Stories are a big part of our parenting journey. So many stories, ideas, beliefs, fantasies, nightmares, so much of our parenting journey is made up of stories. And most of the time, those stories are about the past. Or they’re about the future. I don’t...
Do you ever feel like giving up? Running away, disappearing, just giving it all up in your parenting. Well, if you do, it’s OK. It’s important to see this desire as a messenger not a destroyer. If you hear yourself saying, “I can’t do this...
As parents, we are expected to know what is best for our children. We are cast into this omnipotent role of the “all knower” and we often take this position on and forget we may not always know what is best. I began to see how I knew what was best from my...
Are you afraid to ask for what you want? As a child when you asked were you told you wanted too much or your parent expected you not to ask because they didn’t want to set their personal boundary? I learned to NOT ASK which meant I became self-reliant and...
Last week we talked about how to turn inside to attend to what is arising in us when our children are fighting. Once we are able to separate out enough from our emotional trigger and step back into our adult role we can offer our children some ways to work with what...
I grew up with a rageful mom and spent most of my life avoiding all situations that triggered my rage. I was terrified I would be like her so kept a lid on my rage by avoiding going deeper in a relationship. When I adopted my daughter I had HUGE expectations on myself...
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