I’ve been unapologetically absent here in 2011. Since November/December of 2010, when I was challenged to examine the way I work and live in the world, it’s been a process of letting go of old patterns of behavior. The way I was engaging here was clearly off — not in the outcome because I truly…
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How to Find Support for Postpartum Depression
My mom suffered from postpartum depression. And it altered the course of her life and mine forever. I’ve had dear friends whose relationships with their children and partners have similarly been affected in a deep and defining way by PPD. One of them is my friend, Katherine Stone. Babble included her blog, Postpartum Progress in…
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How to Add Meaning
It’s Stuff-itis season… the season when we are bombarded with messages of all the STUFF we deserve ourselves or need to gift to other people to show them we love them. We experience it every year, this idea that pervades our consciousness – in the malls, in our media, and in our culture – that…
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How to Make Pumpkin Seeds
It’s a delicious and nutritious seasonal snack and it’s easy enough for kids to make almost entirely on their own! My daughter who is a HUGE fan of pumpkin seeds (especially if she made them…) teaches us how kids can whip up a batch in the kitchen. Recipe included in VIDEO (2:31). Do your kids…
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How to Stop Fighting with Your Tweens/Teens
The Three Fights Every Parent Has With Their Kid and How to Stop Them by Vanessa Van Petten When I was 16 I thought it was my Dad’s goal in life to make me miserable. I was convinced that he had a running list of all the ways he could embarrass me in front of…
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How to Do NOTHING!
It’s the middle of the summer! If your family is like mine, we’ve taken a trip, the kids have done camp, and we’ve hit all the local attractions. But there are still six weeks before school starts so… what now? NOTHING! Seriously… I’m giving up the guilt about not having an activity planned for them….
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How to Keep Talking to Your Tween
I love, love, love the fact that Rosalind Wiseman reminds us that we matter to our tweens! Sometimes it’s easy to forget that when all they talk about is what their friends think — it seems that the only opinions that are those of their peers. I’m just starting down this road with my nine-year…
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How to Celebrate Mamas
In the US alone, $14.6B is spent annually on Mother’s Day for “stuff” that could just never say what’s in our hearts. What if instead, we all just unleashed that love on the world? How would it impact our world if we stopped using stuff as a surrogate for love? What if we invested that…
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How Not to “Sweat It!”
All you moms of tweens and teens will appreciate this: I had the chance to talk to Rosalind Wiseman, my Twitter friend and also author of Queen Bees and Wannabees. She visited with several moms about how they talk to their tweens about… (no, not about sex)… about sweat! Yup, that birds and bees conversation…
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How to Be Ready for Babies/Kids! Come see us at the Baby Kid Expo
Well, there are million and one things to do to get ready… just ask Zen Mommy. She did it times two! If you are in St. Louis on April 30, join us at the Baby Kid Expo. Why? 1) Because we will be there with our friends at Kolcraft, giving away tons of great new…
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