Mommy Breadwinner

5-Minute Cake

May 19, 2012 Cooking

This was seriously the fastest cake I ever made. Ingredients: Handful of strawberries, cut in to chunks 1 can of crushed pineapple (do not drain) 1 cup of Cool Whip 1 angel food cake Directions: Combine cool whip and pineapple. Set aside. Cut angel food cake in to three equal layers. Spread pineapple mix in [...]

Paleo Fried Chicken Nuggets

May 18, 2012 Cooking

Ingredients: Boneless, skinless organic chicken (cut in to small chunks) Almond Meal Salt (to taste) Pepper (to taste) Olive oil (or coconut oil) Directions: Scoop almond meal on to a plate and spread out evenly. Add salt and pepper to taste (we like quite a bit actually). Drip the chicken chunks in either water or [...]

Lessons From My Mother

May 13, 2012 Breadwinner Confessions

My mom is…my mom. Her name is Jane Marie. And I was named after her – Monaica Marie. This is us when I was probably four or five years old and she was probably twenty-three. Isn't she beautiful? It's been my mother who has taught me to hold my head up. "Be like Jackie," she'd say. "Jackie [...]

14 Ways Moms Can Meditate Without Meditating

April 13, 2012 Breathe

Over the last 10 years, I've studied all sorts of meditation tools, gurus and techniques for quieting the mind. I've studied Holosync, Sufi Remembrance Prayer, Wayner Dyer's Morning and Evening Meditations, Yoga and Thich Nhat Hanh. I regret none of it. Every single piece has brought greater joy, greater serenity, greater depth and greater happiness [...]

Six Ways To Move Past Fear In Business

March 13, 2012 Business

If you missed my blog on Being Stuck And This Business of Fear I would definitely read it first because I go in depth on the six ways you know fear is showing up in your business and the ONLY two reasons fear comes up. Ready to get unstuck? Here are 6 ways to move [...]

Being Stuck And This Business of Fear

March 13, 2012 Business

This week I want to share a really important focus point on fear and business, which can really screw things up if you're looking to have any sort of breakthrough. I want to share with you the REASONS people are afraid to market themselves, why they hit the "glass ceiling" in business never getting paid [...]

How Doing Absolutely Nothing Means Earning More

March 6, 2012 Business

I stumbled upon a recent survey on working mothers and found out: 80% catch up on work nights and weekends 81% worry they will burn out 88% said they suffer from at least one stress-related health problem since becoming a working parent 59% have problems with anxiety 43% struggle with depression I don’t know about [...]

Zumba, Authenticity and Business

February 28, 2012 Business

I've been going to Zumba for about two weeks now and loving it. In my first class, I asked myself, "Monaica why didn't you do this sooner?" Pride. Laziness. Fear of what others would think. Self-centeredness. Now how attractive are those? Yucky. The first class was so humbling because I learned no one cares about [...]

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