Well the trauma continues. The travel and back and forth of it all has finally gotten to impact my son. This past weekend after being away from him for a week he mentioned that he felt “lonely”. What a specific feeling for a 2 year old to express. Many adults struggle to identify what they…
How to cope and parent through difficult times?
It’s been a minute since I’ve posted. There has been a lot of travel lately with my day job and my family life. Although it has been fun, it is hard to pretend everyday life is normal. Everyday is a new hellish nightmare crisis and major political scandal in the US. Navigating that and trying…
It’s Impossible to be a Perfect Mother
by Nominal Parenting While scrolling my Instagram feed I came upon a post that made me cry. It might be because I’m on my period, but it struck a chord. The post was about how being a mom is impossible because there are so many double standards. There was something about the honesty of the…
How to Know When You Are Done with Therapy?
If you read my first ever blog post, you know my therapist dumped me back in June (2025). She also had me psychologically evaluated. Nothing like throwing salt in the wound. I’m normal enough that the evaluation didn’t turn up any new information. There was certainly some questionable discoveries based on the testing that even…
Deciphering the Substantial from the Noise on New Parenting Techniques
by Nominal Parenting Gentle parenting, unschooling, potty learning, attachment parenting, and it goes on and on. There are a lot of new parenting techniques, and a lot of old parenting techniques with new names. We get bombarded on social media with strong messages of how some techniques are better for certain types of kids. Some…
How to Stop Optimizing Your Kids’ Future and Increase Your Happiness
The mental load alone for you is taking years off your life. You have to remember, where to be, what they have to wear, account for traffic, bring the water bottle and snacks, change of clothes, potential carpooling schedule, and this is all if you have the 1 child.
How to Achieve Low-Stress Parenting by Applying 3 Scoping Techniques
lots of chaos, all plans have been thrown out the window, no one knows where anything is located, you’re working round the clock, and you have people (the grandparents) trying to take power over the situation.
How to be a Fun Parent with Minimal Effort
By Nominal Parenting Let’s not hash out the classic Mom versus Dad debate. You know the one, where dad gets to be the fun parent and mom is always playing bad cop. This is one of the main reasons I hate being a parent. Yes, I am saying the quiet part out loud. The actual…
Can you be too depressed? Finding Humor in the Dark.
Have you ever been dumped by your therapist? It’s pretty brutal when you realize that you are effectively too depressed for even a therapist to handle. I’ve been working with her for almost 3 years. Like AJR’s Karma, I asked the question: I’ve been doing everything “right” so when do I get better? It’s been…