Motherhood - 9 things I have learned 9 years in
My first born turned 9 this weekend! When they say it goes fast, it is such an understatement!
Brenda Dogbey
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- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
School lunch bento box inspiration: follow these 5 accounts!
Nothing as daunting as preparing school lunches! Bento lunch boxes are a great way to mix up options for lunches for your kids.
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- Aug 22, 2021
- 4 min
Back to school: save vs splurge guide
It's that time of the year when we are prepping our little and not so little people to go back to school.
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- Apr 9, 2021
- 3 min
5 must-have luxury bath items under $50
Luxury is not a product, it is a lifestyle. As women and especially as mothers we are constantly lavishing our children with the best we can
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- Mar 2, 2021
- 8 min
My twin story and 5 lessons I have learned as a twin mom
My sweet twins turned 5 this March! I can't really internalize that because in my mind they will always be newborns or at least toddlers....
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- Jan 8, 2021
- 4 min
7 ways to make social media work for your career & your life
Whether you like it or not, social media has transformed how everybody does everything over the past 10 years. I am sharing 7 ways to...
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- Nov 7, 2020
- 5 min
What Joe + Kamala's win means to me as a black woman raising a black girl
It has been a riveting few days awaiting the US election results. The entire world has held it's proverbial breath waiting to see what...
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- Sep 3, 2020
- 4 min
Home daycare vs Institution centre: What is best for my baby?
As a first time mom, I had a lot of preconceived ideas of what good child care meant. As a veteran mom I have changed my stance
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- Aug 28, 2020
- 3 min
Looking for a daycare for baby: Do these 7 things
Finding good reliable child care is one of the hardest parts of being a Career Slay Mama. You can't slay career goals when you're worrying
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- Aug 21, 2020
- 7 min
To send or not to send the kids back to school: 8 lessons from Quebec
Most of my conversations with my friends, co-workers and family members lately are centred around the big decision parents are facing
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- Aug 13, 2020
- 5 min
7 ways to handle waiting seasons of life
Wedding season is at its peak and thankfully marriage and love is not cancelled. I have been in the waiting season when everyone seems to be
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- Jul 31, 2020
- 4 min
7 lessons learned in 7 years of motherhood
My first born turned seven in July so I am celebrating 7 years of this journey called motherhood. If there is something that you realize
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- Jul 28, 2020
- 5 min
Double careers, commuting and parenting: it takes a village #CSMspiration
Juggling two careers in the household commuting and parenting really brings home the message it takes a village.
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- Jul 28, 2020
- 7 min
Women can't have it all. Here's why.
Listen, its 2020. Enough with the games and the niceties: women can't have it all. We might as well come to this conclusion. Read on...
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- Jul 14, 2020
- 7 min
But God: the power of prayer in the delivery of our son
My first, my heart, my boy, my sweet first born turned 7 this week. They say when a child is born, a mother is also born.
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- Jul 11, 2020
- 4 min
Sick and tired of being sick and tired: my wellness journey
Parenthood takes a toll on you physically. When you are not in shape it takes a bigger toll on you. Between being off work for a year
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- Jun 30, 2020
- 5 min
Bonjour! Hi! Je suis an anglophone mama au Quebec
"Maman, I do a gâteau pour you" - my four year old daughter screams to me. I smile. When we consciously decided to make French the language
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- Jun 14, 2020
- 8 min
So you're raising black children in the age of BLM, now what?
I am finally speaking to my fellow parents raising a black boy or girl in the current age of Black Lives Matter
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- Jun 9, 2020
- 5 min
So you've talked to your non-black child about racism, now what?
The past couple of weeks have been charged globally as an uprising against racism has began.
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- Jun 3, 2020
- 5 min
7 ways to choose joy as an act of defiance
As women, as mothers, as culturalized and racialized women we have been taught and conditioned that joy is a luxury.
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