She believed she could, so she did...

I think it took me 1.5 seconds to fall asleep when my head hit the pillow last night.

Lots of early mornings and late nights to get everything for my big spring shop update yesterday. You should see the number of KIND granola bar wrappers strewn about my office (don't tell my 4 y.o. though, because they're his favorite snack) 🙈

I know a lot of you are in the same boat...taking any spare moment you have between mom-ming to build your dreams.

It’s not easy when you also have little ones to take care of.

But just because it’s not easy, doesn’t mean it’s impossible.

Don’t let anyone stop you or shut you down.

Don't let anyone convince you that whatever you want to do won’t work.

Don't let anyone tell you your dreams don’t matter anymore just because you're a mom.

Keep your eyes on the prize and follow your heart.

Take 5 minutes here and there to create your art, write that book, outline that business plan.

Small steps lead to big changes 💕

You can now find this work of art as a greeting card in my shop with different hair color and skin tone options..

It’s the perfect thing to send your boss mom friends for mother's day (or any day, really).

It's a simple way to give them a little boost of encouragement and support 😊

Enough is enough

An ominous burning smell filled my nostrils.

I was standing in the bathroom, wet hair dripping down the back of my pajama top, hair dryer in hand.

I had just turned on my trusty Conair, when it shut off abruptly and made a funny, crackling noise.

Never a good sound.

I peered into the long nozzle and saw the metal coils glow an angry red before my hair dryer kicked the bucket.

"RIP dryer, you served proudly" I whispered.

This incident got me thinking…

I had pushed my hair dryer past it's limit for years and as women, we're not that different.

Stay with me here..

We often push ourselves beyond what's reasonable, until we burn out.

Like that one morning when I put a gallon of milk inside my pantry and a box of cereal in my fridge, because I was in total zombie mode after weeks of little to no sleep.

Whyyyy do we wait until something ridiculous happens to start taking care of ourselves?

Enough is enough.

So today, i urge you to...

Give yourself time to rest.

Give yourself time to play. 

Give yourself time to be silly.

This is your unofficial permission slip to make some time for you and be a little more like the lady in my illustration below 💕

P.S. This artwork one of the pages in my new sefl-care coloring journal called “QUIET COLOR CALM” to help you go from burned out to blissful ASAP 💕