This too shall pass

This too shall pass

THIS TOO SHALL PASS Our adult daughter recently moved back home. I heard the comment more than a few times, “Oh you’re no longer empty nesters.” The term, empty nester, has never quite sat well with me. I mean when you look it up online you...
Take a Time in

Take a Time in

Whatever conversation I find myself in related to parenting, I hear the word “patience” come up again and again. As I look back on the experiences of parenting 3 daughters, I feel regret about the times I Could (not Should) have been more patient. So, yay...

Unlearn parenting habits

In cultivating a mindfulness practice, habitual ways of thinking and being are brought to awareness; things we think or do without thinking. When you witness your thoughts and words as a “unbiased observer”, it becomes easier to see how these thoughts and...
Sense of Self-Worth

Sense of Self-Worth

Father and daughter walking at sunset outdoors.   Sense of Self-Worth in Parenting It seems as though parenting practices are constantly put under the microscope to be judged and evaluated. And though there are some practices well-supported in child development, much...