So much about approaching parenting as a spiritual practice involves shifts in perspective… The shift from “It’s all happening to me” to “What choices am I going to make?” The shift from being consumed by / immersed in my own perspective to considering my child’s perspective. How does the world look like, feel like from […]
A friend and colleague, recently turned 40, shared the following sentiment, “I have now reached the age when I experience regret. And it sucks.” There, he said it. Just like that. I remember the relief I felt, hearing someone speak this out loud. Not whitewashing the experience with something like, “But it’s all good!” or […]
Dearest fellow parents and caregivers, Today I’d like to tell you about something so simple, and yet that can change our days and lives as parents, moment by creative moment. Yesterday afternoon I was picking up A. from her dance class. The evening sun was soft and warm. There is a lovely bench just in […]
Dearest mothers ~ keepers of the Hearth ~ mothers of children, mothers of Life, mothering ones, Yesterday a fellow mother surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. She looked me straight in the eyes and thanked me for the mother I am. She wished me a happy Mother’s Day, and in a few words, […]
Holding ourselves to a standard of Grace, not of Perfection. This quote has become one of my favorite reminders. Every time I say it to myself, I breath more fully and deeply. My shoulders relax. Life is lighter. It’s so important to remember this when we lift the bar of what is possible as parents […]
As I became a mother and experienced the vulnerability, the cracked-openness and the simultaneous demand by Life to gradually release my daughter as she ventured out into the world in ever-increasing circles, I asked my mother, “How did you manage that? To let us go, to not worry too much, to not stifle us with […]
Sunday afternoon, with an hour to spare, I wander to the garden to thin some baby carrots – those wee beginnings of carrots, just tufts of green really – so as to create more space for the few I leave to fully grow and flourish. The sun is warm on my back as I get […]
Here’s the third and final vignette in my three-part blog series on delightful expressions of emotional health and capacity in children, ones that surprise and hearten us amidst the journey of helping them develop emotional intelligence (you can find the first one here> and the second one here>). This one was shared with me by […]
Here’s the second vignette from my three-part blog series about delightful expressions of emotional health and capacity in children, ones that surprise and hearten us amidst the journey of helping them develop emotional intelligence (you can read the first one here>): It’s a golden late summer’s day. My daughter — 11 now — steps on […]
Children rely on our support and guidance in navigating the emotional ups and downs of life. Developing emotional intelligence takes time and is an ongoing journey for every human being. And yet our children sometimes also surprise us with delightful expressions of emotional health and capacity. Over the past few months I have witnessed a […]
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