Parenting
Hearing Ourselves Again
Discernment in the Age of Information It has become commonplace to complain about the modern age… Technology is ruining childhood. Social media is destroying attention spans. AI is going to replace us all. Children don’t play outside anymore. Nobody connects anymore. And while many aspects of modern life really are unprecedented, especially the speed of…
Read MoreMaking Space
A simple weekly practice for creating breathing room If you’re anything like me, the weeks can disappear in a blur. You get to Friday and wonder… Wait, did we actually spend any time in nature this week? Or suddenly it’s Thursday morning and you’re scrambling to do the violin homework because… how did an entire…
Read MoreYou Do Not Have To Be Good
Life lately: burnout, unmet needs, and radical self-compassion This week has been filled with a very unfun stomach bug. My youngest got it first last week. Three mornings of vomiting first thing in the bed, yet somehow she mostly bounced back between episodes, as toddlers mysteriously do. The timing was especially unfortunate because it was…
Read MoreParenting My Children vs Reparenting Myself
Raising Children, Healing Ourselves | Aware Parenting Series, Part 1 Every time I choose to stay present with my children through big feelings, I’m reparenting myself. I didn’t know this when I first became a mother. Back then, I thought good parenting was mostly about getting it right. Read enough books. Learn enough. Make good…
Read MoreWhen the Sacred Left the Kitchen: Why We’re Hungry for Ritual
On Winter Solstice, sacred rhythms, and the marking of time. At the time of writing, today is Winter Solstice here in the Southern Hemisphere. By the time this is published, it will have been yesterday. The shortest day of the year. The longest night. I’ve been reading The Great Cosmic Mother, and one idea keeps returning…
Read MoreCold Water & Full Days
Life Lately: Sardines, Spreadsheets, and Solstice With the upcoming winter solstice, we’ve had some chilly weather here this week. Considering our temperatures rarely drop below 20°C, even in winter, our mornings have been down to around 14°C. Which, let’s be honest, is not exactly cold by many people’s standards, but it is cold enough here…
Read MoreBaby Massage for Dummies
When I first became a mom over a decade ago, I wasn’t working at the time, and my then husband was still finishing up his studies. So I cashed in a small investment I had to buy all the baby essentials I was convinced I needed. You know; a pram, a high tech baby monitor,…
Read More7 Time management tips for working & homeschooling moms
Reading time: 7 min This year, working from home, whilst schooling from home, has become mainstream. Now, more than ever moms are in need of some superhuman time management skills. I can’t say I am unhappy about it (whilst I most certainly am unhappy about the circumstances; loss of freedom, and the projected 50% unemployment…
Read MorePositive Parenting
This is an excerpt from the book ‘Money and the Law of Attraction’ by Esther and Jerry Hicks. Not normally the book I would go to for parenting advice, but I tend to find tidbits of wisdom to support my parenting journey in all media I consume, as it is a passion of mine –…
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