Your child rolls his eyes at you. Your partner complains about her work for the 400th time and doesn’t take any of your advice. What is your feeling in each of these situations? Anger, irritation, or annoyance is quite likely. The First Reaction: Defensiveness It can be easy to get defensive in these situations – […]
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Three Inspiring TedTalks By People Who Have Been Suicidal
When you have been struggling with mental health problems for many years or you have a child who has been struggling, you can start to worry about future. Will I be okay? Will my loved one be okay? If you have touched the place where you or your loved one have considered suicide, it can […]
Keep Calm And Talk About Death
I recently saw a photo of someone wearing a t-shirt that said, “Keep calm and talk about death”. Cheeky. I liked it. In many parts of North-America, death is a delicate topic. People don’t know how to talk about it. So, every once in awhile I read a book about death. Here are three of […]
My Family’s Journey With Montessori, Public and Homeschool
Sometimes you blog to teach something and sometimes to share something. I started this one with the plan to teach something, but after it was written, it felt kind of lacking. So I took the teaching part out and just left my story. Today I’m sharing my journey (so far) with my kids in Montessori, […]
How To Talk to Kids About The N-Word And Other Offensive Words
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I don’t even know if I can use certain words without offending someone else. Some words I learned years ago, and they were okay at the time, but then time passes and then they’re not. I also often wonder what to say to people when they say something […]
Must-Read Sites About The Science Of Energy Healing (That Are Free Too)
When I search on the web for the “science of energy healing” I get pulled every which way. There are online courses, there are scholarly articles, news articles, and skeptical articles. I could spend hours just surfing and never really finding anything of substance. It is very difficult to find information that is comprehensive and […]
