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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

A Missing Key to Building Children’s Self-Esteem

A client asks, “How can I help my child have good self esteem, when I don’t?” The fact that she can recognize that this is a problem is the first step!  So often, parents, particularly those that have personal histories

Sylvia January 19, 2012January 19, 2012 Conscious Mothering 6 Comments Read more

Embracing vulnerability; what conscious pregnancy is teaching me about opening our hearts

The thin veil on emotions that one experiences while pregnant is a divine gift.  I have experienced this pregnancy as a time of great shedding; shedding old fears (what if, what if, what if), shedding old limiting beliefs (I can’t

Sylvia May 19, 2011May 19, 2011 Conscious Mothering, Healing 7 Comments Read more

Celebrating Easter’s Renewal with the wisdom of our Children

Every year, on Easter morning we take our children to Oak Canyon Nature Reserve; the woodsy piece of preserved land that we were married in.  As we walk the dirt and oak leaf covered trail, we talk about the new

Sylvia April 21, 2011April 21, 2011 Conscious Mothering, Nature Connections No Comments Read more

3 Steps to Nurturing your Child’s Intuition

Many have heard this story: A little girl who just became a big sister, is found in the baby’s room, leaning over the baby’s bassinet.  She is overheard asking the baby in a whisper, “Tell me what God is like,

Sylvia April 5, 2011April 6, 2011 Conscious Mothering, Spirituality/Intuition 5 Comments Read more

Little Body, Enormous Spirit: what my baby (in utero) is teaching me about the power of our souls

With all of my children, I have taken time while they were in utero to connect with their spirits.  With Lucas, in the midst of my anxiety about his health, I connected to a sweet, caring spirit assuring me that

Sylvia March 31, 2011April 7, 2011 Conscious Mothering, Spirituality/Intuition 6 Comments Read more

Getting Ready for Baby Three: the unexpected sweetness of change

My journey thus far with my children has been the greatest gift in my life; a daily, heavenly communing with bright souls I love so much.  I am very satisfied with my two children.  Which is partly why we took

Sylvia March 15, 2011March 15, 2011 Conscious Mothering No Comments Read more

A Conscious Parent’s Manifesto

More and more, women and families are seeking to parent with greater awareness, to nurture their child’s authentic spirit, and allow their full potential to be expressed.   Many of these same mothers and fathers are those who were wounded by

Sylvia March 2, 2011August 31, 2014 Conscious Mothering, Relationships & Community No Comments Read more

Redefining Santa for a New Generation

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

Sylvia December 9, 2010December 10, 2010 Conscious Mothering, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Healing, Healing Water

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

Sylvia October 14, 2010October 14, 2010 Conscious Mothering, Nature Connections 2 Comments Read more
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