When I speak about being positive, I always use the analogy of drowning. Isn’t that how we feel when we are exhausted, and overwhelmed with everything we need to juggle? But we don’t drown from falling in the water, we drown from not standing up or swimming out. I didn’t learn how to swim until …
Elayna Fernandez ~ The Positive MOM
The last weekend of June I went on a road trip to San Antonio and test drove an extraordinary vehicle. You may be thinking “you go on A LOT of trips, woman!” and you are correct. I love travel and adventure and I designed a life that incorporates a lot of that, of course. It …
Rumors, secrets, lies, comments, and whispers behind your back… Do they sting you as much as they do me? As a reader of The Positive Mom blog, I highly doubt that you are a gossiper. You’re probably here because of you can’t stand it either. When I thought about putting together a list of quotes …
When I officially started blogging back in 2004 (yup, that was a LONG time ago!), I was the only one in over 100 mile radius and people looked at me like I was weird [well, they still do… because I really am weird lol]. Nowadays, it seems that everyone and their cousins have a blog, …
Many people believe that if you are a good person and often feel stressed out, drained, and overwhelmed, it must be that you are surrounded by toxic people. You know, people who: Require constant attention (clingy) and act as if entitled to your instant help Disrespect you and what is meaningful to you in a …
For the past few weeks, I’ve been immersed on Periscope, learning all about the tool, the culture, the people, and basically, falling in love. I’ve prepared this guide to share with YOU and all my friends, subscribers, visitors, and followers, so you can know the ins and outs of Periscope and how you can use it …
Do you dread doing laundry and other chores? I have found 3 ways to enjoy the every day chores of motherhood… and I’m sharing them with you! #LaundryRedefined
Should you call yourself an Expert? Answer #1: Yes! ] Answer #2: Nooooo! No way!!!! Let’s examine this! What is an Expert? Copy-pasted from TheFreeDictionary.comex·pert n. A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject. Being an expert at something is really NOT like being a rocket scientist and it …
Can you believe we’re halfway through the year already? July 1 marks the beginning of the second half, and, many of us are probably wondering, where did the time go?, feeling like things didn’t go exactly as we planned them or are taking more time than we thought. July 1 is a great day for …
My heart was racing with excitement. Modern technology affords us many luxuries; the kind that our grandmothers didn’t dream about having, and our moms didn’t have… the kind I didn’t enjoy when I had my first two daughters in my twenties. I logged on to the account so I could check out my pregnancy file and …