I am a source of nurturing energy
Just for today, consider how your daily caretaking tasks are nurturing, affirmative, and impactful.
parenting
Healing yourself, loving the world
A Mother’s Day affirmative prayer
This marvelous prayer is from Rev. Lee Blaisdell, Senior Minister at Centers for Spiritual Living, Laurel. He shared it today at our service and I asked…
Relationship-based parenting
Relationship-based, not rule-based When I started my EFT work, my children were small and I was navigating my world of attachment, respectful parenting. I was…
Goals are okay, I’m okay
You remember the classic self-help book, I'm Okay, You're Okay? I love the idea of the four quadrants of okay, not okay, I, and the…
2015 Spring Energy Event
Hello my friends, I am just back from the 2015 Spring Energy Event - and wow! What a powerhouse gathering. I have so many notes,…
Favorite books for homeopathy
Yay, I'm very pleased. The book I use for homeopathic "prescribing" is now in Kindle form. My first go-to book has been the paperback 1997…
Co-sleeping 16 years later
It seems ridiculous now, but when my children were babies, it wasn't immediately obvious to me that it was okay to snuggle and co-sleep with…
The vaccination decision
When I first started blogging, it was as a new mother exploring motherhood and the all-so-important-at-the-time decisions that impacted my children and family. While this post…
Guilt getting in the way #120
In this third and final podcast on surviving our children's surgeries, I talk about a few things. One is how wonderful my son's current medical…
Making intuitive decisions #119
In the last podcast, I tapped on a blood draw on my baby in the doctor's office and how I had felt surprised and tricked. This…
Our children’s surgeries #118
When my son had an unexpected blood draw, I felt tricked and like I let him down. Tapping helped.
Hidden memories #107
The intention of this series is to support us in having a uniquely satisfying holiday month where we honor our own energy and our connection to…
The pain of “not enough” #102
Being aware of collective or ancestral feelings that might affect us and seeing the unique love we have for our children that can be hidden…
Listening to my children’s intuition
Am I supporting my children's connection to their intuition, inner knowing, physical instincts, mental capacities, emotional truth, and personal authority? To me this is the…
A new parenting paradigm
The history of parenting is rather brutal, with children once considered non-entities that could be discarded, killed, or used at the parent's whim. Over time,…
Clearing your birth story
Our children’s birth stories carry a lot of valuable information for us. Patterns for both you and your child are set and /or reinforced during…
New insights into your children
I recently introduced a fellow unschooling mom to human design -- the experience was such a relief for her. I'm finding that more and more…
My 7-year old can’t parent
Each of us have many aspects to us. One part of us is the cool, calm, competent adult. One part of us is the playful,…
The new parenting paradigm
I'm reading a fascinating history of parenting called Parenting for A Peaceful World by Robin Grille, available at the great site www.naturalchild.com. The author describes…
Supporting ourselves by pausing
I returned this week from taking a womb-surround birth process workshop. It was a life-altering experience for me and while I can't explain it all…