The greatest gift I’ve received this lifetime is the honor of becoming a mother. I was living a wild crazy bohemian lifestyle and I almost forgot to be a mom. As strange as that sounds, I was having such a good time letting life lead me when all of a sudden I...
Let’s talk about the true meaning of kindness. For years, I thought kindness meant “being nice” and yet I discovered it went much deeper than this. I only wanted to “be nice” to certain behaviors that I perceived were appropriate. Once I saw it wasn’t about behavior...
The first time I read about attachment parenting, something inside said, YES! I was raised in a very traditional home, so even the thought of co-sleeping with my child seemed radical. Fortunately, I have a strong desire to dive deep under my conditioning to meet my...
It’s hard to honor your child if you weren’t honored in your own family. As a child, your parents may not have been able to receive you as your full self. Instead, they would pick and choose which parts of you made them comfortable. When I became a parent, I carried...
When my daughter was young, I’d always look forward to our park visits. I’d convince myself everything was going to go great and she would behave perfectly. I mean what could go wrong, right? Tons of screaming kids running around fighting over who could go down the...
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...
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