I exhaled and listened with my eyes closed as my son ran to his room. His feet pounded the hallway and the door slammed shut with a swoosh and a crash. I heard the all-too-familiar sounds of paper flying up from the wind of the door and the door key crashing to the wood hallway …
It was 5:30 AM and I was again comforting my older son as he continually vomited. Over and over it became our morning ritual from 4:30 to 6 every day. The doctor diagnosed him with a condition that is basically childhood migraines. I knew there was something else wrong. It was rooted in anxiety. …
What are the qualities you want to see in your child when they grow up? Do you want them to be trustworthy? Independent? Resilient? Creative problem-solvers? Critical thinkers? Most people agree on the qualities that would be ideal to instill in their children by adulthood. Aside from the above, we want them to: …
My older son was about four when I decided to lock all of his toys away in a closet. I was so tired. And he wouldn’t help with clean-up, so I decided locking his toys away was a fair consequence. I tried to prevent him from playing – I thought he should feel the weight …
Previously I talked about how the Modern Parenting Mindset (compassionate parenting) differs from authoritarian and permissive parenting. Here I will answer the question of what is the Modern Parenting Mindset? At the heart, it is a belief that a joyful life can be lived in tandem by parent and child. The strategy to …
My body flooded with anxiety and my head went to those thoughts – the ones where we wonder if my child is trustworthy, regret that they have made a mistake, worry about the consequences of the mistake, and (embarrassingly) worry that it will reflect on me. It was 7:59pm and my son’s attendance for school …
It was so fun to be interviewed by fellow parenting coach and educator, Mia Clarice. Check it out!
“I am the creator of connection” – HP My eyes welled up and I got goosebumps when my client expressed these wise words. What can be more powerful than being the creator in a chaotic situation? When we make the mind-shifts that are necessary to know at the core of our body that we are …