Asking for #HELP has become a Taboo that is learned in early childhood
This Simple Exercise Can Help Establish A Healthy Family Bond
When was the last time you did a family group hug? – posing for a picture standing next to one another does not count- lol. I love hugging my baby, I do so as much as I can throughout the day. I also love hugging my husband, and I always make sure that before he …
Bonding With Our Children: Being In The Room vs. Being Fully Present In The Room
I went to a messy paint class the other day. The one where your child will get soaked in paint from head to toe. I’ve always enjoyed WATCHING my baby get super messy and enjoy getting paint everywhere. Like most moms, I take a million pictures and feel happy for her. However, this particular class …
4 Tools To Help Implement Change When Healing
Changing when healing is hard- I know first hand. Changing patterns takes time, effort, and even concentration. It takes work to train our body, mind, and soul to do things we’ve never done before. So in the beginning, it may be uncomfortable and the reactions or responses you may get may even promote you to …
Parenting with love begins with taking responsibility for your own healing
Our children are teachers in tiny bodies. These are master teachers who’ve come to show us and teach us the things that we need to heal in order to grow and to evolve. Through many generations, we have forgotten this and have put the responsibility of our pain onto our children and have taken for …
Adult Children of Divorce: the Distrust, Wounds & Healing we must Process in order to find Healthy Love.
As published by the Elephant Journal Magazine For the most part, divorces are messy, painful, and carry accumulated feelings of anger, resentment, and guilt. But what happens to the children after the divorce when these emotions are not healed? I know a lot of divorced parents who have parenting plans set for their children and …
Why do bullies exist?
Everyone talks about stopping bullies and the consequences they should have for their behavior. But let’s talk about the bullies themselves, why are they behaving this way? Why are they seeking to embarrass, shame, and hurt others? Today, for most families, everything is fast paced. You wake up, get dressed, eat, go to school or …
How I had reality knocked into me by my eight-month-old daughter– The Mirror Effect
What does your child see when they look in the mirror, how do they view themselves? Everyone we come in contact with is reflecting back to us a part of our lives and ourselves. Some people trigger feelings of love, hate, fear, and insecurities and we look at them and blame them for us feeling …