Janet’s Blog
IndigoBlue Magazine – Reparenting Yourself and Healing the Inner Child
By Kate Orson It is never too late to heal and recover from the past. Doing so can help us to lead happier, healthier, and vibrant lives in the...
Why anticipatory anxiety is like waiting for the other shoe to drop
How many times have you heard the phrase, waiting for the other shoe to drop? I know I have said it many times. That phrase has its origins in the...
What does it mean to love yourself?
Loving oneself is a daily practice of self care. Love is something that is ongoing. It is something to be celebrated daily for yourself. Love...
Help, my nervous system is out of control
What is a nervous system to do? Our children feel it, we feel it. When under stress our thoughts tend to take us into the future with worry. Right...
There is no how-to guide for when your child moves out
As a mom, I am left under prepared. I thought I would be ready. I thought I would feel differently than I do.
Parenting Consciously: A Starting Point For Learning to Yell Less
“What does conscious parenting mean?” “Who is a conscious parent?” “What does it mean to be a conscious parent?” These are the questions...
The Poppy
The Poppy At the end of my meditation on 3/23/20 I saw an image of a red poppy flower. I did not know why I saw this image. It was just there. When...
Let go of the old, embrace the new
Have you had the experience of trying hard for something, and it seems that the harder you try the more you can’t? I know this happens so often in...
You have not lost your mind.
Strategies to bring yourself back into the present moment. There have been many times in my life when it felt like I was losing my mind. Moments in...
How to move from self-sacrifice to self -care
We are being called forward, when we become parents, to heal. It is our children who are our awakeners. It is because of them that you see...
Emotions: the unexpected gift of being a conscious parent-part 4
This is the final piece in my series about how emotions are the unexpected gift when you parent from a conscious place. 10. Healing yourself Step...
Emotions: The unexpected gift of being a conscious parent -Part 3
This is part 3 in a series about the gifts of emotions when parenting consciously. I am walking this path of conscious parenting with all of you. ...