In your family, were you taught that “wants” were demanding? Was it safer to appear self-reliant and independent? If so, you grew up trying to quell your wants and learned to take care of others while repressing your own. Self-reliance and independence are...
As a young parent, I felt the most important piece I had to offer my daughter was being in service to her by helping, supporting, and teaching her. What I know now is that is not the greatest gift I have to offer. The greatest gift is seeing her, freshly, over and...
Do these words sound familiar? “I can’t let my kid….” As in “I can’t let my kid stay on the computer for hours”, “do her homework while listening to podcasts” “eat only pasta seven days a week”. Going to that place, which we all do, of looking at the...
Before becoming a Mom, I was incredibly judgy when observing how others parented. Witnessing parents getting angry with their kids and trying to control them, activated a secret sense of pride inside – I was SURE as a parent, I’d do it so differently....
It’s been an interesting week penetrating deeper into my judgments noticing what function my judge-mentality serves. What’s true for me may not be true for you, and yet I invite you to explore discovering your truth. Judgment happens in a snap, so while...
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