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Self-Compassion, a foundational skill for dealing with overwhelm
Susan Moore 2019-01-11T22:50:48-06:00As we begin this blog series covering skills for managing life when it’s overwhelming, I want to start with the most important skill you can add to your toolbox. This skill increases the effectiveness of every other skill or tool for managing when life is overwhelming. It’s truly foundational to everything else […]
12 Ways to Manage when Life is Overwhelming
Susan Moore 2019-01-11T22:51:50-06:00The sad truth is that at some point in life all of us are going to be blindsided by some form of grief and overwhelm. You might have a child who is struggling in potentially disastrous ways, you might have suddenly lost someone you love very much or perhaps a job you were counting on […]
My new sunny studio!
Susan Moore 2019-01-11T22:52:07-06:00Welcome to my new studio!
Can you tell that I have absolutely no idea how to pose myself?! Hahaha
After 6 years of working out of a small, dark office/studio space in the corner of my bedroom, I decided to act on a friend’s idea of turning a (basically […]
Cinnamon’s brave escape from domestic violence, a guest post
Susan Moore 2019-01-11T22:52:41-06:00It is my privilege today to publish a guest post from a long-time online friend. I first “met” Cinnamon in the homeschooling, large family blog niche, where we both blogged almost 10 years ago now.
We have a lot in common… large families (she has 11, I have 12 children), we both homeschooled for many years, […]
Sweeter on the Other Side – A Guest Post
Susan Moore 2019-01-11T22:53:00-06:00Today I am honored to publish a post written by a much respected friend. She has (understandably) requested to remain anonymous.
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“Life will be so much sweeter on the other side of your divorce,” my new friend assured me with great tenderness. She escaped an abusive marriage over 20 years ago and is […]
How to Manage Summertime Mom Guilt
Susan Moore 2019-01-11T22:53:35-06:00It’s that time of year again. Here in the US, kids are getting out of school for the summer. My newsfeed is filled with summertime bucket list posts.
Summertime can be hard
I’ll just say it: summertime can be hard and overwhelming.
I adore my children- all 12 of them (the 6 youngest are still living at home). […]
Photography, my Secret Survival Tool
Susan Moore 2019-01-11T22:54:11-06:00The screen door squeaked as I quietly slipped out back door from the kitchen of our old farmhouse, to the humid summer sunrise. I wiped tears from my eyes and tried to be quiet, hoping that my children would sleep just a few more minutes.
My Converses were already wet from the […]
Dear Mom, thank you
Susan Moore 2019-01-11T22:54:41-06:00Dear Mom,
Thank you.
Thank you for giving me the childhood that you never had.
I was safe, loved and supported.
A 1964 photo of my mom, dad and me.
Mom and I at the ocean when […]
What Self-Care Really is
Susan Moore 2019-01-11T22:55:08-06:00As a single mom of a large family, and as a person learning to live with and manage Complex PTSD, I’ll admit that I’ve laughed at some recent articles I’ve read about “self-care.”
I continue to be drawn to articles on self-care though, hoping to find some elusive answer which doesn’t involve candle-lit […]