by PureJoyParenting | Jan 28, 2018 | Blog
As a child, your tender heart was exposed to many situations in which you needed your caretaker to protect you from the intensity which was evoked in your tiny body. Of course, you acted out your vulnerable feelings. What else were you supposed to do? And yet the... 
by PureJoyParenting | Jan 27, 2018 | Blog
The price of deep transformation in our parenting is high. It means we have to be willing to shift our perspective on our child’s behavior and let go of our loyalty to “being right”, “knowing what is best”, “power and control”... 
by PureJoyParenting | Jan 24, 2018 | Big Feelings, Blog, Connection, Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice
As parents, we are expected to know what is best for our children. We are cast into this omnipotent role of the “all knower” and we often take this position on and forget we may not always know what is best. I began to see how I knew what was best from my... by PureJoyParenting | Oct 26, 2017 | Big Feelings, Blog, Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Sibling Conflicts
Last week we talked about how to turn inside to attend to what is arising in us when our children are fighting. Once we are able to separate out enough from our emotional trigger and step back into our adult role we can offer our children some ways to work with what... 
by PureJoyParenting | Oct 19, 2017 | Blog
Do you have the expectation your children should always get along with each other? If so, why? Is it because you feel discomfort when they don’t get along? Do you believe everyone in the house should be peaceful? Are you afraid they’ll hate each other as adults?... by PureJoyParenting | Jun 29, 2017 | Big Feelings, Blog, Boundaries, Unconditional Love
Have you ever felt a BIG nudge and knew it was time to jump into the water even though you resisted like CRAZY? I’ve felt this countless times in my parenting and often found it easier to resist and create a million reasons to stay with the norm rather... 
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