“Your problem is how you are going to spend this one and precious life you have been issued. Whether you’re going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who Read More
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Peace: Ending The Mommy Wars Within
A new round of debates about motherhood and feminism have been spawned by the book, “Conflict”, by Badinter. In The Eternal Internal Mommy Wars, Dell’Antonia describes the debates as an expression of the constant war within mothers (and now more frequently within fathers) between satisfying their own needs and those of their child. This dichotomy Read More
Anticipation
I can’t help flying up on the wings of anticipation. It’s as glorious as soaring through a sunset… almost pays for the thud.” ― L.M. Montogomery What are you anticipating? When your child sleeps through the night?A meal that doesn’t end up on the walls? Or maybe your child’s first words or first smile. As Read More
MOOD Rx FOR PARENTS: 3 WAYS TO DANCE WITH EMOTION
“The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” — Kahlil Gibran Sara, a young mom, told me, “ I felt like the luckiest person on the planet last week. I even found myself humming as I Read More