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Dealing with Disappointment

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...

Growing Yourself Up

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...

Too Much Connection

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...

Worry No More

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-...

Raising A Kid?

by Jessica Henderson | Mar 7, 2022 | Connection, Healthy Separation, Joy Based Parenting

What if you aren’t raising kids- as much as creating an environment of emotional safety around them that supports them growing into the brilliant human being they are becoming in this life? My son is 18. He says to me every now and then of his siblings- ‘you would...

A Story of SafeSeat in Action

by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Feb 28, 2022 | Big Feelings, Connection, SafeSeat

I thought you might enjoy hearing a story from a client of the SafeSeat in action. “I find myself intrigued and awed by the possibilities that reveal themselves with the SafeSeat practice. As sung in Encanto, I wonder what else I can do! For me, the SafeSeat practice...