I am thrilled to announce that I’ll be speaking at The Conscious Communication (Creating Healthy Relationships) Summit 2020. The Summit is from Feb. 15 – 23rd. It is organized by Gina and Coy Heath from The Purpose Collective. I’d love for you to attend. Join us in co-creating healthy parenting and partnership practices. Join us…
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The 3 biggest lies that have ever been told. Lie # 1 You are not good, you were not born good. There is something wrong with you. You are not acceptable the way you are. You are not enough. You need to be something different than who you are. Who knows what I’m talking about?…
If you are a Leader to your children at home (and you are), what kind of tone are you setting for them to follow? How are they learning to think, feel and act based on what they see from you. If you were to observe you, what would you say? What kind of tone are…
Observing and accepting the emotional experience of yourself and your child might be the secret to calm and skillful parenting. When you observe and accept, you diffuse reactionary responses in yourself and your child. When you accept your emotions it means really acknowledging and becoming aware of them. When you become aware of your own…
Here is the truth: I yell at my children NOT because of their behavior. I yell because of how I feel inside. Their behavior triggers a feeling inside of me that I don’t like. It is the feeling inside of me that I want to stop. What is that frustration speaking to? What is underneath…
Lack of respect and getting their kids to listen to them is often the top challenge for parents. There was a time that this was my top challenge too. Here is what I did to address it and completely turn things around for the better. I approached parenting as a leadership position. I took what…
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” I never liked this question. I think it’s limiting. Here is why. 😲 It focuses on a job/career as a person’s identity. 😀 Who a person is more important that what job they have. 😲 It focuses on coming up with an answer that would…
I don’t say this to bash gentle Parenting people, but as a cautionary tale. I have heard there is no such thing as too much love or connection for a child. This is what some gentle/attachment parents say. Yes there is. (In a way). Stay with me. There are parents who consider themselves to be…
To the parents who are trying but feel it’s not enough: There will be times when you make mistakes. For me…I will make many more mistakes. In these moments, we all have a choice to make. We can give ourselves compassion or judgement. I’m hoping that you choose compassion, for you and your children. My…
Most of the time you are kind and in control, but once in a while you lose your shit and get really negative and toxic. In quiet moments, you understand the impact that your negativity is having on your children, but you decide to ignore that reality, hoping that things will just somehow change…or that…
