5 Steps to Giving Yourself Grace
My control issues have a nasty habit of popping up like a horrifying vintage jack-in-the-box at the most inconvenient times. Overachievers can relate and likely…
Feeling Like a Bad Mom? Read This.
My toddler flailed her arms majestically as an uncoordinated horde of Central Park pigeons, slipping on the water she’d dumped on the kitchen floor before…
7 Funny New Years Resolutions I Won’t Do
3…2….1! Happy New Year! And surprise, I’m still the antisocial, brooding writer I was last year! However, there is a magical quality in ringing in…
11 Ways to Make Life the Opposite of Stressful
My car breaking down on the thruway on Christmas Eve with a toddler put a new perspective on holiday stress. But as with all things,…
Go from Procrastinator to Self Care Planner!
The shine from my week-long unwashed, fresh-from-the-gym hair was painfully apparent as I rolled up to the Dunkin drive-thru on my third on-call case of…
5 Reasons to Ditch Self-Care Sundays
Self-care Sundays are dead. Or at least, they should be. You may be thinking, “But Ashley, isn’t that what Circling the Sandbox is all about?…
The Best Way to Spread Christmas Cheer
(Tune of The Christmas Song) Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Old aunt nitpicking your clothes. Looking for an exit, with none remotely in sight.…