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Part of intentional motherhood is wanting to insert more quality time and fun with our kids. A great way to do that is through some creative snacks and sweets. Of course nothing complicated or time consuming. Just simple snack ideas that give us a mom win and put a smile on everyone's face.

Today I give you a whole list of ideas to try and customize with your ideas. You can find all the snacks and sweet mentioned on the Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/MomMadePlans/fun-snacks/

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Where To Start Quiz: -Motherhood is overwhelming - take the quiz and find out which part of your home/life to focus on improving first! Where To Start Quiz -- It doesn't matter how put together you are, clutter is something that will always try to takeover your home. Tables, counters, cabinets and bedrooms always seem to accumulate so much clutter. So decluttering becomes another job to tackle that can feel like we never can get to.

Not today! I have a new quick strategy to find all those little trouble spots that continue to get pushed to the back burner. No surface is safe when you create a declutter hitlist! This simple strategy has a surprising amount of motivation that takes over and lets you get tasks done... So be ready to tackle some decluttering and organization projects you've been wanting to do for awhile.

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Where To Start Quiz: -Motherhood is overwhelming - take the quiz and find out which part of your home/life to focus on improving first! Where To Start Quiz -- Getting a puppy has brought me back to the toddler stage of parenting. There are a lot of common themes and I have fresh empathy for toddler moms. It's an exhausting stage for sure but there are a few strategies to make it a bit easier. We often make things harder for ourselves and I realized how important these 2 lessons are in making motherhood easier during this stage. So if you find yourself constantly asking them to stop touching something or you struggle with meltdowns then listen in and try going back to these basics.

So take these reminders and actually apply them, that's what makes all the difference!

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The struggle to get things done each day as a mom is so real... It feels like a juggling act with a million interupptions to even just try to get the dishes done. We end up beating ourselves up because we don't feel productive and the house doesn't look like we've been busy all day.

Today, I've got two tips for you to help improve this problem of getting to the end of the day and not feeling productive. You feel like a pro at starting 50 things and never finishing any of them but that's not exactly your mom life goal. Instead of questioning if you have ADHD because you can't get anything done, give these two hacks a try!

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It's easy to start working on a goal and then give up because you're taking too long. Well I'm encouraging you today with a goal that took a year and a half. I released expectations of finishing on time... I didn't do it perfectly... But I did it and learned so much. Maybe you need this reminder today and maybe you need the encouragement to join me on the same goal. I know you'll be blessed today, especially by my guest speaker ;)

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The mental load of motherhood is a very real and overwhelming reality for most moms. You may be feeling the pressure right now with not knowing how to get everything done or even if you're remembering everything to begin with.

We carry a lot of responsibility (that shouldn't be all ours to carry!) and today we have a very practical, 5 step approach of how to get a clean slate and organize your thoughts and to do's in a way that's much more manageable. Our guest Emily guides us through the process.

Emily McDermott is a wife, mother of two energetic boys, and simplicity seeker. She is also the host of the top 1% globally ranked podcast Moms Overcoming Overwhelm, where she helps moms declutter their homes, heads, and hearts. As a virtual and in-person decluttering coach, she works with moms one-on-one to define what matters, eliminate what doesn’t and automate the rest. Emily enjoys writing custom poetry, dancing, and eating peanut butter out of the jar.

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Moms make decisions all day every day and it's exhausting. Especially because we're always questioning if we're making the right choice. I've got a simple solution for you to implement for some of those decisions...

When it comes to requests from your kids, family or friends to do an activity, you will have the strategy to know what to say yes to and what to say no to. And either way you're going to be confident in your answer and avoid mom guilt. What you need in your life is decision guides - it's the way to make a quick decision you feel good about!

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Before becoming a mom we know it will be challenging but we're pretty confident we can do this. It can't be that bad. We can raise good kids that are well behaved... Then we become a mom and as time goes we realize it's way harder than we expected. There's a whole journey that happens as you transform into the motherhood role and the personal growth it requires you to do. The fact that being a mom is so hard is something I work on to make easier whenever possible. But there's just a certain level of hardness no matter what. I've got a fresh perspective on that hardness and a new found gratitude. That's a gift I want to share with you today as well...

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