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Parenting Paused

Jan 26, 2021

Next time you hear a judgy thought, especially about your child's behavior, see what happens if you stop fueling the storyline. Take the judgment inside and be with it. Offer it kindness. Inquire. My question to myself is, "do you need to feel right in this moment? What might happen if you open your curiosity to why...


Jan 19, 2021

My concept of time tends to be very linear. One step leads to the next, to the next. When I need to be somewhere I start marking out my steps so I can get to where I am going on time. However it was clear from a very young age, my daughter didn’t live in a linear time as I did. She had her own sense of time and...


Jan 12, 2021

Am I willing to see when my child is defiant and resistant, that there's something in their interior landscape that's distressing, and it may have to do with me and how I'm choosing to be with them? 
 
When my daughter expresses intense resistance, I PAUSE and check inside asking: where am I parenting from? Nine times...


Jan 5, 2021

Stories are a big part of our parenting journey. So many stories, ideas, beliefs, fantasies, nightmares, so much of our parenting journey is made up of stories.
 
And most of the time, those stories are about the past.
 
Or they're about the future. I don't know about you, but, oh, my gosh, when my child was young and...