Making Depression Your New Best Friend
Depression can be life-changing. It’s not your average case of the Mondays, or a bad hair day. It’s not sadness, or short bouts of typical depression brought on by life’s circumstances. It’s feeling like your body is made of lead, not wanting to get out of bed and shower, thinking your existence is meaningless and [...]
Make the Pledge to Take Better Care of Yourself
Moms never get sick, don’t need to get a haircut, can go without a manicure, get enough exercise by running after their kids, manage with an occasional bite off someone else’s sandwich and are used to sleeping less than the rest of the family… Okay, maybe not! But, do you have the time to take [...]
Refusing to Be a Victim of Cancer
When I think back, there was a time when I was literally obsessed with the thought of cancer. The day my mother shared with the family she had been diagnosed with cancer, I remember telling her, “I love you with one breast or none.” I was overcome with fear but, of course, I never wanted [...]
Build a Winning Attitude: 7 Steps to Self-Confidence
Self-help books, women’s magazines, and even empowering articles like this one deliver the same message over and over: Be yourself! Create your own rules! Dare to make your dreams come true! Yet, in our hectic day to day lives, we hardly find the time and energy to express our own truth. We’re tired and bleary-eyed, [...]
First-Ever Mamiverse #SmileUP Social Media Event to Inspire Joy & Gratitude
In order to commemorate National Stress Awareness Day, and in conjunction with Colgate, Mamiverse is pleased to announce our inaugural #SmileUP event, a social media gathering that promises to inspire, empower and make a difference in the lives of everyone who participates. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 23 from 9:00-10:30pm EST, on [...]
Stress Busting Secrets That Work!
Editor’s Note: The following article is one in a series of pieces inspired by the onset of spring and April being Stress Awareness month, brought to you by Colgate. Smile up! When life has got you stressed to your limit—whether it’s day-to-day chaos or extraordinary circumstances—it can feel like taking even a few minutes to [...]
10 Ways to Embrace Your Spring Awakening
Editor’s Note: The following article is one in a series of pieces inspired by the onset of spring and April being Stress Awareness month, brought to you by Colgate. Smile up! Spring is in the air, and everything is blossoming. Why shouldn’t you be in bloom, too? It’s time to leave Winter behind and transform, [...]
25 Smile Quotes That Will Make Your Day
Editor’s Note: The following article is one in a series of pieces inspired by the onset of spring and April being Stress Awareness month, brought to you by Colgate. Smile up! It’s springtime, and that alone is something to smile about. Gone are the grey, dreary days and bone-chilling temperatures of winter. Here are increasingly [...]
Celebrating My 20 Years of Sobriety on Alcohol Awareness Month
I often forget I once had a drinking problem. As I near my twentieth year of sobriety, I am caught off-guard when someone asks me whether I miss drinking. Suddenly, the memories of what seems like a bad nightmare flood my mind. I self-medicated to ease my fears, drown my sorrows and feel less alone. [...]
Finding Solitude in a Frenzied World
Only in solitude do we find ourselves: and in finding ourselves, we find ourselves in all our brothers in solitude. —Miguel de Unamuno We live in a world of noise and to-do lists, surrounded by people who need us: our children, partners, friends, coworkers, and bosses—so we tend to lose track of who we are. [...]
