Picking up where we left off last time- powerlessness. For me, it often comes up when I just can’t get what I want, which is usually some kind of cooperation- then the powerlessness I feel inside triggers rage, and that’s when I behave in ways that don’t...
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...
Healthy Aggression? You are asking? I know there was a time that I sure was!?! How could aggression be anything other than horrible, wrong, bad? I asked Leslie in a session one summer afternoon after my son punched the neighbor kid. When it happened I was immediately...
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-...
My girl, she’s 9, said to me the other night as we were winding down for bed… I’m sad- and I don’t know why. It struck me- that she was just willing to be with the feeling of sadness. I asked her- how is that for you? She said- sad. So we just sat there, with...
I was in the middle of the kid’s leggings section of Target with my girls the other day – a feelings rich place for all of us. I knew we weren’t the only ones- I related to another mama who had the same agenda as me, get in there, get the things we...
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