About "Mojo Mom" Amy Tiemann, Ph. D.

Amy is author of the award-winning book Mojo Mom: Nurturing Your Self While Raising a Family and the young adult novel High Water, as well as Editor of the new release Courageous Parents, Confident Kids. She is also Center Director for Kidpower North Carolina.

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Planting seeds on my first real day of summer

I have “finished” my Dad’s move and today finally feels like the first day of summer that I have been dreaming about for so long. I dropped my daughter off at camp this morning and I didn’t have to drive to all the way to Raleigh to pack or clean. Instead I could feel the gentle... Read the full post

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Real Life strikes back

For the past month, most of the time I have felt like I am living in an alternate universe, almost like I am living someone else’s life. After a spring season of “living in my head” working hard leading up to the release of Courageous Parents, Confident Kids, “real life”... Read the full post

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My Mojo…recharging and redirecting soon–I hope!

I think this is the longest I’ve ever gone between blog posts and that doesn’t feel good! But this month I have been gobsmacked by family responsibilities. And it’s not motherhood! It’s being a caregiving daughter for my parents. I am living out one of the things I have been... Read the full post

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Steps to go from Helicopter Mom to Mojo Mom

When I started writing as Mojo Mom, I was focused intently on new mothers’ identities. Now that my daughter is older, I can see how Mojo Mom issues really get entwined with raising older kids–do we let our egos get entangled up with our children’s identities and accomplishments? If... Read the full post

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Woke up today and my brain just froze

Wow, I woke up today ready to head back to work after the holiday (yesterday seemed to not count somehow) and I sat down at my keyboard and just…froze. It was not really writers’ block, it just felt like coming to a full stop and not being able to start moving again. I stared at my screen... Read the full post

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Best of The Mojo Mom Blog, 2003 - 2009

The Mojo Mom Blog has been published continuously since 2003, and all posts are available at their original location, http://mojomom.blogspot.com. Below are links to reprints of some of the most popular posts over the years.

• Mojo Mom's thoughts on the 2000's--learning that we're all in this together.
• Caregiving is not a choice for any of us!
• Are you prepared for a Grandparent crisis?
• Work-life balance: Our ladder is up the wrong tree
• Motherhood is not a one-way street
• Cracking the Mom Code: Three Mental Health Pitfalls to Avoid
• Secret agent woman
• The Heart of the Mommy Wars...What Moms Really Want