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...
I find this the MOST important thing, as a parent of an older child and teen

I find this the MOST important thing, as a parent of an older child and teen

Hello!It’s my son’s 10th birthday next week, and with a 14 year old daughter too, I find myself reflecting on how it’s different now, with an older child and a teenager.What’s different to looking after a baby and a younger child?Well, I find...
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...