10 Habits of Happy Mothers

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Mothers are expected to do it all: raise superstar kids, look great, make good salaries, volunteer for everything, run errands, keep a perfect house, be the perfect wife. Single mothers often have even more demands—and less support.

I chatted with Dr. Meg Meeker , who has seen mothers struggle with issues like these for the past twenty-five years, and it has become her passion to help them live less stressful, happier and more fulfilling lives. She does so in her latest book The Ten Habits of Happy Mothers. She shares strategies to: live more simply, learn to make time for solitude, understand our value as mothers, embrace healthy friendships, confront our fears, seek hope, find our spiritual center and reconcile their relationships with money.

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