Author: Mommymixup

Mom of 4, all day everyday. In my spare time I work as a content strategist for a major Financial Institution. I enjoy my kid's nap time, good books music, shopping and all things colorful.
Mother and daughter holding hands gazing into each others eyes.
Children
Parenting

6 Things Surviving R. Kelly Taught me About Parenting

Quick tips to help raise strong confident daughters (and sons) After watching the Surviving R. Kelly Docuseries on Lifetime and Gayle King’s interview on CBS, my heart hurt. I couldn’t help but think about these young women and how they were cheated out of so much. How much pain they have had to endure and […]

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Self-care
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Women

Realistic Self-care Tips for Busy Moms

Self-Care tips busy moms can practice anywhere Let’s face it, as a busy mom, often times we struggle to maintain a constant self-care routine and even when we are longing for those few moments alone to do just that, it’s rare that it works in our favor. But thanks to some creativity, I am eager to […]

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Re-entering the Workforce: 4 Key Tips for Moms

Whether you’ve taken a break from the workforce due to unforeseen circumstances or you took time off to start or grow your family, reentering the workforce can be intimidating, to say the least.  And leaving the comfort of your home and managing a career and family can seem overwhelming. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be. With […]

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Child lying down enjoying reading app
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New Reading App: Guilt-Free Screen-time for Your Budding Reader

The reading app that’s fun and educational Keeping my five year-old busy always seems to be the most challenging, especially because I try to avoid plopping him in front of a screen when at all possible. These days, it seems like that’s almost impossible. So imagine the excitement when I found the perfect reading app […]

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Men's Self Care - Dove Mens+Care_1
Product Reviews
Self-care

Why I Trust My Husband’s Skin to Dove’s Men+Care Line

  Men’s Self-care is important Too If you follow me on Instagram, you know how much I talk about self-care, if you don’t, – let’s just say, I’m a BIG advocate! Now that I’ve been blogging regularly, I tend to get blogger mail way more often, which has raised a few eyebrows in my house. […]

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Married 10 Years
Featured
Marriage

10 things I’ve learned after 10 Years of Marriage

Experience is a good teacher…even in marriage Today my husband and I celebrate 10 years of marriage. 10 YEARS! EVERY time I say it I shake my head in disbelief. I know there are people who have been married for a lot longer than that, some are very close friends, so I know that it […]

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grieving the loss of a child
Children
Family

How to Help a Friend While Grieving the Loss of a Child

Don’t send her flowers, She needs you. A few weeks ago, a close friend’s firstborn, gained her wings. When I got the news I froze. I immediately tried to put myself in my friend’s shoes and envision how she was feeling. The problem, the pain I would imagine she felt, I couldn’t begin to understand. […]

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Karate Stance
Children
Karate
Parenting
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What I Learned About Building a Child’s Confidence with Karate

What I Learned About Building a Child’s Confidence with Karate It all started with finding a Karate School near me Wait, there’s a way to do this, you ask? Yes, and it starts by finding a Karate school near you. Let’s face it, it’s a different world from back when many of us grew up. […]

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Gun safety and Gun violence: How to talk to your kids.
Children
Family
Parenting
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How to Talk to Children About Gun Safety & Gun Violence

Talking to your kids about about gun safety and gun violence starts with patience… If you don’t follow the news, who can blame you the way things have been going lately. But I’m sure by now you’ve heard about the most recent mass-shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. It’s been coined […]

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