Our first tendency when we are confronted with an emotional state of another – especially if it is contrary to our own emotional state – is to disallow. We unconsciously or consciously do not give the other’s state a space to exist. We seek to energetically annihilate it. We are all masters of this.
Our baby just had her first birthday, and my husband and I are getting along OK, but the problem is he’s really frustrated that we almost never make love because I usually feel too tired and “touched-out” when we finally get to bed.
I invite you to go “raw” with parenting. Raise your own child directly, with eye contact, talking, reflecting, singing, listening to music, dancing…
Mom, I’m bored!… “Bored” implies something missing. What is that something? What is missing?
Many of my friends will probably giggle at this blog post because this isn’t the first time I’ve written about the Spiritual Influence of Bugs. The first time was in my book, God’s Clue, in which a cicada taught the great spiritual lessons of death.
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For me, I get upset when someone “cheats” at the road rules by speeding, cutting people off, and generally being rude. In the adult world, this might be the beginnings of road rage and something that I have struggled with all my life. I grew up watching my parents cuss out drivers left and right, so it is very hard for me to control those reflexes.
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Yoga is a safe, empowering and relaxing way to prepare for labour and birth. It can help releive the aches and pains associated with changing pregnancy posture, build strength and stamina and maintain a healthy range of motion for the spine, hips and shoulders. The practice of yoga focuses on breath awareness paired with thoughtful movement of the body through poses or ‘asanas’.
I already knew that I had it in me to change my story anytime I wanted. So I no longer had to worry about making the “wrong” decision because if I didn’t like how things worked out, I could always change them again.
Feeling a need to be supported is natural because we all want to know that we are doing the right thing. But no one on this planet can possibly understand what is best for you except YOU. This is something I knew and believed, yet still struggled with. I was really forced to trust the unknown for the first time in my life and I really hoped that I had the strength to walk this road “alone” if I had to.
I began to realize that this is the gift that I had been given in Greece during my meditation. The gift to feel the great presence around me. To know that I was being watched over, cared for and kept safe. I knew that I could make this leap and that I would be okay because I would be living what was truly in my heart.
I work with many parents who suffer from what I call “The BIG G” the gremlin of GUILT and it can come from working parents feeling guilty about their work- life balance, to parents feeling guilty about losing their temper, not playing enough with their kids, to feeling guilty about not spending enough time with their partner, their elderly mother, or feeling guilty about being separated or divorced.
I have recently been coaching some wonderful parents who have a child with ADHD and as a former teacher of many children with unique and different needs, I have been exploring with them how to handle the painful and often overwhelming feelings associated with dealing with the diagnosis that their child is different.
Children who are unique need your parenting approach to be individual, flexible and creative as well as consistent and clear because they have different needs to other children and this can be very stressful for you as a parent.
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When teaching and guiding children it’s really helpful to step into their shoes and socks for a minute or two and really see the world from their eyes, hear the world from their ears and feel how the situation feels to them. As it shifts your perception of the event or the situation and helps you be more tolerant and understanding.