Balancing Life as a Mom

Hi, I’m Lesley! Founder and creator of Balancing Life as a Mom.

My initial first year of parenting was a major learning curve, but I’ve finally figured out sustainable ways to turn my mom life into the life I love and always dreamed of!

Being a mom can be so much more than being constantly exhausted, stressed out, and overwhelmed.

You can have your life that you love – which includes activities that you enjoy and make you feel your best. It can include getting your health and your body back after pregnancy and all the sleepless nights take their toll. It can also include an organized home – even with kids running around in it. And it can include a fantastic relationship with your spouse – kids don’t have to kill the romance.

And I’m happy to help show you how!

There are four ways to get started:

Sign up for the FREE guide as found in the box above (or by following the link) – Overcoming Overwhelm: 9 Key Areas to Find Balance and Bring You to the Life You Deserve! This guide is full of actionable steps you can take right away to start bringing your life back into balance and significantly reduce the stress in your life. It doesn’t matter what parenting stage you are in, this guide can help anyone who feels like they have too much on their plate.
Check out the About page to learn more about the Balancing Life as a Mom site, its mission, why I created it, and more about me personally.
Check out the Start Here page to learn about the different areas that Balancing Life as a Mom can help you fulfill your version of the life you dream of!
Check out the most recent Blog posts, either below or on the Blog page. Here you’ll find a ton of great free content to help you with getting organized, healthy living, pregnancy & parenting advice, mindset shifts, and personal family updates.

Diaper Changing Essentials – The Only 5 Things You Really Need

Part of my goal with the Balancing Life as a Mom blog is to help you vet out products that are heavily advertised to moms. As any mom knows, advertisers are constantly appealing to our innate desire to take the best possible care of our children – regardless of the cost. I myself had limited […]

A Tale of Two Pregnancies: Emma – Part 2

I’ve decided to do a mini-series on my pregnancy experiences with both of my children. My experience with Matthew was previously posted (you can find them here: Part 1 – The Pregnancy & Part 2 – Labor & Delivery) and Emma Part 1 – The Pregnancy was last week. Today will wrap up the last post […]

A Tale of Two Pregnancies: Emma – Part 1

I’ve decided to do a mini-series on my pregnancy experiences with both of my children. My experience with Matthew was previously posted (you can find them here: Part 1 – The Pregnancy & Part 2 – Labor & Delivery) and Emma will be featured this week and next week! As I do each time I’m pregnant, I […]

How to Get Back 10 (or More!) Hours of Your Week – Every Week

Finding more time in your day or week is one of the best ways to bring balance to a busy life. Time is the one resource that you can never get more of, and once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. I don’t know of many moms who ever feel like they have enough time to get everything […]

My Post-Pregnancy Weight Loss Journey – Part 1

I’ve been mulling over the idea for this series of posts for a few months now. And I have to say…..I’m REALLY stepping outside of my comfort zone for this one. But I’ve decided that there are more positives than negatives, and if it’ll help more people, then I’m going to put myself out there. […]

2019 Birthday Adventures!

This week I celebrated my 36th birthday! And this year was extra special because I was visited by some beloved family that I never get to see often enough – my older sister Andrea, her husband Ryan, and their little adopted son Anderson. Not only was the visit great for my sister and I to catch […]

One Simple Trick to Start Decluttering Now

One of the biggest hurdles to getting your home or any other space organized is the clutter that we all seem to accumulate over the years. Decluttering can be a daunting process, especially if you have a lot of excess items hanging around. Sometimes just thinking about how much there is to look through and […]

Review – What to Expect: Eating Well When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff

3 Simple Steps to Organize Meal Planning and Avoid Excess Trips to the Grocery Store

In this post, I’m going to touch on how I organize meal planning for my household. This is a technique I’ve used successfully for years (even prior to kids), and now that we have expanded to a family of four, time is more precious than ever. Thankfully the system still works like a charm, even […]

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