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3 Essential Keys to Fulfilling Your New Year’s Resolutions!

3 Essential Keys to Fulfilling Your New Year’s Resolutions!

A child learning to crawl, reaches, stretches, cries in frustration, gives up at times, rests, then begins again following that innate desire to move forward. A child learning to walk, pulls themself to standing, bracing themselves as long as they

Sylvia January 19, 2014September 11, 2014 Uncategorized 2 Comments Read more

A Missing Key to harnessing The Power to Create Your Reality

“You have the power to create your own reality”  is a phrase I have heard often…and often because I grew up with people who were oppressed by very real things in life, such as domestic violence, sexual abuse, POVERTY, mental

Sylvia November 5, 2013September 11, 2014 Conscious Mothering, Healing, Relationships & Community, Spirituality/Intuition 2 Comments Read more

Understanding your Prickliness

This past Saturday, I was meandering silently through Oak Canyon, a local nature reserve, at the beginning of my Conscious Mothering retreat.  As I walked, opening to what Spirit had to teach me, I found myself standing, unable to move,

Sylvia October 17, 2013September 11, 2014 Nature Connections, Relationships & Community 4 Comments Read more

Embracing the Seasons of Life

While we have yet to see many traditional signs of Autumn here yet, the heat waves are bringing the familiar delicious beach weather and the signs for pumpkin spiced ‘this’ and ‘that’ are everywhere…so of course I am thinking about seasons.

Sylvia October 8, 2013September 11, 2014 Conscious Mothering, Nature Connections No Comments Read more

Real Love is Messy sometimes

It was messy…. Although the afternoon began well, with my daughter giving me the sweetest Valentine’s card ever…melting and opening my heart… a few very small conventional candies later (that I allowed from the bag of way too much sugar

Sylvia February 22, 2013September 11, 2014 Conscious Mothering, Healing, Relationships & Community, Uncategorized 2 Comments Read more

Conscious Birth: The one that changed everything

Sabriel Caius’ birth…. (grab a cup of tea) Being five days overdue I awoke on the morning of august 24th with incredible energy and a resolution to enter the day fully and simply ask, ‘what would be fun to do

Sylvia October 24, 2012September 11, 2014 Conscious Mothering, Healing 10 Comments Read more

Who is parenting your child?

Lately it has become even more apparent to me that parenting has less to do with what we say or do, but rather where we are coming from when we do. The other day my son Lucas who sprained his

Sylvia October 9, 2012October 10, 2012 Conscious Mothering, Uncategorized 6 Comments Read more

Welcoming Autumn with Our Children (Autumnal Equinox)

A day early, my dear friend Erin and I took our children to the beach to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox.  Over the years we have come together as kindred spirits in our love of nature and the rhythms it helps

Sylvia September 21, 2012September 22, 2012 Conscious Mothering, Nature Connections, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Preserving the Authentic Essence

I originally posted this many moons ago at www.innerbonding.com and thought I’d share it here… inspired by a conversation with a mama at the mini retreat this Saturday….this issue is timeless…. —- A few months ago, I attended an amazing

Sylvia September 11, 2012September 11, 2012 Conscious Mothering, Healing, Spirituality/Intuition 2 Comments Read more

Conscious Parenting: Preserving a Natural Pace

Our family is blessed to have vacationed in Maui many times over the years.  Every time we arrive and I feel the warm winds blow, I take a deep breath and feel my body melt with relief: here is a

Sylvia August 29, 2012September 5, 2012 Conscious Mothering, Healing, Nature Connections, Uncategorized 6 Comments Read more
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