Presence, Control Patterns, and Saying Yes to Life
Recently, I’ve started practicing what I call ‘Present Time’ again with my children. How I practice Present Time First, I make sure that I’ve done anything that I might otherwise keep thinking about – such as making a phone call, or doing the washing up. I put on a...The Dual Nature of Parenting
This week I’ve been thinking about the dual process that goes on in parenting. How are are with our children, from when they are babies in the womb, has profound implications on the way their life unfolds. How we mirror them, how we perceive them, becomes how they...Do You Stop Yourself Being All That You Can Be?
I’ve been finding what a difference it makes for me when I really let myself be myself and do what is really alive for me, rather than trying to be an idea of an aware parent. I see the difference in my children when I am trying to be something else compared to when...Read moreI wonder if the title caught your attention. It came to me this week. I know that when I am aligned, when I’m caring for myself, when I’m deeply connected with my children and they are deeply connected to themselves, life is heaven. There is love, there is joy, there is a wonder in being alive.