by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Nov 13, 2020 | Big Feelings, Blog, Podcasts
For a good part of my life, I believed I didn’t have the support I needed in order to walk through the difficulties of life. Life should be easier, because it all felt like too much. Things were coming at me faster than I could handle. It had to STOP. In childhood I...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Nov 11, 2020 | Big Feelings, Blog
I find it challenging to make contact with the vulnerable parts of myself. There are parts that are so tender, it’s easier to keep them hidden, and to appear judgmental and angry instead of revealing them. In doing so, I cut off from my true nature, which is love. ...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Nov 9, 2020 | Big Feelings, Blog, Boundaries
Disappointment is one of the core feelings I experience in life, especially in my parenting. This morning, getting ready to go out for my usual morning walk I realized that my jacket, which was supposed to be hanging by the front door, was still upstairs. As I...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Nov 4, 2020 | Big Feelings, Blog, Boundaries, Joy Based Parenting
One of my favorite parts of spring is buying flowers to spread throughout my yard. I live in CO where it can get quite hot quite fast and left a flat on my porch planning to plant them the next day. On my morning walk as I approached the porch I noticed how droopy...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Oct 30, 2020 | Big Feelings, Blog
I never thought accepting my rage was possible. As a child, I grew up with a raging mom. I swore I’d never be like her so as an adult, I organized my life to never feel rage. Little did I know that rage was silently waiting for a chance to reveal itself. I was...
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