Leading With Compassion
The world or parenting is one filled with choices. One kid or two? Cloth or disposable? Homeschooling or public schooling? The list goes on and on, with new choices to be made cropping up every new day and with every new stage. In the area of natural parenting just as with any other style of [...]
Self Care: A parenting must-have
As parents, we go through some pretty intense experiences. We grow and birth these little folks who fill our eyes and our hearts in ways we never could have imagined. We learn that random bodily fluids and sleeping through the night are really not that big of a deal. We spend hours watching our babies [...]
Chalkboard visualization
All of us parents have had those days. We finally make it through bedtime, and as we look at our child’s sleeping face we replay all the hard moments from the day. We hear our harsh words in our minds, we remember the moments we let our kids down, we berate ourselves for all those [...]
Gentle Parenting Principles
Last night I had the pleasure of listening to author Judy Arnall speak about gentle discipline. Judy donated her time to help the Attachment Parenting of Edmonton Society raise funds for our monthly meeting space. Judy’s information and approach were inspiring, and I had many lightbulb moments. Her description of various stages gave me insights [...]
The myth of having it all
Tonight, my mind is whirling after some inspiration from a fantastic piece of writing on mothering and feminism, and also from a friend’s blog entry about her struggles. Together, these pieces of writing have me pondering the disservice of the “You can have it all!” myth. Children are told they can be anything they set [...]
Tragedy
I sit at home and I see only what is in front of me. Dirty dishes. Laughing children. The dog who needs to be fed. Small things, in the big picture of it all. Big things, in the moment. I start reading stories of the violence in Egypt. People injured. People killed. People running scared [...]
Peace in my heart
This is the fourth entry I’ve written for tonight. I’ve started three and deleted them all. Maybe this one will stick around? I spent an evening working with some clients and my brain is all a-buzzy. I’ve got all these enormous ideas swirling around inside my head about the deep acts of service of mothers, [...]
