The irony of gift shopping this year is that the hard-to-find toy was for the 79-year-old, not the 9-year-old. I was reminded of this piece I wrote about juggling sandwich generation practicalities, from September 2017’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown […]
Gratitude can be a worthy practice. Compulsory gratitude can backfire. Working the gratitude muscle, from last December’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown Families Blog.
I found one of these in my coat pocket recently & decided to re-share the original post. Enjoy! Our house has been filled with warm fuzzies all week. You might recognize them as pompoms. I recognize them as coming from the craft bin that used to be too high for my kiddo to reach. They’re […]
Gratitude can be a worthy practice. Compulsory gratitude can backfire. Working the gratitude muscle, in this month’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown Families Blog.
I was not taught the alchemy of turning pressure into power…I am only just beginning to learn to view pressure not as threat, but as power source, a dam with energy behind it. Exploring the power of pressure, in this month’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first […]
“Safety is what we want for those we love. Autonomy is what we want for ourselves.” The possibilities and perils of the darkened yard, in this month’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown Families Blog.
Spaghetti bowl tangles in our hormones and in our brain cells. Mellow mice. Neuroscience meets yoga to help us take a breather, anytime and anywhere, in this month’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown Families Blog.
Riding roller coasters. A bike with gears. Sleepovers and chapter books. And time for my own thoughts again. The poignant gains and losses that come with independence, this month, in Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown Families Blog.
Yoga in the classroom? A different sort, I suppose. Sit. Listen. Stay. Connecting ancient yoga philosophy to Thursday morning reading lessons, this month, in Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown Families Blog.
“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.” Clarissa Pinkokla Estes Read her full essay here
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