Parenting

Jan 17, 2021
13 min

Our Nourishing Journey

*This is a guest post by an OUTSTANDING human being and someone I am privileged and blessed to call my friend; Carla Tenzer. Enjoy. I...

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Simone Penn

Sep 7, 2020
3 min

I’m quite aware of how Ridiculous I am.

I’ve recently discovered the merit in being normal, after many, many, years (a lifetime some might say) of being decidedly abnormal. I...

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Here’s to the strong woman, that I know, that I am, that I’m raising.

Simone Penn

Aug 6, 2020
3 min

Here’s to the strong woman, that I know, that I am, that I’m raising.

This blog looked (and felt) very differently when I wrote it at 4am on Tuesday morning. I am so grateful I was able to reframe. The past...

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The Ultimate, No-BS, New Mommy, Prep Guide.

Simone Penn

Jul 10, 2020
10 min

The Ultimate, No-BS, New Mommy, Prep Guide.

This post is based solely on my own experiences with two children and a third on the way. Use it / don’t use it, as they say. Right,...

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Simone Penn

May 3, 2020
3 min

Lockdown Freedom

‘The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..’ ⁃ John Milton, Paradise Lost, 1667. I’ve always...

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Corona Virus is making me feel some kind of way.

Simone Penn

Mar 16, 2020
3 min

Corona Virus is making me feel some kind of way.

I have so many thoughts. Wow. I’ll try organize them. But to preface and summarize simultaneously; I have a weird feeling of calm. I’ve...

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Simone Penn

Mar 8, 2020
3 min

Happiness is a Load

I spend a lot of time thinking about what makes me happy. Scratch that. I spend a lot of time thinking about what will give me peace and...

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Simone Penn

Feb 18, 2020
7 min

Why the *bleep* aren't we rich yet?!

So I acknowledge this title is slightly dramatic, but in my defence, have you met me? I remember, once, a couple of years ago having a...

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Simone Penn

Feb 17, 2020
1 min

When did we stop hugging goodbye?

Judah Abraham Penn is five years, one month, and twenty six days old; and we don’t hug goodbye anymore. Without warning, without...

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Simone Penn

Feb 13, 2020
3 min

A new Mom’s take on Motherhood

This post originally appeared about 4 years on a blog that no longer exists called Urban Jungle Moms. Worth a read... The greatest 'isms'...

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Simone Penn

Nov 9, 2019
4 min

My all time, favorite question.

‘Is this working for you?’ Is my all time favorite question. I ask myself, and my family, and my friends, and the people I work with,...

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Screen Time ruminations 2 – are we creating emotional watchers?

Simone Penn

Oct 31, 2019
3 min

Screen Time ruminations 2 – are we creating emotional watchers?

The other day I was at a kid-friendly restaurant with Ayden and Judah. A few other “after-school-mom-and-child” parties joined us, as is...

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Oh Screen Time; what will we do with you?

Simone Penn

Oct 17, 2019
3 min

Oh Screen Time; what will we do with you?

So we’ve just come out of the first part of Sukkot 5780 and it was, Baruch HaShem, magical. In fact the whole “season”’of chaggim have...

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The parenting maxims I hold by - that have survived Parenthood!

Simone Penn

Oct 6, 2019
4 min

The parenting maxims I hold by - that have survived Parenthood!

I often recount what an outstanding mother I was before I became a mother. I was going to: exclusively breast feed my children until they...

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Simone Penn

Aug 2, 2019
2 min

FOMO

A few days ago I was just observing Judah. He was hanging out in the kitchen just being himself and he seemed so at ease. I sent a...

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Simone Penn

Aug 1, 2019
2 min

For the Co-Sleepers

This is a post about guilt. If there’s anything I’ve learnt it’s that a woman lives with feelings of guilt. I’m pretty sure when reduced...

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