“”If you don’t believe in God, it may help to remember this great line of Geneen Roth’s: ‘that awareness is learning to keep yourself company.’ And then learn to be more compassionate company, as if you were somebody you are fond of and wish to encourage. I doubt that you would read a close friend’s Read More
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Sleep Time–Some Help
“Sleep when your baby does,” can be difficult advice to follow when you have one baby, with two children it can be almost impossible. In this last post in the series based on Dan Siegel’s, The Healthy Mind Platter ,we look at the last serving and maybe the most challenging of all: Sleep Time, “When we Read More
The Silence Beneath…Time In
“Draw alongside the silence of stone until it’s calmness can claim you.” –-John O’Donohue ( lines from “Blessings for the Exhausted”) “Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits.” — John O’Donohue (lines from “Anam Cara: A book of Celtic Wisdom”) Every parent knows the thousand sounds a Read More
Play It Again
“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair”— Khalil Gibran One day, I woke up and realized I had forgotten how to play. I had been an expert as a child. Many parents get overwhelmed with the responsibility of caring for a Read More