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How to Find Flexibility in Motherhood | Kindred Bravely

How to Find Flexibility in Motherhood

Guest post by Maggie McGarvey

Guest blogger Maggie McGarvey discusses how she found flexibility as a mom: "Before I had children, I used to imagine life as a stay-at-home mom to six delightful children. We’d...

How to Find Flexibility in Motherhood

Guest post by Maggie McGarvey

Guest blogger Maggie McGarvey discusses how she found flexibility as a mom: "Before I had children, I used to imagine life as a stay-at-home mom to six delightful children. We’d be the Brady Bunch for the new millennium, and we’d...

Loneliness and Isolation in Motherhood: <br> A Conversation with Shasta Nelson | Kindred Bravely

Loneliness and Isolation in Motherhood: A Conversation with Shasta Nelson

Guest post by Shasta Nelson

Lauren, Kindred Bravely's Affiliate Marketing Manager, sat down with Shasta Nelson, a leading expert in creating healthy friendships, to ask her advice on how to surround ourselves with strong support systems,...

Loneliness and Isolation in Motherhood: A Conversation with Shasta Nelson

Guest post by Shasta Nelson

Lauren, Kindred Bravely's Affiliate Marketing Manager, sat down with Shasta Nelson, a leading expert in creating healthy friendships, to ask her advice on how to surround ourselves with strong support systems, even when it seems impossible in the midst of sleep...

Brave New Resolutions for Brave New Motherhood | Kindred Bravely

Brave New Resolutions for Brave New Motherhood

Like many others, we’ve been talking a lot about resolutions and goals over the past few weeks. Since most of us have little ones at home, we saw a common...

Brave New Resolutions for Brave New Motherhood

Like many others, we’ve been talking a lot about resolutions and goals over the past few weeks. Since most of us have little ones at home, we saw a common thread in our wishes for the new year: our families.

#MomLife: Shattering the “Front Porch View” of Social Media Motherhood | Kindred Bravely

#MomLife: Shattering the “Front Porch View” of Social Media Motherhood

Guest post by Sarah Ortmayer

Sarah, our Social Media Manager, invites you to look past the social media version of motherhood. She writes, "Before having kids, and even after my first son was born, I had...

#MomLife: Shattering the “Front Porch View” of Social Media Motherhood

Guest post by Sarah Ortmayer

Sarah, our Social Media Manager, invites you to look past the social media version of motherhood. She writes, "Before having kids, and even after my first son was born, I had this image in my mind of what our days would...

Brave New Motherhood | Kindred Bravely

Brave New Motherhood

By Deeanne Akerson

A maelstrom of heightened emotions and changing hormones coupled with new mom exhaustion and a sense of isolation can make sanity feel elusive. Though you might encounter unexpected challenges with your growing...

Brave New Motherhood

By Deeanne Akerson

A maelstrom of heightened emotions and changing hormones coupled with new mom exhaustion and a sense of isolation can make sanity feel elusive. Though you might encounter unexpected challenges with your growing family, you’ll also find yourself changing in amazing ways.

5 Things I Didn't Know About Breastfeeding | Kindred Bravely

5 Things I Didn't Know About Breastfeeding

Guest post by Maggie McGarvey

In this guest blog, Maggie, Kindred Bravely's Email Marketing Manager, talks candidly about everything she didn't know about breastfeeding, pumping, and getting support.

5 Things I Didn't Know About Breastfeeding

Guest post by Maggie McGarvey

In this guest blog, Maggie, Kindred Bravely's Email Marketing Manager, talks candidly about everything she didn't know about breastfeeding, pumping, and getting support.

Real #MomLife in 11 Hilarious GIFs | Kindred Bravely

Real #MomLife in 11 Hilarious GIFs

We asked our Facebook moms to finish the phrase “Motherhood got me like…” with their favorite GIFs. The responses were hysterical, and they inspired us to write up a “typical...

Real #MomLife in 11 Hilarious GIFs

We asked our Facebook moms to finish the phrase “Motherhood got me like…” with their favorite GIFs. The responses were hysterical, and they inspired us to write up a “typical mom-day” with our favorites.

The Breastfeeding Emoji Is Almost Here | Kindred Bravely

The Breastfeeding Emoji Is Almost Here

Representation and normalizing breastfeeding...

The Breastfeeding Emoji Is Almost Here

Representation and normalizing breastfeeding...

#MomLife: I'm Still Here | Kindred Bravely

#MomLife: I'm Still Here

In this guest post, Sydney, Kindred Bravely's Outreach Coordinator, talks about chasing her passions after having children.

#MomLife: I'm Still Here

In this guest post, Sydney, Kindred Bravely's Outreach Coordinator, talks about chasing her passions after having children.

Children Will Listen | Kindred Bravely

Children Will Listen

Have you ever had a moment of real clarity? Someone once asked, “How do you know if you’re a successful parent?” That threw me a bit. I’d thought a lot...

Children Will Listen

Have you ever had a moment of real clarity? Someone once asked, “How do you know if you’re a successful parent?” That threw me a bit. I’d thought a lot about what it would mean for me to be a good parent,...

Nothing Lasts Forever | Kindred Bravely

Nothing Lasts Forever

In the moments I’m frustrated or overwhelmed, I remind myself to look at life from my children’s perspective. Since they’re seeing everything for the first time, life is either the...

Nothing Lasts Forever

In the moments I’m frustrated or overwhelmed, I remind myself to look at life from my children’s perspective. Since they’re seeing everything for the first time, life is either the best or the worst. They can only react to what’s...

Giving Yourself Grace | Kindred Bravely

Giving Yourself Grace

As human beings, we naturally compare ourselves to everyone we come across on a given day, and it’s so easy to feel like you have no hope of living up...

Giving Yourself Grace

As human beings, we naturally compare ourselves to everyone we come across on a given day, and it’s so easy to feel like you have no hope of living up to what you think motherhood should be.