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Healing generational trauma

How you feel and think about your parenting is proving to be a bigger marker of how your children feel and think about themselves and...

A second chance at childhood

Many new parents have the best intentions of improving the job their parents did, seeking a second chance of sorts. Our early...

The need for meditation and mindfulness in our schools

I recently returned from a trip to the UK where I was delighted to see how accepted meditation, mindfulness and movement practices are in...

The real purpose of parenting

No parent is perfect, and the harder we try to reach perfection in parenting the more stress and imbalance we create for our children and...

Why is my child so defiant?

If you have a defiant child who pushes the boundaries, doesn’t like to be controlled, or who does not respond well to authority, it can...

Is there any harm in a little white lie?

At some point on your parenting journey you might have to face the unnerving reality that your child has lied about something or has lied...

Parenting as an opportunity for self-awareness

When I became a mother, I did not know that my children came in to the world with all of the past feelings, emotions and experiences of...

The wonder of mindful parenting

Even with the best intentions, we may find ourselves parenting in ways that are not as conscious or mindful as we would like. Parenting...

Being in the Question

I have always been interested in asking and exploring the big questions. When I was a child my questions were not always welcomed by...

Getting together on short times apart

Anxiety in children has risen significantly in the last decade. Anxiety results when a child experiences ‘big feelings’ that they are...

Supporting the smoothest transitions back to school.

Beginning a new school year and moving into new school routines after a holiday break can be unsettling; especially if a child...

Do you know why your children do what they do?

Trying to understand the motivations of another person and the reasons why someone might do what he or she does, can be a futile...