Sanity-Saving Weekends

The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and torturous.
—Anna Quindlen, author

For most of us, once that promised moment arrives when our kids are fed, cleaned, and put to bed, we collapse in a heap.

When asked what we like to do in our free time, we ask, "WHAT free time?"

But sadly, when we do get a bit of time to ourselves, we're rarely sure what to do with it. We're not comfortable with the silence and the gaps that occur when we aren't being called upon to tie a shoe, make a lunch, or get the cat out of the toilet.

And you know what? That's just not right.

As moms, we have huge responsibilities. But we must not forget that we were women on unique journeys before our children arrived. Those journeys can't indefinitely halt the moment we become mothers. It is possible to nurture our families and ourselves. But it requires a bit of intentional effort. And we all know that it's hard to do anything intentional (or at least intentionally self-focused) when we feel as though we don't have twenty seconds of our own each day.

To combat this issue with a stress-free, tantrum-free, drowning-cat-in-the-toilet free two days for moms to laugh, relax, and work on themselves, I am planning to pilot a sanity-saving weekend for moms of multiples in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona in 2008.

These weekends will be far different from weekend workshops that focus strongly on ways to elicit cooperation from your two-year-old at the grocery store, potty train the potty resistant child, or eliminate "We're having WHAT for dinner?" moments. Instead, these weekends will focus on one thing and one thing only: YOU! (Can you believe it?)

Filled from start to finish with sun, food (no PB&J or macaroni in sight), sleep, self-focus, motivation, inspiration, and all the other goodies you've been missing, these weekends will reconnect you with yourself and connect you with women who have similar intentions. You will have ample opportunity to identify and prioritize what's important to you and how to get more of it in your life on a consistent basis.

To best gauge the interest in this event, please contact me via e-mail if you might be interested in attending. Please let me know what you'd most like to hear or learn about at such an event. This in no way commits you to the actual event. It only lets me know how many women are interested and what topics most interest everyone.

Thank You! I look forward to meeting you soon!