On Soul Fever
I could sense something was off but couldn’t quite put words to it yet. Day after day, positive reports about her school day, yet...
A HEAVY HEART: REPAIRING A RIFT
My tone wasn't mean. It was fairly matter of fact.
Maybe it seemed like no big deal at the time or no big deal reading this now.
Except
PRACTICING GRATITUDE
Practicing a gratitude ritual at the end of the day helps rewire the brain to seek evidence all day long to find things to be grateful for.
BEST POSSIBLE MOTIVES
The practice is, when faced with a challenging interaction, to always guess the thing you hope for or want it to be first.
This is the hear
RAISING GENEROUS KIDS
This article about how to raise generous kids was so touching to me, particularly because I have been thinking a lot lately about...
THOUGHTS + REACTIVITY
When I believe my child is vindictive, I act in vindictive ways.
I become tense, angry, prone to punishment, blame and aggression.
I see h
IMPROV PARENTING: YES, AND
The first rule of improv is "Yes, and."
"Yes, and" represents accepting (considering, hearing, not necessarily agreeing with) what your c
IMPROV PARENTING: SAY YES
The first rule of improvisation is "YES, AND." Saying yes is accepting another’s offer. When you are invited to participate in a dialogue
RESPONDING WITH INTENTION TO YOUR CHILD'S EMOTIONS
How can I soothe and support another person - be it my child or anyone I’m in relationship with - without assuring them (or insisting) that
IT'S ALL ABOUT ALIGNMENT
My search continued to narrow into more and more gentle approaches. I relied more on the feeling that I had in my body to tell me if what I
