My Mother, The Emotional Vampire
An expecting mom needs help deciding whether she should tell her own needy mother that she’s pregnant. It’s a complicated and emotionally fraught relationship that she has with her mom.
An expecting mom needs help deciding whether she should tell her own needy mother that she’s pregnant. It’s a complicated and emotionally fraught relationship that she has with her mom.
What do you do when you follow an acquaintance’s personal blog and come across a number of storytelling disconnects?
A new mom is in the middle of a War of the Roses in her family and needs advice on how to not let it affect her life and family relationships.
Ever wonder what it’s like to date online? Here’s a little insight into the online dating adventures of a single mom.
What do I tell other mothers who are trying to tattle on my nanny that I have total confidence in her?
A new mother needs wants to know how to stick to her decision to keep away from her toxic family. We have some advice on where to start.
We teach our children to reach out to the new kids at school, but do we do it ourselves for new moms in the community? A manifesto for embracing other mothers.
A mom is annoyed that a friend and her child are perpetually late by 20 minutes to every single playdate. Should she say something or let it go?
Kristen Chase talks about motherhood and marriage regret, and how giving ourselves permission to step outside the box might be the key to personal happiness.
Is blogging all truth, or is there fiction in the retelling of our stories? Kristen Chase talks about her ex’s reaction to her column.
Single mom, Kristen Chase, pulls a Berger.
A new mom needs help on whether and how best to intervene when her in-laws kids visit for the holiday dinner.
An anatomy of a first (and subsequently last) date, and how as much as someone is nice and kind and lovely and funny, in the end, you still need that spark.
A heartbroken new mom needs advice on navigating her co-parenting relationship with her former partner.
A mom would love a recommendation for how to show her extra helpful mother-in-law some very deserving and special appreciation.
Sometimes a pixie cut is more than just a style decision. Kristen Chase shares her reasoning for taking the plunge. And no, it wasn’t lice.
Is sadness a bad thing? Kristen Chase talks about letting feelings out to let them go, with the hopes that they’ll find peace and that she will too.
Surviving divorce with kids can be a daily challenge, but when the holidays roll around, it’s a whole other ball of emotional wax.
How do you know when you’re in love with someone? Kristen Chase ponders what that means after years of failed relationships and marriages.
On traveling alone as a single mother, and how we’re judged according to standards way higher than our male counterparts.