big gestures. And somewhere in the background, there’s that quiet guilt.Like you’re supposed to do more…Or feel more…Or want more…And instead you’re just trying to make it through the...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Have you noticed it? The emails are coming faster.Meetings are suddenly more urgent.Projects that felt “early-stage” two weeks ago now have deadlines attached to them. No one announced it.But work is clearly speeding up again. January felt like planning.February feels like prove it. This is the part of the year where working parents start feeling the squeeze.Q1 deliverables.Performance goals.New initiatives that somehow landed on your plate. And all of it overlaps with real life still...
24 days ago • 1 min read
Let’s talk about routines, because after the holiday chaos, most of us are crawling into January wondering how to get our lives back on track without losing our minds. If your house has been living in that weird limbo where no one knows what day it is, the fridge is full of half-open leftovers, and bedtime has turned into midnight snacks and meltdowns… you’re not alone. We don’t need Pinterest-perfect schedules.We need sustainable rhythms that work in real life. Here’s how I’m approaching it...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Let’s just call it, resolutions don’t hit the same when you’re already maxed out."New year, new you" is cute until you’re standing in a kitchen full of cough syrup bottles, the grocery bags are still in the car, and you’ve been wiping noses for five days straight. I’m not starting 2026 pretending I have the energy to reinvent myself.I don’t need another list.I need a theme, one that gives me permission to breathe. This year, mine is Peace and Productivity. That’s it. That’s the filter.If it...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
I hope this note finds you well. I’m reaching out with something that feels both exciting and a little vulnerable to share. My business, KISm Parenting Solutions, is eligible for the Intuit Small Business Hero Program, which awards a $20,000 grant to small businesses making a meaningful impact in their communities. Supporting overwhelmed, busy parents as they navigate work, family, and emotional well-being is the heart of what I do, and this opportunity could help me expand that impact. If...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Let’s just be honest, December isn’t festive for everyone.It’s full.Full of deliverables, concerts, classroom cupcakes, wrapping paper, forgotten RSVPs, and people needing just “one quick thing” before the break. You’re still expected to show up like a professional at work…While also performing holiday magic at home.And somehow not lose your mind in the process. It’s a lot. And no one really talks about how brutal this overlap is. Your job didn’t slow down, your life just sped up. This is the...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Let’s talk about something most people don’t say out loud:The holidays are hard on kids. They’re overstimulated. Overscheduled. Over-sugared.They’re absorbing the stress you’re carrying while trying to keep up with what they think the holidays are supposed to feel like, thanks to every commercial, school activity, and conversation around them. And unless we help them make sense of it all?The comparison, the excitement, the disappointment… it all comes out sideways. Cue: meltdowns, shutdowns,...
3 months ago • 1 min read
The holidays are here, and so is the pressure! To RSVP yes to everything.To host, to travel, to bake, to decorate, to volunteer, to show up with energy you don’t actually have.And to smile through it all, like it’s not draining you. Let me just say this clearly:More plans don’t equal more joy.Especially when you’re already running on fumes. This year, scaling back is the win. Because the real goal isn’t to do it all.It’s to feel connected.It’s to protect your peace.It’s to be present for your...
3 months ago • 1 min read