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How Can Anyone Be Bored?

August 13, 2026 by Liz SanFilippo Hall

How can anyone be bored?

When I think of all there is to learn and discover, all the people I have yet to meet, I’m simply OVERWHELMED. So when my kids complain of being bored, I try not to guide them…  I want them to ask questions and go searching for either something to do, learn, explore, see, create, etc., without, no offense, Google.  But I used to think I needed to give them “more tools” so they could handle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Lifestyle, Life With Kids, Parenting, Random musings Tagged With: boredom, imagination, learning, life with kids, parenting

Responsible Parenting & Mommy Blogging: My Commitment to Safety, Privacy, and Consent

October 24, 2025 by Liz SanFilippo Hall

When I originally launched this blog in 2015, I intended to cultivate a place where I could write about parenting and all the oops and daisies that come with raising kids. I wanted it to be a space to talk about the challenges while also celebrating the joys, with other moms like me.  But over the years, I realized that as, what some might call, a ‘mommy blogger,’ I walked a fine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Lifestyle, Life With Kids, Parenting, Work From Home, Writing tips, Writing, Books, & Resources Tagged With: blogging, busy moms, ethical storytelling, family, life lessons, mommy blog, parenting, personal development, privacy, wahm, work from home, writing advice

Work, Purpose, and Success Don’t Have to Be Linked

June 13, 2025 by Liz SanFilippo Hall

Work, purpose, and success don't have to be linked

Is it society? How we were collectively raised? What’s portrayed in the movies and TV?  I’m talking about the pressure we often put on ourselves to make money and find success in whatever way we can. This pressure often means we put the things that light us up or bring us joy to the wayside.  Maybe it’s the age I’m at now, or the fact that I lost a job I loved due to the devastating cuts to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Lifestyle, Inspiration, More than Mama, Parenting, Uncategorized, Work From Home Tagged With: art, arts and crafts, creative writing, joy, parenting, personal development, purpose, self care, success, work life harmony, writing

Kids and Sleep: Our Adenoids and Tonsils Story

April 23, 2025 by Liz SanFilippo Hall

Kids and sleep: tonsils and adenoids

As parents, we’re often told that our babies will figure out how to go to sleep (and stay asleep)… eventually. Books abound that promise to share different sleep strategies, like monitoring wake times and what sleep cues to look out for. There’s even a whole industry of sleep trainers who help parents figure out the ‘trick’ to getting their kid to bed.  But sometimes there is no ‘trick.’ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Lifestyle, Life With Kids Tagged With: bedtime routine, kids and sleep, life with kids, parenting, sleep, sleep study, sleep tricks, toddler, tonsils, tonsils and adenoids

Five Meditation Ideas for Moms

December 24, 2019 by Liz SanFilippo Hall

meditation ideas

I tried countless times to do meditation. I tried Oprah's meditations, but clocking in at 20 minutes or so, if I did it during the day, I was inevitably interrupted by one of the kids. At night, I’d fall asleep. So what about before the kids woke up? Ha! With my youngest regularly waking at 6am, if not earlier, that wasn’t about to happen. (Affiliate links included). But with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Lifestyle, More than Mama, Self Care, Self Care & Beauty Tagged With: affirmations, creativity, mediation ideas, meditation, mindfulness, parenting, vacation

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Multi-genre author. 📚BECOMING CHARLOTTE CORDAY, a YA historical fantasy coming 4/27/2027 from Apprentice House Press

Everything we feel is valid. Multiple things can b Everything we feel is valid. Multiple things can be true at once.#september11th #WeRemember #BigFeelings
I’m Team Listen to Music While I Write… and in my I’m Team Listen to Music While I Write… and in my latest Substack, I talk about how music influences my writing process, both in how I show up to the page and in what words I write. Consider this an invitation to use sound to amp up your stories! The full post is on Substack (link in my bio and stories!) #WritingExercises #Creativity #Cowriting #WritingInvite
The first draft is far from the last draft… this j The first draft is far from the last draft… this journey to publishing Becoming Charlotte Corday has had a LOT of ups and downs, but if anyone ever asks for proof I wrote it… I’ll have plenty to show them 🤣 (Not pictured: all my research from primary sources and my thesis for my master’s degree, which was the basis for my debut). #WritingProcess #BecomingCharlotteCorday #HistoricalFantasy #YAReads
Now the question is… when do I start my countdown Now the question is… when do I start my countdown to book launch day? 🎉🙌💖If you like: 🌸 family secrets 🌸 time travel 🌸 alternate history 🌸 powerful women🌸 revolutions… Then I think you’ll like my book! Coming 4/27/27. #HistoricalFantasy #AlternateHistory #YoungAdultFiction #LizsWritingJourney
Not everything you write needs to make it into you Not everything you write needs to make it into your book… writers, what’s your approach to world building? Do you create your own “historical documents” too? Please tell me I’m not the only one! #AmWriting #WorldBuilding #HistoricalFantasy #AuthorsOfInsta
What creative projects am I juggling this week? We What creative projects am I juggling this week? Well, actually, I’m trying to focus on just one… and I’ll have some updates about Becoming Charlotte Corday soon! #HistoricalFantasy #Books #WritingLife #LizsWritingJourney
I feel like it should come as no surprise that my I feel like it should come as no surprise that my son inspired a picture book I’m working on. 🤣#TheThingsKidsSay #WritingLife #MomLife #Books
What are you reading today? This is everything th What are you reading today? This is everything that I’ve been reading lately 🤣To be honest, I had every intention of finishing Atmosphere before picking up Love Hypothesis but the latter is due TODAY. (FYI, I’m barely in Atmosphere and I’m already in love). I’m reading Frindle with the kids.And the bottom three are all non-fiction and I’ve been very slowly reading through all of them in bits and pieces… and lemme tell you, they’re all very different! Your turn! What’s on your reading list today? #ReadABookDay #AmReading #MyReadingList #Books
That’s what I tell my kids, too! One of the many r That’s what I tell my kids, too! One of the many reasons to read. Thanks for the reminder, @bookstoreofge 💖#ShopLocal #BookQuotes #AmReading
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