Have you ever experienced an ongoing question from a child that just drives you crazy? They asked, you answered, but the begging and pleading continued? My kids used to ask me questions about various things over and over again, trying desperately, but not knowingly, to wear me down. Child – “Mom, can I have another…
Lately, I find myself having nightmares about turkeys flying through the air, and recipes to make for Thanksgiving. While these seemingly trivial dreams may not sound troubling, the meaning beyond the face-value is significant for me. Perhaps you can relate. Are you worrying about or wondering how you will navigate the holiday season amidst all…
While I try to be as politically agnostic as possible in my work, I cannot help but take the first presidential debate as an opportunity to highlight a parenting moment. Regardless of your political views or favorable candidate, I think we can all view this moment as purely parental, leaving politics out of it. Debates,…
As each new day passes by, many parents are experiencing significant emotions themselves and seeing them simultaneously within their children. Many of my clients ask me about the anxiety they are beginning to see come to light within their children. Anxiety rates among children have been on the incline. The CDC reports that “7.1% of…
We cannot punish our children into “good,” “acceptable,” or proper behavior.” However, for many of us, we have been conditioned to think that we can. Or even that we should. Let’s talk about behavior and the deeper meaning. Behavior is often a form of communication for our children to be seen and heard by us,…
We are all “prickly” at times in our lives. You might wonder what that means. Prickliness is a state of reaction. When someone is prickly, perhaps they are becoming easily annoyed, quickly angered, or are quick-tempered. If we were thinking of a bush, we would describe it as sharp, thorny, or coarse. We are all…
I’ll never get lost again. In relationships, marriage, motherhood, or as a business owner it is quite easy to lose yourself. Finding one’s true self definitely helps us stay in alignment with who and what we are about. When we learn to follow our inner compass all of our actions echo our true identity. In…
We all have fears. Recently I have been thinking a lot about this subject, as it has come up often in my coaching sessions. Perhaps this is because of all the things that are going on in our world right now, or perhaps fear has always had a strong role in our lives. Fear is…
My mom and I had a conversation that brought me into a state of thinking deeply. What does living our truth really look like these days? In our nightly talk, she shared that this time is really serving her. She hasn’t been going out or seeing people. She has been taking time to walk outside,…
Why do we feel like we were living in more certain times during 2019? Was it because the world was open, we could mingle and socialize, go to restaurants, stores, and travel freely without thought? Was it because we felt like we had autonomy over our lives? Life is full of uncertainty – the art…
