Posted in Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Unconditional Love on Aug 10th, 2010
Imparting values, to my daughter, can be tricky business. Often I see the discrepancies about what I say I believe is valuable and what I truly live. I am a firm believer, in theory, of only doing what you love for money. I strive to live out of the saying, “follow your bliss and the [...]
Posted in Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Unconditional Love on Jun 4th, 2010
Think about the last time you saw a new puppy….Remember, when your child was little and saw their first puppy? Watch a video of a puppy licking a little one and experience the joy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-5_SW9zh2w&feature=related The innocence we experience when love is given freely is always available. It opens our hearts and penetrates even the [...]
Posted in Parenting Advice, Single Parenting, Unconditional Love on Jan 10th, 2010
When I adopted my daughter 9 years ago, I promised to be the BEST parent I could be. Honestly, I was afraid to be a mom, so I waited until my forties to adopt. Even though I love children, I was always afraid I might not be able to be the mom I always dreamed [...]
Posted in Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Unconditional Love on Sep 23rd, 2009
Conditioning is the programming we received from parents, teachers, society and anyone outside of us, which the mind begins to think is the truth. Once we begin to identify ourselves with these conditions, we act as if we ARE them, separating us from our pure joy. It is not even a “bad” thing for we [...]
Posted in Love-Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Unconditional Love on Jul 27th, 2009
Last night, as I was falling asleep, I had an image of taking a picture of a thought! It was as if, I had a thought, and then took the picture which gave the thought form. Then I imagined putting that picture on my “life” board and began to live it out as if it [...]
Posted in Love-Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Unconditional Love on Jul 13th, 2009
I just returned from an incredible adventure on the Yampa River. With 16 other folks, I spent 6 days camping out and rafting down the river. This was a first for me and my 9 year old daughter. I was worried how things would go and yet it became clear, right away, that we were [...]
Posted in Love-Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Unconditional Love on Jun 16th, 2009
Looking at our judgments and perceptions, in relation, to our children’s behavior is a great place to see how difficult it is to accept what is. Because of our conditioning and our deep beliefs, we have ideas of “how” our children should behave. A lot of these perceptions are rooted in “what will other people [...]
Posted in Love-Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Unconditional Love on Jun 1st, 2009
The number one key in love-based parenting is seeing your relationship with your child as the priority. Our children are able to read our energetic messages that we are sending them more than our words. How many times have you been calm and collective, on the outside and boiling on the inside in response to [...]
Posted in Love-Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Unconditional Love on May 25th, 2009
Today we will be talking about what Joy-Based Parenting is. To do this we must fist define the word love in the context we will be using. We often think of love, for our child, as “caring” for them but in the dictionary care, the noun, is defined as “a state of mind in which [...]
Posted in Unconditional Love on May 10th, 2009
I awakened this morning to a beautiful poem written by my 9 year old daughter. I love you when you give me ice cream cones I love you I love you like the wind loves the sky and the sky loves the world and the world the UNIVERSE Whew! I think this is all there [...]
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