By- Catherine Valega Happy Mother’s Day! I’m a believer in the Mother’s Day focus on love. This can include the love of your partner and your family, but it should especially be LOVE OF SELF! So in honor of that, let’s highlight some financial moves you can make this year that take care of you. Here are my top financial planning ideas for you this Valentine’s Day: YOU are your number one asset. Therefore, care of your physical and mental well-being should be your first priority. Sleep, diet and exercise are the most important aspects of caring for your body and your mind. If you have a deficit ..read more

Meet the Amazing Women of Law Mom® LLC Who is/what is Law Mom? We are THRILLED to welcome and introduce you to our Exclusive Partner (and one of our Run Club Sponsors): Law Mom® LLC. SAM ALLEN: Founding Attorney of Law Mom®, Estate Planning & Small Business Law, Mom to Wes + Jax Sam opened Law Mom® because she knows firsthand how crucial planning is for families. In 2019 after the birth of her first son, she almost lost her life. And she didn’t have a plan in place to protect her child if the worst happened. Thankfully, she was given a second chance, and now she’s passionate about helping ..read more

Kathryn is our Exclusive Sleep Consultant for The Mom Comm and we LOVE her! Kathryn is the founder of Cloud 9 Sleep Consulting, LLC. In addition to being an FSI certified pediatric sleep consultant, Kathryn has a BA in Child Development from Colby-Sawyer College and is a certified Early Intervention Specialist. She has worked locally, in the greater Newburyport area, since 2002. Kathryn developed her passion for sleep after becoming a mom and realizing, first hand, how vital sleep is to physical and mental health, growth and development and relationships within the entire family unit. Kathryn ..read more

By Catherine Valega - March 2023 As women’s month comes to an end, we would like to celebrate women business owners. Women business owners have made amazing progress in the last few decades. Did you know that in the US, there are now over 12 million women-owned businesses in the United States, generating over $2 trillion in revenue (according to the National Association of Women Business Owners)? While that statistic sounds amazing, we still have many daily challenges that our male counterparts do not encounter. And these obstacles make it difficult to succeed. What can we do to overcome those ..read more

Five tips to get you through the tough days/weeks: 1. Take a step back and breathe. Deep inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth. Put your hand on your heart. Take a moment to breathe and relax. 2. Write down 2-3 things you are grateful for each day. Look through your list at the end of the week. There are so many things to be thankful for, and positive about, when life gets crazy and drags you down. Let this list be a reminder of those things. 3. Be kind to yourself, and give yourself some grace. Allow yourself some down time. Allow yourself some tears (and/or screams) if nec ..read more

I was visiting my best friend earlier this month, who is a teacher, and is excited to have the summer w her kids. But she said to me “well you know how it’s summer so I feel like I have to plan a million things + make every day amazing” … Why do we as moms feel the need to make everything way more extravagant than it has to be? Is it because of IG & thinking that we have to do or be better/more than everyone else? Why do we have all these crazy expectations of ourselves? How are we supposed to keep up? Whatever happened to simple? Simple adventures, simple games at home, simple arts + craf ..read more

Yesterday was just a rough day all around. I couldn’t keep it together, I was feeling overwhelmed, I was feeling stressed, A was pushing all my buttons, and I was just a mess for most of the day. I surrendered to the day - I let myself have my crying fits & moments of anxiety. I let it in, and let it pass. I feel like a much better human today. I am choosing to be happy. I am choosing to be patient. I am choosing to just be. We are moms, we juggle a million things at once, we lose part of our brain with each kid (I swear, right!) and it’s OK to have a day (or 2 or 3 or more!) where you’r ..read more

Some days we are always comparing ourselves to the next mom - some days we don't know if we're doing anything right. You may doubt yourself, your skills, your knowledge. But guess what? No one is YOU! And that is your Superpower! Your personality, your skills, your knowledge... everything about you is what makes you YOU, and what makes you stand out from the rest. It's what makes you the perfect mom to your kids, and the best wife to your hubs. You are their everything; and you are all they need. We all have our ups and downs; we all have our "issues" but that's what makes you YOU. So stop try ..read more