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As mothers, we often find ourselves juggling countless responsibilities, from nurturing our children to pursuing our careers. Almost daily overwhelmed by our never-ending effort to successfully fulfill our “duties” towards our families, our employers, our social circle, we often deprioritize self-care, wellness and personal growth, even though they are essential to thriving in our multiple roles.

Join me as we explore practical tips, inspirational home-making and effective strategies to help us maintain a healthy work-life balance, embrace wellness routines and grow personally - all while being the awesome moms we are. Let's embark on this journey together and remind the world (and ourselves) that…mama values!!!

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Managing Parental Guilt: Overcoming Mom Guilt - Tips for Canadian Moms

Hey there wonderful mamas! If you’re anything like me, the feeling of mom guilt sneaks up on you like an unexpected rain shower on a sunny day. One moment, you’re juggling work, kids, and a million other things, and the next, you’re questioning every choice you’ve made. It’s exhausting, isn’t it? But here’s the thing - you’re not alone, and there are ways to lighten that heavy load. Let’s dive into some practical tips for managing parental guilt, especially tailored for busy

Jul 34 min read

How to Keep Going When You’re Not at Your Best (A Realistic Guide for Moms)

Hey there wonderful mamas! There are days when you wake up already tired, when your body moves but your energy doesn’t follow, when your mind feels heavy and everything that usually feels simple suddenly feels like too much. And yet, life doesn’t pause. The kids still need their routines, the house still needs attention, responsibilities don’t disappear just because you’re not at your best, and you find yourself caught in that quiet, exhausting space between needing to keep g

Jun 223 min read

The Moment It Became Real

There’s something quietly magical about holding your own book in your hands for the first time. Not the digital file, not the drafts, not the endless edits — but the real, physical copies. Pages you can turn. A cover you can touch. A story that, for so long, lived only in your thoughts. This week, I finally experienced that moment. I placed a few copies of The Dilemma on my desk and paused. Not just to look at them, but to reflect. Because this wasn’t written overnight. It st

Jun 122 min read

Countdown to Summer: Are Moms More Excited Than the Kids? (Let’s Be Honest…)

Hey there wonderful and exhausted mamas! There’s a moment every June — somewhere between the last forgotten lunchbox banana and the 47th reminder to please put your shoes on — where it hits us: We’re not just ready for summer… we are DESPERATE for it. And here’s the uncomfortable truth no one really says out loud: What if moms are actually more excited for school to end than the kids? Yes. I said it. The Myth: Kids Can’t Wait for Summer If you ask them, of course they can’t.

Jun 52 min read

The Last Little Graduation: A Mother’s Quiet Goodbye to Innocence

Hello friends! Today held a quiet kind of magic—the kind that doesn’t announce itself loudly, but settles deep into your chest and lingers there long after the moment has passed. This afternoon, I sat in a small decorated room, surrounded by tiny chairs, pastel drawings, and proud, emotional parents, watching my youngest son graduate from his pre-kindergarten program. It wasn’t my first ceremony like this. Not even my second. It was my third—each one marking a chapter with ea

May 294 min read

Oops… Summer Is Calling (and Those Extra Kilos Too) — How Busy Moms Get Back on Track

Hey there wonderful mamas! Summer is knocking on the door—and with it comes the annual ritual: decluttering closets, packing away chunky sweaters and forgiving winter pants… and bringing out those ethereal dresses, breezy tops, and cute shorts. And then it hits you. “Wait… how did I gain 4–5 kilos?!” Ah yes. The “holiday souvenirs”: The innocent 3 kilos from Christmas (hidden beautifully under oversized knits) Plus the stealthy 2 kilos from Easter… thanks to mysteriously disa

May 183 min read

Motherhood: The Plot Twist No One Properly Warned Me About

Happy Mother's Day mommies! Mother’s Day has this funny way of sneaking up on me every year and whispering, “So… have you had a minute to process what just happened to your life?” This year, I finally listened. I’ve had the privilege of being called “mom” for 12 years now, and I can say this with absolute honesty: I genuinely struggle to remember what life was like before. Sometimes I try—like when you attempt to recall a dream right after waking up—but it slips away before y

May 104 min read

Traveling Down Memory Lane: The Easter of My Childhood

Hey there friends! Every year, on Orthodox — and therefore Greek — Easter, the same thing happens to me. Without fail, my mind quietly slips into memory mode and carries me back to the Easters of my childhood. Generations ago — back when my own generation of millennials were still small children, our parents were energetic thirty‑ and forty‑somethings, and our grandparents were not only present, but vibrant, active, and very much the soul of the celebration. It was that exact

Apr 124 min read

The Ballad of a Long Held Dream

Hey there friends! There comes a moment in life—a quiet, almost shy moment—when a dream you’ve been holding for a long time finally dares to step into the light. A dream that may have felt too big for your nervous system. Too wild. Too bold for someone like you. And then, suddenly, it’s there. No longer just a thought or a whisper or a secret hope. It becomes tangible. Real. Reachable. Your effort bears fruit. Your hesitation becomes a distant memory. Those sneaky voices— you

Apr 23 min read

Screen Time Boundaries That Actually Work for Toddlers & School Age Kids

Hey there mamas! If you’ve ever confidently announced, “Today we’re doing no screens,” only to hand over the tablet before your coffee even finished brewing… welcome, mama. You’re among friends. Here at mamavalues.com , we don’t judge — we strategize. Preferably with snacks. And maybe a little sass. Let’s talk about screen time boundaries that actually work for real moms with real kids in a real world where Cocomelon exists and schools keep sending homework on apps “for our

Mar 134 min read

How to Keep Your Inner Light Sparkling When the World Feels Heavy

Hey there friends! Once again, we find ourselves living through deeply difficult moments as humanity because of this new war. It is completely natural that when we hear on the news that people are trapped in cities, that flights are being cancelled in large numbers, that schools are being bombed, and that fear and uncertainty dominate yet again on an international scale, we all feel affected — some of us very deeply. It’s understandable if we feel our focus slipping away from

Mar 53 min read

Surviving (and Actually Enjoying!) a Kids’ Birthday Party: A Mama’s Field Guide

Hey there lovely mamas! Yesterday, Sunday, my toddler was invited to the birthday party of one of his classmates from the kindergarten. The party would take place at one of those sports/activity multi-section establishments — you know the type. Those enormous, echo‑filled complexes where you can rent a room, inflate fourteen kinds of bouncy castles and inflatable slides, set out blocks, balls, cones, foam bricks, and as the pièce de résistance, summon a Spiderman who (bless

Mar 24 min read

Finding Your Calm: Gentle Stress Relief for Moms Who Carry a Lot

Hello wonderful mamas! Motherhood has a rhythm all its own. Some days it flows softly. Other days it crashes—loud, messy, demanding everything you have and then a little more. Being a mom is deeply rewarding, yes, but it can also be exhausting in ways no one quite prepares you for. Between work, family life, emotional labor, and the invisible to‑do list that never sleeps, stress can quietly settle into your bones. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or simply tired in you

Feb 63 min read

How Making a Simple List Saved My Sanity (A Working Mom’s Survival Story)

Hey there mamas! Yesterday was one of those days when life doesn’t gently unfold — it pounces . Everything happens too much, too fast, and you find yourself sitting in the middle of it all, watching the chaos swirl around you, wondering when exactly adulthood turned into an extreme sport and whether it’s too late to opt out. It started with an extremely early wake‑up. Technically, it was my usual early hour, but this time there was emotional damage attached: I missed my worko

Jan 294 min read

Delegation: The Secret Weapon for Your Mental Sanity as a Busy Mom

Hey there lovely mamas! I have a confession to make:I am a control freak . A proud, long‑standing, Olympic‑level control freak. I have always been this way. I don’t expect assistance from anyone. I’m used to depending solely on my own skills—some of which are questionable at best—and I feel safer when every little thing passes through my hands. And let me whisper a universal truth, mama to mama: this is the guaranteed recipe for burnout with a side of emotional meltdown. If y

Jan 183 min read

What is Christmas Really?

For some, Christmas feels like pure magic. Picture a child dashing toward the tree, a grandmother perfecting her beloved cookie recipe, and a house alive with chatter and laughter. Hearts beat in festive harmony, and smiles bloom simply because something wonderful is on its way. But truthfully, for others (and maybe for us, too), this season can feel heavy. Not because of tragedy, but because the glow and the “forced cheer” highlight what’s missing. It reminds us of what didn

Dec 26, 20253 min read

Why Turning 40 doesn’t suck

Hey there wonderful mamas! For those among you who are hitting, have recently hit, or are about to hit the milestone of your 40s— first of all, welcome . Let me take a moment to reassure you and share my own perspective on this fabulous age. Yes. Fabulous . I know, years ago, turning 40 sounded like the beginning of the end. Like the moment you’d start collecting cat figurines and saying things like, “Back in my day…” But let’s be real—who actually feels like that anymore? Wi

Oct 27, 20254 min read

How Motherhood Turned Me Into a List-Making Queen

Hey there mamas! Let me start with a confession: I’ve always been busy. Like, really busy. Since I was 18, my life has been a whirlwind of responsibilities, deadlines, and dreams. I was juggling law school while working full-time as a bank clerk. Yes, full-time. At a branch. While studying the intricacies of constitutional law and civil codes. After graduating, I dove straight into a Master’s, while at the same time, I was climbing the professional ladder at the bank. It was

Oct 6, 20254 min read

How to fight the emotional burn-out

Hey there valuable mamas! It happens to all of us. Those gray days when getting out of bed feels like a monumental task. You feel physically and spiritually drained, and motivation seems to have vanished. All you want is to do nothing—and that’s okay. Giving ourselves permission to rest when our body and mind send us that message is not only valid, it’s necessary. Often, the next day feels better. But what if it doesn’t? What if this low mood lingers? When you feel like you’v

Sep 9, 20253 min read

When life gives you lemons...

Hey there valuable mamas! This is for those of us who are currenlty struggling through a difficult situation... Let’s be real—sometimes life doesn’t just hand you lemons, it throws them at you when you least expect it. And in those moments, it’s hard to think about lemonade. It’s hard to think at all. But here’s what I’ve learned, and maybe it’ll help you too. Take a Moment for Yourself When everything feels heavy, pause. Just for a minute. Close your eyes, breathe in slowly,

Sep 2, 20252 min read

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