It’s easy to see how when you neglect your physical side some of the things that happen are clear in the mirror. Some not so obvious, but even they become. These past few days in 31 days of growing family conversations the focus has been on us. We’re having conversations with ourselves first as we start our family conversation. These… View Post
As women we can get ourselves tangled up in knots. That’s not necessarily bad if you’re good at undoing knots. We can get stuck. Find ourselves in situations and positions we never anticipated. Dwelling in this place leads to some very uncomfortable times for ourselves and those around us. Being in a knot isn’t the problem. Today we continue our… View Post
{What to do when it all comes out through yelling} We said we wouldn’t be that parent who yells. We saw another family, struggling at the time but we didn’t know, we looked at them and thought we don’t want to do that. But….. When we did……we felt terrible. In the moment we’re stuck and fixed. We have to step… View Post
{Doing somethings for me} Here we are on Day 2 of 31 days of growing family conversations. For our family to grow we have to talk to that person in the mirror first. I can’t say that it’s been easy and I fail many times. But we must keep trying and going. Seeking new things. Finding our new new. These… View Post
{Good enough where I am} When we take our eyes of other people we get to take a look at who we are. Maybe this is why we look at other people so much than ourselves. You’re not that Facebook opposite you feel when you read status updates. You’re not that Pinterest opposite when you see perfect. You know we… View Post
Connecting, listening and growing through family conversation is the theme for these 31 days. Remember when you would talk on the phone endlessly to your boyfriend. There wasn’t enough time in the day to say what you both needed to say. When you’re around your girlfriends time just flies and nothing is off limits. We would howl with laughter, cry,… View Post
Bedtime routines. It’s the consistency. Finally after almost 10 years of bedtimes I’ve finally learned to embrace the fact that as a family we don’t have a regular set bedtime routine. And you know what? That’s okay for us. I don’t know what I thought everyone else did or does. I just felt a heavy heart knowing that we really… View Post
Delighted to have Meagan Wilson of Whole Family Rhythms today sharing Spring and Autumn family traditions and Rhythms. Simple and easy ideas to connect with our families Meagan began educating herself on playbased and natural early childhood learning over four years ago when she stumbled across some Waldorf inspired blogs that resonated with her deeply. Since then Meagan has passionately… View Post
My son sometimes has trouble saying words. As he tells his story, asks his question he gets stuck saying a word. Enough so now that we are seeking help. But this is not why I’m writing this today. It’s what I’ve noticed that’s happened because of him stopping on the initial sound of the particular word and the… View Post
Sometimes we need a pick me up. Cold and flu is rampaging through the house….nighttime potty training has been a few sheet changes again last night…. on your way out of the supermarket your youngest went on a go slow that lead to a full on screaming tantrum throw down. If only you could have scooped them up but with… View Post
Megan Flatt of FindYourMammaGroove.com share lots of practical ideas to get your to do list into shape. Plus steps to taking care of ourselves and cultivating our dreams. We also talk about her new six week course for busy moms. Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device Read the shownotes below
I am a mother of sons. I have three smiley active sons who have brought to our family much joy, sound and energy. I have one brother but this by no means prepared me for the growing wave of boyness that slowly became my home. As a girl, adjusting to having a house full of boys has been and continues… View Post
