Blog - Miriam Martineau

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A reading nook, created for you. About things that matter.

Things like Life and Parenting, Relationships, Psychological Health, Homeschooling and Spiritual Practice. I invite you to look around and read what catches your fancy. My hope: that this blog provides you with nods of encouragement, gems of insight and a sure sense that we are all in this together, that we are connected on this crazy, wild and wonderful journey of becoming and being fully human, right here and now, in daily life. And that it matters.

Let’s weave the conversation further, together.

Easter Saturday: suspended & heightened. The liminal space we find ourselves in during this pandemic.

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April 11, 2020

Easter Saturday. A day of waiting, of unknown. liminal, empty,…

Dear Teenagers – thinking of you during this COVID-19 pandemic

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March 25, 2020

Dear teenagers, As we find ourselves in the middle of this pandemic…

STEP-BY-STEP I A COVID-19 HEALTH PROTOCOL

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March 23, 2020

CORONAVIRUS : Taking steps for y-our health This protocol…

Our World in Flux: Coronavirus and our Ability to Respond

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March 12, 2020

CORONAVIRUS - REFLECTIONS & SUGGESTIONS on how to take personal…

To Let Come

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December 31, 2019

To Let Come I am not a calendar with Straight lines etched…

Befriending the Dark – A Solstice Reflection

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December 17, 2019

What is it we fear so This dark time of year? We…

Evolving Traditions — Keeping the Spark Alive

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December 5, 2019

Once upon a time, when my daughter was a wee lassie, I spent…

She did it!

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November 1, 2019

In my home country - Switzerland - on All Soul's Day - we…

Living and Being Lived Beyond My Self

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January 13, 2019

I had a long chat with my mum this Sunday and am left with a…

The Future of Parenting

June 26, 2018

Eternal Spring Cleaning

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March 13, 2018

My 99-year old grandma continues to inspire me. Ten years…

Renewing Culture – Keep, Chuck or Recycle?

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November 9, 2017

Last week in our parenting course, one set of questions we reflected…

Love Takes Many Forms ~ As Does Parenting

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November 7, 2017

Often our love for our children expresses itself in hugs, in…

On this Day of the Dead

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October 31, 2017

In my weekly phone chat with my 98-year old grandma this morning,…

Weaving Threads of Care and Love Across the Planet

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September 28, 2017

These past couple of days my mother-heart stretched again…

Father’s Day – Thank you!

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June 18, 2017

Dear Fathers! Today we celebrate you. We pause and reflect on…

Mother’s Day Love ~ The Breadth and Depth of It

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May 14, 2017

Dearest ones - mamas and mothering ones, all of you who pour…

A Key to Thriving in Relationship: Tune yourself! Just Like An Instrument

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April 29, 2017

You know those moments just before a symphony concert, when…

Change ~ from the Outside In

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April 14, 2017

FROM THE OUTSIDE IN ~ So much of my focus - in both my personal…

Hope buried, but there, stirring.

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February 11, 2017

A week ago I walked through a beautiful snow labyrinth made by…

New Year’s blessings & reflections

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January 4, 2017

January 4, 2017 Dearest ones, A new year has begun. Everywhere…

The Art of Parenting: Learning to Live at the Edge of the Unknown

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October 4, 2016

As parents — as people! — we all (I’m pretty sure all…

Bless You as You Step Out Into the World

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September 8, 2016

Dearest ones, This week many children, teens and young…

Tender Hearts Walking Around in Adult-looking Costumes

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June 23, 2016

June 21, 2016 A daily practice that is growing in me…

Easing into and out of

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June 23, 2016

June 7, 2016 On today's homeschooling menu we had: weeding…

Mother’s Day Blessing – A Prayer

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May 9, 2016

Dear fellow mothers - and with mothers I mean all of you who…

To Wait Actively

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March 15, 2016

Today I offer you these questions from Sue Monk Kidd’s “Where…

The Future of Parenting

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February 6, 2016

When asked to present a TED-like talk at Integral Life's "What…

Biased toward Productivity

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January 30, 2016

January 30, 2016 Often I don’t even notice it. Just how…

Gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

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January 6, 2016

In the week following our daughter's birth, one dear friend came…

Exploring Trust

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November 30, 2015

Last week, during our homeschooling English class, A. and I watched…

Always Choose Love

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October 27, 2015

October 27, 2015 This really is the essence of it all, isn't…

Learning through Imitation – What kind of model am I?

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June 14, 2015

June 14, 2015 Isn't this just the loveliest photo? I can look…

Shift in Perspective: A Key Ingredient to Parent Consciously

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May 26, 2015

So much about approaching parenting as a spiritual practice involves…

Regret: Facing, Feeling and Healing the Heartache of Lost Possibilities

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May 17, 2015

A friend and colleague, recently turned 40, shared the following…

Nourishing Yourself in the Middle of Parenting

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May 13, 2015

Dearest fellow parents and caregivers, Today I’d like to…

Dear Mothers ~ I See You

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May 10, 2015

Dearest mothers ~ keepers of the Hearth ~ mothers of children,…

Grace, Not Perfection, Is Our Standard

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May 7, 2015

Holding ourselves to a standard of Grace, not of Perfection. This…

Held in the Great Embrace

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May 4, 2015

As I became a mother and experienced the vulnerability, the cracked-openness…

Thinning Carrots and the Art of Discernment

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January 8, 2015

Sunday afternoon, with an hour to spare, I wander to the garden…

Inspired by Moments of Emotional Brilliance — Tender and Tuned In: Part 3

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October 20, 2014

Here's the third and final vignette in my three-part blog series…

Inspired by Moments of Emotional Brilliance — Tender and Tuned In: Part 2

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October 10, 2014

Here's the second vignette from my three-part blog series about…

Inspired by Moments of Emotional Brilliance — Tender and Tuned In: Part 1

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October 8, 2014

Children rely on our support and guidance in navigating the emotional…

Ode to the Elasticity of the Mother Heart

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October 4, 2014

I was a real family girl as a kid... well attached, loved my…

What to Do When My Child Lies? 13 Ways to Respond, Prevent, and Strengthen Honest Communication

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June 2, 2014

Think of the times in your life you have lied. And why. Were…

The Sustaining Weave of Small Gestures

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December 23, 2013

A few days ago, as I brought my Christmas mail to the post office,…

Receive Generously: Getting to the Core of Our Human Thirst

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July 8, 2013

I was 13 when, due to a number of conducive circumstances --…

You’re It! An Invitation to Show Up Fully

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November 12, 2012

Remember that feeling when you played tag as a kid and got caught?…

For the Interim Time…

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February 2, 2012

This past week, I have been living life with tears just behind…

Can You Be Grateful for What You Don’t Like?

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September 25, 2011

Lying under a starry night last week while camping and looking…