Social Butterflies
If you’re homeschooling, or considering it, “But how will they learn to socialize?” is one of the first questions people tend to ask. Liam and I have been asked countless times during the four years we’ve been homeschooling, and in all honesty it was one of our top concerns before making the leap from public [...]
Feel and Release
My favourite line with my clients is “Feel and release”. Feel, because we need to experience our emotions. Avoiding them by distracting ourselves doesn’t address anything. We potentially partake in some unhealthy distractions (drinking, smoking, binge eating, etc.) and we leave some part of our body to hold on to our feelings. Pushed far enough [...]
Bruises Aren’t Art
There’s quite an uproar online today about Edmonton’s Fluid Hair Salon advertisement. A glammed-up lady with a black eye, her “man” with a shiny trinket for her. Glamorizing domestic to advertise a hair salon. Are you as disgusted as me? The story has been covered by The Edmonton Journal and The Edmonton Sun. The salon [...]
This is not a cop-out post
This isn’t a cop-out post for the Summer Blog Challenge. Really! This is me sharing a resource for relaxing. Between the appealing graphics and the calming music, this is an excellent tool to release tensions and quiet mental chatter before going to bed. Okay, I’m being just slightly cheeky here, but I’m trying really hard [...]
Just Feeding My Kid
There are few parenting topics that stir up emotions like breastfeeding. Put the “breastfeeding in public” spin on it, and you’re likely to get a wide array of passionate opinions offered up. From snarky remarks to blatant harassment, there’s a lot of negativity directed at moms breastfeeding in front of others, and I’d like to [...]
Yummy Eats
I haven’t posted any recipes in ages and I have a few I want to share. The first two I’ve adapted from some recipes I found on a page of Paleo breakfast recipes. Coconut Cakes (These are delicious and crepe-like. The kids like to put cooked berries on them and roll them up. So yum! [...]
A Night of Love
Tonight I had the pleasure of attending Social Circlet, a social event put together by Bibagogo to bring together entrepreneurs and business owners. It was a night of fabulous people, delicious food and wine, and great conversations. I learned two things tonight. The first was that you can take the Kim out of breastfeeding, but [...]
Happy
I’m fighting the urge to make this a cop-out post. It’s day 17 of the Summer Blog Challenge and my brain is mush. It would seem that not getting nearly enough sleep last night followed by a busy day today isn’t the best environment for coherent thoughts. In the name of this not being a [...]
Three Ring Circus
One of the things I love most about unschooling is the way that our days often take us in places I never could have planned. Today was a perfect opportunity for me to relearn the importance of an open schedule and a fully-present parent. We started off our afternoon going outside. I wanted to make [...]
Kim On My Shoulder
There are nights I wish I had a small version of me sitting on my shoulder, telling me the things I tell my clients. Tonight, I think that Kim would say something like this: Take a deep breath. Cut yourself some slack. Tackle one thing at a time, but nothing at all tonight after the [...]
