It’s the last week of September and fall is fully here in Alaska where me and my family live. The birch leaves are electric yellow and each morning, as we drive to school, steam is lifting off the lake which is now warmer than the morning air. This last weekend we...
Last week’s blog was about a deep recognition that how you were parented has a profound effect on how you parent. It’s that part of becoming a parent where you swore you’ll never be like your parents. Then, caught in a summer afternoon struggle over...
Emotional blackmailing…whew sounds ominous! Right? And I’m the first to admit that I participate in this dynamic in my relationships #cringe. It’s what I do when I’m not setting healthy boundaries about how I treat myself- like we talked about in the last blog. If...
This week let’s continue to expand on the topic we were working with last week- about how the ways you were parented had, and most likely still do have, a profound effect on how you parent. It’s SUCH a big piece to look closer at, to examine in the present,...
The work we do here in Purejoy is about parenting. I’ve been asked if Purejoy would be supportive for someone who is not a parent themselves- and when I consider that question the answer is a resounding YES! Here is why- the way YOU were parented has a profound impact...
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