Do you struggle to maintain friendships with all the chaos that is mom life?
In this video, we talk about:
– How to keep it simple when staying in touch with friends.
– Little things that you can do to make sure that you don’t go too long without contacting your friends.
– The one thing that you have to do in order to maintain your friendships.
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Great advice! Thank you
Thank you. I think this is so important. Maintaining friendships is vital to a healthy soul.
Have to share this with my daughter-in-law.. I believe it will make her feel less lonely.. thank you
I have always had a hard time with this but watching your video really helped. Thank you so much again for sharing
this is one of the hardest things about being a mom! thanks you so much!
Thank you for sharing this. I have a great friend that I don’t get to spend a great deal of time with in the past year. My life has been so hectic helping my son raise his two young children. This information is very helpful.
Great tips!
Thank you for sharing this with us. Very informative and helpful!!!!
I am about to become an aunt for the second time, and am closer to my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, than I ever thought possible! Now that I have another nephew on the way, I can’t wait to have another child in my life!!!
Granted, I don’t know what it’s like to be a “real” mom. But, I have been a step-mom, and a temporary mom for a friend, and sister, who went through Post Pardum Syndrome! But, I do know what it feels like to not have any friends, or at least what it feels like to not have time for friends. Sometimes you have to make time for friends no matter what. Even if it is an uninterrupted 10 minute phone call to a friend!
I have lost touch with most of my friends. My closest and best friend however is my husband of 20 years whom I have known since 1979.
Since I am not an official mom…it was great to hear what goes through the mind of a mother in regards to relationships! I sometimes feel as though my sister isn’t as close to me, since she became a mother. But, this video helps me to understand the side of her that I haven’t come to terms with.
nice tips
Incredible how professional and informative your first video presentation was.
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Thank you Ronald!! :-).
I’m not a mom, but in my opinion any and all relationships much like flowers need to be watered, if you don’t water it, it won’t grow!
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That’s a perfect analogy!
I’m very bad at this. This is a great reminder to make the effort. I love my friends and they are worth the priority. Thanks!
Wonderful post Carin! I’ve found that since I had kids, I’ve had to re-evaluate how I feel about friendships. I think in the past I took a lot of my relationships for granted. Making (and keeping!) friends seems so much harder than it used to be. Many of my old friendships have withered away, especially since I moved across country after I had my kids. I try to keep up with the new mom friends I’ve made, but sometimes it’s comical the amount of texting back and forth that it takes just to set up a coffee date. I have begun to put keeping in touch on my “to-do” list, though, because I know it’s important. Now I just need to get better with the follow-through! Thanks for the much needed reminder 🙂
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I feel you on the back and forth… It definitely has to be a priority on both ends… otherwise, it will never happen!
Most of my friendships have changed since becoming a mom. Most of the women I considered close friends have become acquaintances. Maintaining friendships in this social media age is difficult but when you are a busy mom it can be even more of a challenge. Great post!
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So true, it is a challenge… thanks!
Awesome video! With a new baby on my hands we try to meet up every month (even if it’s at one of our houses to paint our nails and let the kids play) and facetime each other once a week…I really do enjoy the little time we do get to spend together #BLMGirls
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I love that… play date for the kids and the mommies.. :).
You are so right, pick up the phone and set up brunch or any kind of dates and stick to it! make it a priority and schedule friends in! 🙂
You did wonderful on your first video. You acted like you weren’t scared of a thing. Keeping in contact with friends has been difficult but like you said it has to be made a priority.
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Thanks Heidi! I was so nervous but hopefully it will get better over time. ;).
Carin, I think you were wonderful in your first video. I’ve never done one and know that my voice would be shaking and so would I. Thank you for stepping out of your comfort zone to speak to us. I would love to know what you had to do to make your video, i.e.special equipment, lighting etc.
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Thank you Marcia!
I’m using a Canon Eos Rebel T3i camera, a soft box lighting kit I got from Amazon, and a zoom H4N handy recorder. I used iMovie to put it together.