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Confessions of a Martyr – Falling Off the Wagon

February 21, 2025

Our TeamDe family schedule in September, October, and November was more than I could handle. This fall hit us hard with transitions, travel, events, and health issues straight out [...]

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To DO or DON’T – What’s the Most Loving Choice Today?

December 20, 2024

Now, most TeamConfessioners know that much of what I do each week supports my well-being. I have the life stuff I have to do, but I also make sure [...]

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Early Prep for the Holiday Rush – Things I Can Do to Lighten the Load

November 1, 2024

In last week’s episode, we talked about the 6 things I do to create stress in my life and how to avoid doing those things. Number one was that [...]

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Re-covering Myself – Life With Growing Children

September 27, 2024

Last week, we heard from my friend NiCole, who spoke about re-positioning, re-ceiving, and re-defining in this next phase of life with young adult children. If you haven’t had [...]

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September Stress – A Little Reminder From Mags To Mags

September 6, 2024

Team! I am so happy to be back, but I have to tell you about the procrastination-spiral I had to come out of to get this post out to [...]

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An Honest Look At My Chronic Overwhelm

May 17, 2024

This spring, when G Man and I went on a little getaway just the two of us, I fell in love. Not with him, of course. I had already [...]

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Spring Cleaning – Taking Control of My Full Plate

March 29, 2024

We talked last week about the powerlessness we have over a certain amount of chaos in our lives as parents. So please don’t view this post as pressure to [...]

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Mags’ Self-Kindness: Navigating Weekday Resets

February 16, 2024

Here I go again, Team, declaring more Mags Holidays. As most of you know, my made-up holiday on December 26th, Fend for Yourself Day, was motivated by my complete [...]

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Prioritizing Self Care During the Holidays – Permission to Keep Myself on the List

December 8, 2023

One of my favorite quotes from Greg McKeown’s book Essentialism is, “If you don’t prioritize your life, someone else will.” For Miss Martyr Mags, prioritizing self care during the [...]

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Prickly Pear Pity Party – Is it Too Much to Ask Someone Else to Save Me?

November 24, 2023

Do you guys ever have those days when you look at your dog and say, “You’re the only one around here who really loves me. You don’t give me [...]

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