Reinvention Mom Blog
For ten years Cristie blogged her way through motherhood. Starting before “influencer” was even a word and blogger was a recognized profession, Cristie shared the ups, downs and tips from the trenches of a household run by a working mom of three. Here you’ll find some of those gems plus love notes from seasons moms to those still in the thick of it. Visit the blog for a real look at parenting. You’ll definitely feel better and you just might learn something too.
When Parenting Triggers Our Own Childhood Stuff
There is a video circulating on the interwebs that shows Will Ferrell coming on stage to play cowbell at his son’s concert. His son appears to be on the keyboard and singing and by the looks of it, is genuinely surprised when his dad walks out to a giant cheer. It’s...
01: When Parents Aren’t Perfect
Many things are way different now as compared to when we were kids and one of those that changed massively is parenting. And a lot of parents, especially new ones, fear that they are going to wreck their kids with the way they raise them. One universal truth should give you comfort – parents aren’t perfect!
Welcome to Ask Your Mother
This podcast has been around for a long time in many different iterations, but today I’m introducing you to the new direction the show will be taking. Born out of my own inability to ask my Mom questions and have her weigh in on the most difficult things I am facing,...
Learning Attachment Styles to Grow Compassion
I can’t remember when it happened first, the awareness that my behaviors as an adult were somehow linked to my experiences as a kid, but I do know it felt a bit like flying down a steep roller coaster. I was flooded with a bunch of emotions I wasn’t sure what to do...
Which Part of Me Works Best?
I have been doing a lot of what we call “parts work” in my therapy office lately. In short, that means working with the many parts of people's human experiences. No, this is not because my specialty is clients diagnosed with multiple personalities. It just means that...
Curious: How Ted Lasso and I are the Same
"Guys have underestimated me my entire life and for years I never understood why – it used to really bother me. Then one day I was driving my little boy to school, and I saw a quote by Walt Whitman, it was painted on the wall there and it said, ‘Be curious, not...
Normalizing Feeling Not Normal
Anyone else find they are experiencing new sides to their personality after the last two years? Maybe it's not a personality shift, but instead a reaction to what our persons have been through since March of 2020. I attended a wedding a few weekends ago that required...
Managing Kids’ Emotions and Taking Care of You
“Explain how that experience felt for you.” “Where do you feel that in your body?” I ask these questions a lot in my therapy office. Wanna know why? The first one is to keep myself from assuming. When I was in grad school, during practice sessions, I often heard...
The Importance of Traditions
When parents ask what is the best way to connect with their kids I have a simple answer: Tradition. When I spent the first holiday season hanging around my then-boyfriend's parent's house, I noticed his three little sisters stayed home one day from school and made...
Mom Confidence
I’ve heard all the metaphors about motherhood and animal instincts. I know what mama bears look like and how lionesses protect their young. What has taken me longer to realize is the human fierce I’ve gained from being a mother. I don’t mean fierce in the America’s...
Growing Pains
I don’t remember growing pains as a child so it came as a surprise to me the first time one of my kids had them. I used to think it was just a figure of speech-growing pains. But then I had my first sleepless night with an adolescent who was writhing in pain in both...
Explicit Parenting Book
A funny thing happened a few weeks ago. I wrote a book. Actually, let me back up a few years. I didn’t just write a book last week. In 2016 I was working at a job that left me with a ton of downtime and nothing but a laptop in front of me. I had just spent a year in a...