Mom With | CafeMom.com https://cafemom.com/series/mom-with Parenting, Baby Names, Celebrities, and Royal News Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:44:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://cafemom.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-cafemom-favicon-150x150.png Mom With | CafeMom.com https://cafemom.com/series/mom-with 32 32 How Dr. Amy Myers’ Graves’ Disease Recovery Journey Can Empower Moms To Take Back Their Health  https://cafemom.com/parenting/mom-with-amy-myers Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:53:54 +0000 https://cafemom.com/?p=742564 When the kids get sick, we’re the ones who make soup, tuck them in, take temperatures and Google remedies. But what happens when we get sick? Moms are tough, and so we suck it up. We take an Advil, keep calm and carry on. But the less we listen to our bodies and prioritize our […]

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]]> How Mom of 3 Marisa Peters’ Colorectal Cancer Struggle Changed Her Life & Mission https://cafemom.com/parenting/mom-with-marisa-peters Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:55:00 +0000 https://cafemom.com/?p=737704 Cancer isn’t something moms want to think about. We’re busy taking care of the kids, packing lunches, meeting deadlines, and driving to activities. We know we need to schedule those checkups, tests, and screenings, but life is busy and we keep pushing things to the back burner. So we think blood in our poop is probably […]

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]]> How Mom of 3 Sarah Krajewski Stays Brave as a Survivor of Childhood Cancer & Breast Cancer https://cafemom.com/parenting/sarah-krajewski-mom-with Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:32:00 +0000 https://wpdev.cafemom.com/parenting/sarah-krajewski-mom-with Most of us come out of childhood with a few scars, some scrapes, and maybe a broken bone or two. We recover from colds, the flu, and the stomach bugs. Many of us rarely had to stay at the hospital, if ever.But for those who are diagnosed with childhood cancer, their strength, resilience, and hope […]

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]]> How a Celebrity Mom Has Learned To Live With Multiple Sclerosis for Over 20 Years https://cafemom.com/parenting/mom-with-jamie-lynn-sigler Fri, 17 May 2024 13:41:00 +0000 http://cafe-mom-staging.local/mom-with-jamie-lynn-sigler/ A lot of people have still never heard of multiple sclerosis. The chronic illness has been brought to the forefront in recent years thanks to actresses including Christina Applegate and Selma Blair speaking about how the disease has affected their lives and careers. Multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects the brain and central nervous […]

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]]> Mom of 2 & Breast Cancer Thriver Margaret Elenis on Her Fight & Appreciation for Life https://cafemom.com/lifestyle/mom-of-2-and-breast-cancer-thriver-margaret-elenis-on-her-fight-and Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:02:00 +0000 http://cafe-mom-staging.local/mom-of-2-and-breast-cancer-thriver-margaret-elenis-on-her-fight-and/ We all fear the C word. It's rare to take a moment to reflect on our lives when we are busy with kids' schedules, work meetings, and meal plans. It's hard to stop and appreciate our health … that is, until something goes wrong.When Margaret Elenis was first diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, she […]

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]]> How Therapy Has Made Motherhood Manageable for a Mom of 4 With Anxiety, Alcoholism & PTSD https://cafemom.com/parenting/mom-with-anxiety-alcoholism-ptsd-therapy Fri, 14 Jul 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://cafemomcom.bigscoots-staging.com/blog/mom-with-anxiety-alcoholism-ptsd-therapy/ Our monthly column MOM WITH aims to redefine what it means to be a "normal" mother by focusing on how it feels to live with a developmental or mental disorder. We see you, we hear you, and we're in this together.Kelley Kitley, a licensed clinical social worker, is mom to four kids, ages 17, 15, 13, […]

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]]> How Motherhood Gave Purpose to a Woman Struggling With Persistent Depression https://cafemom.com/lifestyle/mom-with-how-motherhood-gave-woman-with-persistent-depression-purpose Mon, 22 May 2023 10:54:00 +0000 https://cafemomcom.bigscoots-staging.com/blog/mom-with-how-motherhood-gave-woman-with-persistent-depression-purpose/ Our monthly column MOM WITH aims to redefine what it means to be a "normal" mother by focusing on how it feels to live with a developmental or mental disorder. We see you, we hear you, and we're in this together.Moriah Couch is a stay-at-home mom, writer, and the voice behind Life With the Couches, […]

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]]> How Accepting Her Autism Diagnosis Made This Mom a Better Parent to Her Two Autistic Sons https://cafemom.com/lifestyle/mom-with-accepting-her-autism-diagnosis-made-mom-better-parent-autistic-sons Tue, 04 Apr 2023 10:15:00 +0000 https://cafemomcom.bigscoots-staging.com/blog/mom-with-accepting-her-autism-diagnosis-made-mom-better-parent-autistic-sons/ Our monthly column MOM WITH aims to redefine what it means to be a "normal" mother by focusing on how it feels to live with a developmental or mental disorder. We see you, we hear you, and we're in this together.Tiffany Hammond, who is an author, disrupter, and self-proclaimed pie-slayer, knew even as a little […]

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]]> How Becoming a Teen Mom Saved the Life of a Mama Struggling With Multiple Mental Disorders https://cafemom.com/parenting/mom-with-becoming-a-teen-mom-saved-life-of-mama-struggling-mental-disorders Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://cafemomcom.bigscoots-staging.com/blog/mom-with-becoming-a-teen-mom-saved-life-of-mama-struggling-mental-disorders Our monthly column MOM WITH aims to redefine what it means to be a “normal” mother by focusing on how it feels to live with a mental disorder. We see you, we hear you, and we’re in this together.Javen Hilton, also known as Javen Elizabeth, is a mental health advocate. Why? Javen suffers from borderline […]

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]]> How Motherhood Made One Parent’s Social Anxiety Skyrocket https://cafemom.com/parenting/how-motherhood-made-one-parents-social-anxiety-skyrocket Wed, 30 Nov 2022 10:15:00 +0000 https://cafemomcom.bigscoots-staging.com/blog/how-motherhood-made-one-parents-social-anxiety-skyrocket Our monthly column MOM WITH aims to redefine what it means to be a "normal" mother by focusing on how it feels to live with a mental disorder. We see you, we hear you, and we're in this together.Sofia Perez, who owns CharacterCounter, has two daughters, ages 4 and 6. Sofia struggles with social anxiety, […]

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