I picked this book up titled - The Boy Crisis and immediately I'm turned off by the title. I look for the release date and see it’s not too long ago so I decide there’s probably a reason why it repulses me - I check it out.
All in mindset
Helping My Kids Navigate Their Friendships
I said - picture yourself as a flame. As you walk around with your flame bright and strong - there will be those around you who will fan your flame & support it & then there will be those who dull your flame & blow it out.
Raising My 9 & 7 Year Old With Emotional Intelligence
9 years old. I remember being 9. In Fact I would say it was a pivotal point in my childhood where I suddenly had this awareness with emotions, not just mine but more so with others.
The Two Year Shift
I woke up this morning and I was like wait - it’s not just friends who shift. My ENTIRE BEING calls for growth every few years. EVERY FEW FREAKING YEARS I AM ASKED TO GROW.
no no no.
More like - I AM PUSHED OFF A FREAKING CLIF TO EITHER SINK OR SWIM.
My Great Grandfather Was A Photographer
I listen to her tell me the story of her mother and father for probably the tenth time and everytime I see her face as if she was right back with them. A smile crosses her face and her eyes wet with tears.
What I've Learned About Myself
Lesson 1 | Less Talk - More Do
Thoughts on Bill to Remove Religious Exemption
After holding space for those who testified for 17 hours on the bill to remove the religious exemption - I have some thoughts. Please read with an open mind + heart.
2020 Homeschool check-in
It’s another year with a whole bunch of shifting.
Sometimes drowning & sometimes riding the wave.
All the processing + moments of shining like the sun.
We are responsible for our own history. We write it. We become it.
This is revolution time.
We are gifted with time beyond fear to create. To stand for something. Please god - stand for something.
We don't. We unschool.
I saw a post recently on a homeschool page where someone asked what others do to get their child to finish a lesson & what types of rewards they use.
My reply?
We dont - we unschool.
Organic homeschooling
Organic homeschooling to me is flowing with the day + season. It’s more about the connection in conversation & curiosity than finishing a workbook page.
Our schooling doesn’t stop when summer hits. My kids do not know what a “school year” is or what that looks like. My children don’t know to stop learning and relax on the weekends.
The knowing
Nothing was assumed sacred anymore until I tore it down with my bare hands and pieced it back together in my own way.
A mama poem
Feeling deep feels as my kids grow older.
In order for me to embrace new stages of life - It’s important for me to feel, express and let go.
My childhood will not be theirs
Through this video I welcome you into my childhood where I wasn’t allowed to pick my own clothes for wear makeup.
Then I share how I show up for my own children.
Go ahead - shame them
I get being tossed into solitary confinement alone or with your family has had its effects but there is only one way out. Choose empathy. There is more to the story then you or I know.
How can we hold space for our world’s problems if we can’t hold space for our own & loved ones?
Unschooling :: let them learn what they want to learn
I imagine a world where kids have the opportunity to follow their passions 100% at a young age.
What would that look like?
Join me as a breakdown an amazing quote on unschooling.
Why do we homeschool?
Knowing our WHY is so important.
Our why shapes our world.
Our why is linked to everything we do.
Life unscheduled
“Get very clear about the kind of world we would like and then start living that way.”
Marshall B. Rosenberg
This quote fires me up!
Choose what you want to do & do it. Do it because that’s the change you want to see in the world.
That’s my perception.
& my goodness everything is unfolding around us in just this way.
This week I’m sharing updates on the homestead.
A foundational tool for raising siblings
My daily challenge.
I was raised an only child. An only child! Which means I had absolutely no idea life with siblings would be like this!
Besides the obvious of having different personalities - there’s just a lot to wade through.
A LOT.
Sitting with the empty :: home renovations
House projects haven’t always come easy to me. I noticed about a year ago that the problems I faced tackling a project went hand in hand with the problems I faced in my everyday life.
Lets also add in - learning lessons & having breakthroughs.
Each one is always different from the last.