Find me one American mother who doesn’t want to tweak something about her body, and I’ll pay you $100.

We want to lose the baby fat, trim the saddle bags, or rid our arms of their jiggle.  Gone are the …

I just returned from an extraordinary experience speaking at a large women’s conference in Memphis.  When I walked back stage, I was stunned by a roaring symphony of excitement. In front of me were five or six African American …

Many of you responded to my “redshirting” post and I thank you for your responses. I would like to clarify a few things because I think that, in the interest in writing a concise post, many points were missed.

First, …

I have been thinking and writing a great deal about mothers and sons lately and I need your input, faithful readers. 

Would you be willing to share your stories with me?

• Stories from grown men about their mothers–memories, anecdotes, etc.

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Habit of Happy Mothers #9:

Let go of Fear.

I’ll be the first to admit it: I am a recovering, albeit slowly recovering, obsessive worrier.  When we moms have nothing to worry about, we sometimes make stuff up.  I have …

Some of the feedback I’m hearing from Moms about lesson #6 (Make time for solitude) is that it’s impossible.  You name it, I’ve heard it. From “Maybe when my kids are older,” to “Sorry, alone time is a luxury for …

We talked a little about solitude last week, but I think it’s important to answer a question that I know is in the back of your minds, moms:

Is Solitude selfish?…

Once we feel criticism, gossip, or agitation at another welling up, waiting to erupt, we must tell ourselves that we will not compete.  We need to say it out loud to ourselves, or at least own up to it in …

Over the next few weeks I  will be discussing my new book, The Ten Habits of Happy Mothers. It is meant to be an introduction to a way of creating new, healthy emotional habits that will vastly improve women’s lives …

I really enjoyed this discussion with Deb on my book The Ten Habits of Happy Mothers, Reclaiming Our Passion, Purpose and Sanity!

What is your passion?

Blog Talk Radio with Deb Scott…