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Emotions: The unexpected gift of being a conscious parent – Part 2
This is part two in a series about the gift of emotions when parenting consciously. 5. “Mistakes” are really learning opportunities ...
Emotions, the unexpected gift of being a conscious parent – Part 1
There are many gifts when you become a parent. Those gifts come in varying sizes, shapes, temperaments and personalities. There are also...
Why wishful hoping does not work.
Almost 20 years ago I cut a Ziggy cartoon, by Tom Wilson, out of the newspaper. It is a picture of Ziggy standing in front of a door which is...
Living in the Flow of grief
My mom died. There is no other way to say it. Using euphemisms does not soften the blow. I...
Relating to another by being in the pause.
A few weeks ago, I went to a sporting event with my husband and teenage daughter. My daughter had been on crutches for the past few weeks. She was...
Your commitment to self care is your most important job.
The commitment to self care must be a daily job. You would not blow off your work day and make excuses not to go, therefore, you can not blow...
The pain of the past is the pain of your present
We spend a lot of time wanting to avoid our painful memories. Who wants to go back there, right? We can not understand what good it would do...
Fear, Vulnerability, Anxiety: How to help yourself out
Fear shuts the door to abundance. Fear has the power to shut you down and bring you to your knees. It puts you in a place of vulnerability...
Courage on the roller coaster ride to healing
What we hold onto hold us back. The story we repeatedly tell our self is the emotional bondage that keeps us trapped. If you have trapped yourself...
Creating Stillness in a Chaotic World
Do you ever have days in your life where the outside world is chaotic, busy, loud, overwhelming and feel you just want all the noise to stop. Times...
Growth and self doubt
There is no room for self doubt if there is to be growth. Doubt slows you down and gets in the way of growing into who you are truly meant...