We’ve all had that kind of day. We forgot to be mindful. We forgot to be compassionate, and maybe we forgot to be kind, especially to ourselves. Stacey, a mom I work with, told me about having a day of mindfulness lost not long ago. She went to the grocery store at the end of Read More
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Basic Trust: Not just for Baby
Do you focus most of your attention on your baby? Do you notice when her diaper is wet without criticizing her for peeing? I think the answer is a resounding “YES”. We do this naturally so our babies will develop trust that the world as a safe, loving, and caring place. However, at the same Read More
Mothers Day: How To Find More Peace Within
Julia Ward Howe wrote the “Mother’s Day Proclamation” in 1870. She asked for women to come together in counsel in “the great and general interest of Peace.” This great and general interest of Peace includes feeling at peace with ourselves, and many of us are still working on that. We may struggle with a deep Read More
How Do You Renew You?
It is the season of renewal. Spring is unabashedly about tender and new. The underside of a newly unfurled leaf is as soft and delicate as our newborn’s skin. Sometimes we are so busy parenting, that we may feel, “who has time for unfurling leaves?” Fortunately, we don’t have to DO anything about the unfurling leaf, Read More