Being a Mom that works outside of the home is a tremendous challenge. Balancing the business of home life and career can seem impossible most days but somehow it all seems to get done, right? How do you incorporate fitness into to your daily schedule? I know I struggled with this when I was working outside ...
3 Moves to Jumpstart Your Fit Lifestyle
When I was working full-time outside of the home, I had spurts of consistent gym time. But, with all of the demands that being a mom brings, it can be challenging to find time for consistent exercise. I would schedule time for working out, but a life event would arise and my planned exercise was immediately replaced. Overtime, I realized that I ...
Baby Blues
I got my first touch of baby fever at 29 years old. According to my “life plan” I was so far behind, but I was settled in my career and I was enjoying my life as a newlywed. My husband and I decided it was time to start the process of growing our family. I ...
I Raise. We Rise.
It is often said that learning about your country's history is a mirror into who you are. But what if the mirror you are looking into, shows Nothing? With the significant absence of that reflection in US primary schoolbooks, many young, impressionable children must learn to construct and champion their own realities outside of the classroom in ...
Transformative Artistry: My Literary Retreat
At times, her words graced me with gentle, soft reminders to self-love and self-appreciate. Other times her words uncannily overwhelmed me. Blinding, disorienting, and completely unexpected--I became engaged to self-reflect into spiritual, social, and personal growth; and audacious celebration. Describing the experience as a "reminder" and an "engagement" however, is just not worthy of what her ...
5 Ways to “Wife” After Baby
My husband and I purposely waited three years after getting married to have a child. We wanted to enjoy newlywed life and get mentally and financially prepared to grow our family. When it was just the two of us, it was super easy to be a wife. In fact, I was super wife! Home cooked ...
Reclaiming Your Identity
At 31 years old I was happily married, embarking on the purchase of our first home, an Administrator in the school system, raising a teenage family member, and pregnant with my first child. I felt like I had a good work-life balance and I was so ready to welcome my new baby home. What I ...
Post-Holiday Eats
Time To Grub Eat. Too often, do we feel guilty about our food choices. Without getting too psycho-analytical as to why this is so, let's focus in on our own marketing strategy for yummy eats. Food is good for you. Food is essential for your heightened mood, your enriched body, your convicted mind, and your uplifted spirit. Listen ...
Do You
During times of political stress, neglect, and resolve, fashion and social progress have a symbiotic relationship, each informing the other, taking turns in leading, and pushing to have an impact. With the continued, growing number of brave women pioneers fulfilling leadership positions and becoming prominent business owners [1], our population’s purchasing behaviors are becoming less ...
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Using evidenced-based research, empowering photography and encouraging humor, The American Mom promotes a different take on lifestyle, beauty, health and wellness blogs. Rooted in equal rights for women, The American Mom’s mission is to provide a common ground of unmatched inclusivity to inspirit the public and those in power: to organize, engage and take action. We strive toward a ...
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