by Jessica Henderson | Sep 27, 2022 | Connection, Healthy Separation, Joy Based Parenting
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...
by Jessica Henderson | Sep 6, 2022 | Boundaries, Connection, Unconditional Love
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...
by Jessica Henderson | Jul 12, 2022 | Connection, Emotional Maturity, Perception
Hello Loves! We’ve been working through some of the deeper feelings that drive your behavior in parenting over the last few blogs. We moved through cooperation versus compliance. Last week we talked about the energetics of rage and how when that rage arises inside of...
by Jessica Henderson | Jun 1, 2022 | Connection, Emotional Maturity, Offerings
I remember the first time I met the voice of the younger more vulnerable one in me. My kiddos had finally made it through bedtime routine and were tucked in their beds. The ones that needed my closeness to drift off were sleeping hard enough that I could slip out from...
by Jessica Henderson | May 6, 2022 | Boundaries, Connection, Healthy Separation
It is part of the human condition that children need connection, both physically and emotionally, with their caregiver. As a babe- your life depended on it. Love was the greatest commodity. If you couldn’t connect as yourself- at some point you most likely developed...
by Jessica Henderson | Mar 23, 2022 | Connection, Emotional Maturity, Judgements
I used to worry a lot! About how everything was going to work out for my kiddos – for their best, of course- because I love them so much! The funny thing about it is that when I got worried- I would barge into their experience with judgement and concern-...
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