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What If It Isn’t Normal? The Case for Abdominal and Pelvic Floor Rehab

May 8, 2017 by Bethany No Comments

My social media feed is full of it. Moms lamenting peeing their pants and the belly that just hangs and…

The Tummy Team, Women's Health

Tummy Team Prenatal Core Week 6: Postpartum Recovery

September 25, 2015 by Bethany 2 Comments

  Focus of the Week: Postnatal Plan I really appreciate Kelly bringing this up. After the baby is born don’t obsess…

The Tummy Team, Women's Health

Tummy Team Prenatal Core Week 5: Your Core Strong Birth Plan

September 9, 2015 by Bethany 2 Comments

  Focus of the Week: Your Core Strong Birth Plan   This week is probably the most maternity specific so…

The Tummy Team, Women's Health

Tummy Team Prenatal Core Week 4: Pelvis the Floor of Your Core

September 2, 2015 by Bethany 3 Comments

Focus of the Week: Pelvis – The Floor of Your Core The focus of this week is primarily on the…

The Tummy Team, Women's Health

Tummy Team Prenatal Core Week 3: Neutral Pelvis and Core Strength

August 26, 2015 by Bethany No Comments

I’m definitely finding it a bit harder to keep up with the program this time. If you have the choice,…

The Tummy Team, Women's Health

Tummy Team Prenatal Core Week 2: Connection

August 12, 2015 by Bethany No Comments

  Week 2: Focus of the Week – Connection This week involved really trying to connect/reconnect with my core through…

The Tummy Team, Women's Health

Tummy Team Prenatal Core Week 1: Awareness

August 5, 2015 by Bethany No Comments

  Week 1: Focus of the Week – Awareness Kelly suggested that as you start the program you take note…

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The Tummy Team Prenatal Core Foundations Program

July 29, 2015 by Bethany No Comments

  Prenatal Introduction Last year I decided to do the Core Foundations program as a way to help strengthen my…

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Fit2B Mama Week 1

July 23, 2015 by Bethany No Comments

F This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for your support. Fit2B Mama: Week 1 It’s been quite a wild ride…

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The Kelly Dean Project: Week 2

January 22, 2015 by Bethany No Comments

  If you are just joining me, last week I asked the question: What would happen if you only did…

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This girl! She just comes to life on stage. The la This girl! She just comes to life on stage. The last three months have been grueling for us all. (Hard work for her trying to learn all the songs, dances and lines and for us managing schedules and transport). 
She'd never done a musical before and it's been quite an experience. In the end, I know she's proud of what she and the rest of the cast accomplished. (And still has two more shows to go!)
So grateful to @chrysostomacademy for opening their doors to homeschoolers and giving her this chance to shine. 

#musicmanjr #chrysostomacademy #parenting #parentingteens #theaterkid #homeschoolkid #babygirlgrowingup
At least seven years, possibly longer. I've lost t At least seven years, possibly longer. I've lost track at this point. 
There is still tons more work to do but I'm officially done with my first full manuscript edit and ready to send this well loved (and sometimes hated) project off to my beta readers. 
Holding my breath and hoping it's as good as I hope and not as bad as I fear. 

#manuscript #firstedit #betareaders #actsofwives #amwriting #amediting #historicfiction #onwriting #amwriting #writerproblems #theendisnear #musedontfailmenow #writingonthego #writerslife #wordcount #80000strong
#justafewmorewords #honestyarns #author #writing #workingtitle #AuthorsOfInstagram #WritersOfInstagram #alwaysawriter
What does rest mean to you? I've always thought of What does rest mean to you?
I've always thought of rest as either physical rest (sleeping) or something like a vacation when there is a freedom from responsibilities. 
I'm taking some time off from work this week and it's harder than I thought it would be. I'm not actually going anywhere so the daily needs of the house and family remain. 
If anything those needs loom even larger because without my job taking priority I suddenly feel responsible and even guilty for all of the undone projects. 
There is a sense of panic about what my in-box might look like when I return, and the need to feel valuable at my job.
Perfectionism raises its ugly head as I try to figure out the ideal, most efficient way to spend my week. 
But instead of galvanizing and exciting me, it paralyzes me. 
All the usual things still need to happen (laundry, cooking and cleaning), my children are still here and my husband is still working his paying job. 
Perhaps what I need most is freedom for my mind and spirit. 
The freedom to not be in charge of everything. The freedom to let go of the outcome (even though it wasn't truly within my control to begin with.) 
While I have always tried to create some sort of Sabbath rest, I wonder if this is the part I'm the worst at. Because the responsibility of life and parenthood never takes a day off. The weight of responsibility for their present and future needs is palpable. Some days I can almost feel my body bend under the pressure. 
Except these children are not mine alone, they are given to me to steward. The same power that spoke the world into motion is at work in their lives too. There are good plans for their life that I have no knowledge of or responsibility for. 
I may not be able to take the week off from parenting but I can take a break from worry and strife. I can be present without having to be pressured to produce perfection, in myself or in them. 
Now I just need to take a deep breath, and begin. 

#honestyarns #sabbathmonday #parenting #sabbath #rest #timeoff #presentoverperfect #freedom #recoveringoverachiever #preventingburnout
The only thing better than having a garden is havi The only thing better than having a garden is having a friend with a bigger, better garden. ☺️ Especially one who lives out in the country and invites you to come harvest berries (and peas) during a heatwave and it's a good ten degrees cooler than at home. 
So grateful for a community of friends that continue to be part of our kids' lives and education in so many ways. Last night was the most relaxing, fun I've had in a while, especially considering this heat. 

#garden #gardenlife #harvestoffriends #berries #summer #summergarden #natureday #notaschoolday #alwayslearning #alwaysgrowing #communityeducation #communityhomeschooling #microfarm
In the last week this kid has turned 15, and finis In the last week this kid has turned 15, and finished her first year of high school. She's become more independent while still being very aware of the benefits of childhood dependence. She's strong and stubborn, funny and deep, delightful and exhausting. 
I see glimpses of possibility and hear whispers of intermittent competence. Most weeks I'm not even sure how I feel about her growing up and I'm for sure grateful that she is my first and not my last. 
But this week has mostly been the joy of milestones completed with cautious moments of optimism. 
They get older. The problems are different. There is still joy, there is still struggle. But we change too. Our shoulders grow stronger and our hands open wider. 
I'm not ready to let go, but I'm getting used to the idea. 

#thisis15 #babygirlgrows #growingup #rootstogrow #wingstofly #celebrate #endofyear #homeschoolyear #honestyarns #faithandfamily
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