You better watch out, you better not cry, You better not pout, I’m telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town! I am astounded at Christmas time, how much talk there is about being “good or bad,” “naughty or nice.” At first I edited books while reading, skipping over those parts in stories I [...]
Here is a story about how children (and we) can use water to intuitively heal or destress, that I wrote after watching one of my favorite muses…. “Healing healing water For my little daughter Healing Healing has begun Now the pain be gone be gone” – Shea Darian, Seven Times the Sun Tonight I was [...]
Here is an article I wrote two years ago, describing the way our pasts touch our present life as mothers and offer many moments for healing, growth and surrender…. “I want to wake up I want to know where I’m going I want to go where the rivers are over-flowing I’m ready to let the [...]
Lucas is turning seven this week. Seven is such a magical age, and here we are. Every evening a dream of tender connection as he shares his heart, his questions and his delightful discoveries of the day. I can look back and think of many moments when I have bemoaned the fact that my children [...]
My clients often say, “I know, I know you always say I need to take care of myself too” because it is an essential component of mothering that I address repeatedly. Yet what I have realized is that often my encouragement toward self-care is heard as yet another thing to do, something else to add [...]
A friend of mine who shares my delight in making green smoothies with a Vitamix (highpowered blender), came bearing a wonderful gift surprisingly full of fun for the whole family: a pair of noise cancelling headphones. The Vitamix is horribly loud, killing that peaceful vibe of healthy eating. She discovered that putting these on greatly [...]
The other day, I was talking with a friend about her concerns for her daughter and all the “girl drama” she has experienced at school. In my “past life” as a school social worker, I would have addressed the symptom, and discussed problem solving skills, self-esteem building tips, etc. But today as I stood there, wondering what [...]
We are coming out of a week of being sick with coughs, colds and fevers. The exhaustion Ifeel reminds me of life with baby. When we start to have more freedom because our children’s needs are now less physically intense, we can forget what life was like and why things moved so slowly then. I [...]
Last week Sean and I eagerly packed our trailer to join a large group of school friends for camping in Carpinteria. This would be our inaugural trip with our tent trailer.. the entre into “princess camping” and I was ready!! The only glitch was that while Sean was driving up with us to help set [...]
