Career burnout has become a pretty well-known phenomenon. But it’s easy to forget that being a mom 24/7 is a “career,” too, and career burnout doesn’t pass over us. Mom burnout symptoms are essentially the same as for any other career. The solutions are fundamentally similar, too — although the differences in context make the […]
Do You Read Critically? (An Example)
We’re living in an age of information abundance. Unfortunately, not all the information that bombards us is of equal quality. Especially before you go panicking (or getting too excited) about health-related information, read closely and carefully. Often an article will mislead, either unintentionally (through poor writing), or by design (through clever manipulation of words). This […]
10 People Who Have Influenced Me
Time for another installment of “things my children should know about me.” The topic this time? Ten people who have influenced me. I’m going to assume that God is a given and we’re talking human influence. Ten People Who Have Influenced Me You’ll notice as you read through these that many of these are authors. […]