So many mothers sheepishly tell me they feel like bad mommas. The secret mantras that hum in the background of many a mother’s mind is; “I suck at this”, “Everyone is better at this than I am”, “Why can’t I ____ as well as _________(fill in the blank)?” Humming in the morning, when you realize Read More
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Pausing; How To Practice When You Don’t Have Time
Imagine this. Your toddler is having a meltdown in the grocery store. Your own heartbeat speeds up and your breathing becomes shallow in a nanosecond. You feel your child’s distress and your own. This is where we hit the “pause” button and imagine something different (and you can try it right now). You take several Read More
One Minute Practice For Parents: Chest and Heart Opener
As parents we spend hours folded around our children, hugging, scooping, holding. As a result the muscles in our back can stretch and lengthen and our chest contracts. This is also the posture of fear and it can lead to feelings of heaviness and anxiety as well as love and protection. Here is a chest and Read More
Love And The Broken Open Heart of Parenting
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” – Elizabeth Stone My son was 18 months old the first time he couldn’t breathe. The day had been an ordinary one, filled with unfurling toilet paper rolls and drawing on walls. Read More