Now that the actual Time Magazine article is out on newsstands, I wanted to share my perspective on the article, and not only about the cover. And I would love to hear yours. To sum it up, I felt as though the article itself was an unfair representation of both Attachment Parenting, and Dr. Sears. […]
Conscious Parenting: Presence and Popsicles
Our homemade fruity dessert treat A few weeks ago, a wonderful post was floating around social media circles about making your own fruity popsicle treats. I just loved the idea and with my little culinary inclined daughter, we made these one afternoon after school. We gathered up some of our organic fruits and began slicing. […]
Conscious Parenting: Time Magazine cover good or bad for attachment parenting?
I had a great discussion this morning on San Diego’s News 6 morning show about the controversial upcoming Time Magazine cover that features a young mom breastfeeding her 3 year old son. How did you feel when you first saw the Time Magazine cover? My first reaction to this photo was […]
Why I will NOT be watching Hunger Games
For the past several days, all I have seen across the entertainment news is the huge promotion and hype around the premiere of The Hunger Games. I have not seen it (nor will I), however, I know enough about it to know I don’t want to give my time, and my dollars, to the makers […]
Huh? My daughter telling ME about her birth?
We’ve all heard some incredible stories that children share when they are little. Imagination? Or something else? A sweet, wonderful book called Before I Got Here: The Wondrous Things We Hear When We Listen to the Souls of Our Childrenby Blair Underwood (yes, the actor) might have you take pause if you’ve never thought about […]
“Do you make your child say they are sorry” Part 2
Thank you to everyone who participated in the discussion had both on this site, and on Facebook the other day, regarding my post about making your child apologize if they aren’t feeling sorry at that moment. I want to acknowledge how awesome you all are in keeping the discussion a respectful and open one. […]
The magic of intention: Part 2
Just got back from meeting the wonderful, soulful people who found our family’s most sentimental possession the other day. Here is the continuation of the serendipitous story……(see prior blog post for part 1) I wanted to share the link to their site in case you are interested in checking them out. Beautiful music […]
Fertility over 40 and the concept of fear
The other day, I went to my DVR as I had a need for some down time. Recently, I began recording episodes of Dr. Oz, because while I don’t agree with him wholeheartedly on many issues, I believe he is doing a lot of good in getting the discussion started on many “alternative” or holistic […]
Do you make your child say “I am sorry” even if they are not?
We have all done it. Our child does something socially unacceptable, with witnesses, and we need to step in and be a parent. And teach them how to recover from their blunders. We see the indiscretion happen, we immediately intervene. We tell our child, “That is not OK. Tell your friend that you are sorry.” […]
A conscious parenting lesson….from a cat
I want to publicly thank someone for impacting my life, and my family’s life, in such a positive way. Thank you, Jackson Galaxy, for doing your life’s work. I am forever grateful for you. (this is a long post, but I promise, I do tie this into a lesson in the end) This is my […]