Much to this mom’s dismay, my 19 month old daughter climbed out of her crib after nap-time yesterday…
Category Archives: Step 5. Parenting
How to Tune In
This Sunday, Suzanne and I are facilitating a workshop at Passport to Power — a day-long mom-daughter conference in St. Louis. The event’s mission is one we strongly believe in, empowering girls through stronger connections with their female role models. Our morning session is called Sing Your Truth and will focus on how to tune…
How to Move Beyond “Good” and “Bad”
An honest conversation between moms about “good” and “bad”, “guilt” and social pressures.
How to: Attachment Parenting and Self Love
Was there a particularly hard time in your parenting life where you judged yourself or one that you felt judged by another? How did you manage it? Any advice for us based on your experience?
How to Parent JOY-Fully
I made this video for my girls. Mostly I just wanted to make them smile. I pulled together five second spots from random moments we caught on tape this summer. At the time these moments were taken they seemed very un-important: waking up early and playing on our bed; swimming; put-put; go-carting; the park. But…
How to Have Some Fun!!!
If you’ve taken our Yoga Parenting class on Ritual/Play, you’ll know we think it’s important to get silly with our kids. And yet, it can be challenging for us moms to exercise those “play muscles.” When I was married, I delegated the rough-housing, tickling, wrestling to dad. But why?! Are we short on time? Or…
How to Lose the Mommy Guilt
Is it possible? Not surprisingly, Mommy Guilt is a hot topic. We’re explored that in a session called, “Lose the Mommy Guilt: Juggling Family Life and Blogging” at the Type A Mom Conference. We were excited to be on a panel with Molly Gold and Kim Coleman to listen to you and how Mommy Guilt manifests….
How to Respect Each Others’ Boundaries
NO is not a bad word! “No” is how we maintain boundaries with each other, both adults and children. It’s a word that we want our kids to be able to say with confidence. Think of all the situations when we want them to “Just say No!” So how do you react when your child…
How to Get Centered
In this VIDEO, we talk about getting centered and staying centered. Centeredness is a state of mind — that does not have to be linked to your external circumstances. Really! We can use our mind-body connection to help keep us centered. Click to watch the video and find out how. Centering is Lesson One of…
Mindful Parents, Mindful Kids
What does “mindfulness” mean? As developmental psychologist, Dr. Sophia Pierroutsakos explains, it is a conscious relationship that we have with all the people and circumstances happening around us. How can mindfulness help us and our children? We produced an hour-long documentary on the subject. The video is available for immediate download for $19.95. Watch this 2-minute trailer…
