Because You’ve Got This, Mama
Earlier this year, before the launch of my candle business and prior to hitting “publish” on my first blog post for Her Brilliant Life, I found myself a bit clouded and misplaced. I was struggling to navigate my way through a new chapter in my life, learning how to be...
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How To Reconnect With Your Spouse After Kids
Q: “My husband and I want to spend more time together after the kids are in bed, but we’re both so tired and unmotivated that we end up just zoning out in front of the tv. Do you have any ideas on what we can do with our time to better connect with each other?” –...
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WAHM’s: How Does Working From Home Affect My Child?
Q: I am a work from home mama with a toddler. I was wondering how working from home while he plays by himself might affect him emotionally? - Anonymous, Texas. Angelica: This is a great question and something I can imagine many work-from-home mothers are concerned...
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Inspiring Confidence: Your Daughter’s First Bra
Do you remember your first bra? I was eleven, and according to my mother, more emotionally ready than physically. My sisters and friends were all wearing bras, and I felt self-conscious and left out. My mom took me, WITHOUT my sisters (which was very rare and quite...
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3 Actionable Steps To Help Work Through Emotional Trauma
Q: How can I move past something that emotionally traumatized me years ago, without having to relive that aspect of my life? - Jen B., Colorado Angelica: I spent the greater part of this morning in my backyard, gardening and tending to my ever-growing outdoor to-do...
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A Light That Helps Other’s See
Meet Angelica, Mental Health Therapist. I am BEYOND excited to announce that Angelica will be here a few times a month to offer advice and answer some of our most critical questions regarding motherhood and personal development! So let's get to know her a little bit,...
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An Extraordinary Journey: Sunit Suchdev
"Though we tremble before uncertain futures, may we meet illness, death, and adversity with strength, may we dance in the face of our fears". - Gloria Anzaldua For some of us, our journey begins in the middle of an ordinary day, with nothing more than a simple thought...
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7 Ways To Feel Better (even when you’re tired, stressed, and late!)
On more days than I care to admit, I wake up feeling a little less than enthusiastic. My kids are little, which means that despite wanting or needing to do something for myself (or for my business or my blog), they come first. And they know it. If I even attempt to...
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I Wasn’t Made For This, But I’m Gonna Kick A** Anyway
Somewhere along the way, someone told us that because we are women and we are physically capable, we are supposed to have children. We are supposed to feel fulfilled and complete once we become mothers, because it's our purpose. It's what we're made for. But what if...
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An Extraordinary Journey: Beth Hill
"She was powerful, not because she wasn't scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear." -Atticus Most of us will never have to experience something that causes us to contemplate the end of our lives. We don't often think about what it would feel like...
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