After a balanced, peaceful day yesterday, today felt off kilter. Up early with a crying baby. Trying to do too much. Grumpy. The collision between expectations and time. By 8:30 a.m. today I had played with baby, fed her breakfast & cleaned up, made granola and a loaf of bread and other chores. I wish …
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The former refers to keeping my cool and perspective as a parent; the latter, parenting choices that I hope will help raise a happy, self-aware world citizen. Here are some ways I do that. Ways I fall short will come in another post. Being a Peaceful Parent. 1. Accepting the way I parent. I’m certainly …
Today brought some nice moments. Lovely nursing with my daughter several times – before leaving for work in the morning, after her nap at my parents’, in the car before coming home. I had a meeting with the woman I mentioned earlier whose well-maintained appearance inspired me to work on my own. She commented that …
Today I started a 3-day course on mediation for work. As always, it’s inspiring to be reminded of the basics of good communication. I feel encouraged to put them into practice in my personal life and excited about the possible enhancement to all my relationships as I use better communication methods. Just imagine how popular …
Life for the past few years has kept me in constant motion, through extremes I never would have imagined. With a move back home from the States – jobless, newly single and wiped out emotionally and physically from the strain of trying to make it on my own – I was living with my parents …