Do we feel glad when our children say No? Maybe when someone offers them a cookie or a coke right 🙂 But when they say No to us… That can hurt. Leave us feeling angry, embarrassed, resentful. Exhausted, anyone? But… …
10 Home ed and Unschooling podcasts I love :)
Podcasts have played a pivotal role in our home education journey. Not only do they form the soundtrack to our home and car most days, but they introduced us to the very idea of home education, and unschooling in particular. …
Collecting our children : Reducing frustration and increasing connection every day
I mentioned the idea of collecting our children in a recent post, 22 super simple ways to help our children feel loved. And it’s been on my mind a lot. Collecting our children is a chapter title from Hold On …
Two Thousand Kisses a Day by L.R. Knost. A book review
Sharing my thoughts on Two Thousand Kisses a Day : Gentle Parenting through the Ages and Stages by L.R. Knost. …family relationships are the steady and sure bedrock of secure connection and belonging that ground us and assure us that …
The power of words and the stories we tell ourselves
Words can be beautiful. Words can lift us up, brighten our day and inspire our lives. But words can also be cruel. Words can limit and torment us, degrade and destroy. Words can help and they can harm, but they …
Self-soothing checklists : the secret to raising our mood and energy levels fast
Self-soothing checklists – A list of soothing activities to cycle through in times of stress to shift our moods, encourage the natural flow of emotions and raise energy levels. When panic sets in, we feel our good mood slipping away, …
Unschooling : a voyage of discovery
No fixed destination, no time to be back. A trip of a lifetime. Unschooling, a voyage of discovery. Full speed ahead in a definite direction, or meandering and drifting where the wind blows. The deck can be busy and bustling, …
22 super simple ways to help our children feel loved
We all want our children to feel loved. And while there’s a place for grand declarations and glitzy celebrations, it’s the ordinary, everyday ways we show our love that matter most. Children need at least one person in their life …
What to do when you feel like a rubbish parent : 13 steps to dealing with parenting doubt
In a recent post I shared a list of 9 things to remember when we feel like a rubbish parent. And at the end of that post I promised to be back soon with a follow up – what to …
13 Life lessons from Flylady (or how to get your home clean without neglecting your family)
Want to get on top of the cleaning and spend more time on the people and projects that matter most? These 13 life lessons from Flylady can help 🙂 With most of us spending much more time at home than …