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What to tell your kids about Coronavirus

Mar 12, 2020Danielle Peterson1 CommentAnxiety, dads, healthy, kids, moms, motherhood, parenting, UncategorizedAnxiety, dads, healthy, kids, mom, parenting

I don’t want to scare my kids but I want them to be prepared for changes they are going to see in the world around them right now. For my teen, it’s easy to have a pretty frank discussion about what is going on and what precautions to take without freaking out. For my 9…

Mirror Mantras

Feb 10, 2020Danielle PetersonAnxiety, books, Christian, Depression, healthy, longreads, Mantras, Meditation, moms, motherhoodAnxiety, books, Christian, Depression, long read, longread, Mantras, Meditation, mom, momlife, selfcare

Update Feb 10, 2020: a lot of people are asking me about positive thoughts and mirror work. Here’s a piece dear to my heart! — I live with anxiety and depression. I used to hate thinking or saying that out loud. Its not like its something that I’m proud of, but its part of me.…

Stop telling me to take a bath and be happy.

Jun 28, 2019Danielle Peterson1 CommentAnxiety, coffee, Depression, diet, exercise, happiness, healthy, longreads, Mantras, Meditation, moms, motherhood, selfcareAnxiety, coffee, Depression, diet, exercise, habits, happy, healthy, long read, longread, Mantras, Meditation, mom, momlife, motherhood, parenting, selfcare

I’m calling out every blog, magazine, and person who keeps telling me that The Secret to happiness is a long list of pampering disguised as self-care. I’m literally starting to get stressed out trying to fit in and afford all of these things people keep claiming I need to do. If your calendar looks anything…

I Broke Weight Watchers

Apr 15, 2019Danielle Petersondiet, exercise, healthy, selfcare, Uncategorized, weightwatchersdiet, exercise, healthy, selfcare, weightwatchers

So I started Weight Watchers on April 1st (no joke) because I hate diets and exercise but want to lose weight. Anyone else? I picked this because it wasn’t going to make me give up all happiness or force me into some insane workout program with a lady named Autumn that I usually just yell…