Ten reasons why your parenting is making a difference to our planet

Ten reasons why your parenting is making a difference to our planet

Hello! Seeing this picture of Sunny with the world has inspired me to write about why I think our parenting is so valuable.   (And before I write more, I want to invite you to refrain from hitting yourself with emotional sticks. All the things that I talk about...
Two moments yesterday when I saw how much I’ve grown as a mother

Two moments yesterday when I saw how much I’ve grown as a mother

Hello!I had two moments yesterday when I realised how much I’ve grown as a mother and human being.One was with my son, who’s 10.We took my daughter, 14, to go bowling with the homeschooling teens group, at a town an hour away from where we live. And he had...
How I’ve changed since I first started practicing Aware Parenting

How I’ve changed since I first started practicing Aware Parenting

Hello!If you are practicing Aware Parenting, I wonder how you have changed, and how your perspective about Aware Parenting has changed, since you started practising Aware Parenting?I remember clearly, more than fourteen years ago, when I started practising Aware...
Guilt and shame are like hitting ourselves with emotional sticks

Guilt and shame are like hitting ourselves with emotional sticks

Hello! I wonder if you read my last email, which was all about differentiating between thoughts and feelings? I am so passionate about helping mothers free themselves from self-punishment, and I find myself wanting to write more about this.   I used to think that...