by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Feb 6, 2023 | Emotional Maturity, Healthy Separation, Perception
Families come in all shapes and sizes. I adopted my daughter from China as a single mom which was a “lot” radical for my Southern family. Did I say I was 45 years old at the time? HA! Growing up in a Southern home I had a parenting template that conditioned me to...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Jan 16, 2023 | Big Feelings, Blog, Boundaries, Connection, Healthy Separation, Judgements, Parenting Advice
This week let’s look at the difference between exploring and explaining. Do you find yourself exploring with your child, exploring what’s going on, exploring their experience, showing up for them to explore their world, how they see things, the conclusions...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Dec 26, 2022 | Big Feelings, Emotional Maturity, Healthy Separation, Uncategorized
Welcome to all of the new folks who have made your way here via the Happily Family conference! This week we’re talking about how you treat yourself. When my kiddos were little I was really focused on having a healthy relationship with them. I wanted to be the best mom...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Dec 6, 2022 | Healthy Separation, Perception, Responsibility
Have you ever felt stuck!? It’s a common parenting conundrum, for sure. I’ve been there many times. I get stuck in frustrations, sadness, the mom guilt cycle we have talked about here before. In the Purejoy view we see that you are never truly stuck, but that you...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Oct 12, 2022 | Connection, Emotional Maturity, Healthy Separation
Sign up for Happily Family Conference by clicking HERE. Last week in the Purejoy blog we talked about self-aggression and how it forms early in our human experience. This week we share the remedy for this: Kindness. Take a minute and consider- what does it mean to...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | 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...
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