Somer Loomis

Somer is the Chief Content Officer at Raising Families living in Southern California with her husband and four-year-old son. She earned her Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and worked for 10 years in both mixed-use development and healthcare planning.

She decided to leave the architecture field in 2015 and became a self-taught web-developer, graphic designer, course-developer, writer, social media manager, and default all-things-technology person for the family business. In these fields, she knows what she’s talking about 93.5% of the time. The rest of the time she makes it up and hopes for the best.

Somer is the daughter of Raising Families co-founder Elane V. Scott.  In addition to writing blogs she is the voice behind Raising Families’ Instagram profile @family.life.coach and the creator of the Family Bonding Challenge. In her free time she is an avid home-chef, Montessori enthusiast, house-plant addict, and continues to design homes and small renovations for select clientele.

 

Posts by Somer Loomis

questions to ask your mom

15 Questions to Ask Your Mom This Mother’s Day

Knowing why you do something can help you decide if you want to pass it on. Find your reasons this Mother’s Day with these questions to ask your mom.
3 Steps to Change Your Parenting Mindset

3 Steps to Change Your Parenting Mindset

A family leadership mindset lets you enjoy just how capable your family really is and how much more fulfilled you can be as a parent, coach, and mentor.
Family Values: Someone Has to Talk to Grandma

Family Values: Someone Has to Talk to Grandma

At a time when Swim Mama’s son is formulating his most significant impressions about the world, he doesn’t have the capacity to understand his grandmother’s sarcasm.
5 Things I'm Doing for Myself this Back-to-School Season

5 Things I’m Doing for Myself this Back-to-School Season

Model for your children that adults also learn, unlearn, and relearn information, skills, and habits throughout their lives. School is just the beginning.
Internet Parenting “Tips” Used to Make Me Feel Horrible! Here’s How I Broke the Cycle.

Internet Parenting “Tips” Used to Make Me Feel Horrible! Here’s How I Broke the Cycle.

When looking for proactive growth-minded approaches to parenting, I had to stop looking in the parenting section at all.  
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