Can you revisit a magical memory in order to build yourself up again in the moment? When a person is in the thick of their own lives and the lives of their baby's and people around them, they can't always remember how they got there and the work that has been done. The point of holding memories is to learn and grow and become a better version of yourself all the time in order to make the world a better place with each and every moment. So can tapping into the old memories that hold Love, joy, excitement and pleasure bring those emotions to us in the moments when we're not joyful, feeling ..read more

How are you doing? Do you believe that I really and truly want to know? I do want to know, yet others use it as a simple greeting. When I hear that question being asked, or have it asked of me, I sometimes ponder if it's a genuine wonderment from the person asking.  I'm sure it could be, but sometimes the person who asked it doesn't actually want to know the real answer. The answer could have elements in it that the receiver might not know how to handle, not want to hear or be too rushed to spend the proper time on with you. (This happened often when we were in the NICU with Sky ..read more

So many times we take our breath, our lungs and our body for granted and recently I've had a lot of conversations around anxiety and having too much going on. Interestingly enough, when I ask what people are doing to care for themselves they often don't say breathing. Now I know it's easy to say to take a breath and not always easy to remember it in the moments you need it, however, if you practice while you're in a good headspace then remembering the tools when you need them will come more naturally. In this vlog, I remind you of some ways to use breath as a tool with Box breathing, Belly bre ..read more

Being able to look at your child's abilities and be able to interpret them for the child's needs turns into how you can better support them at home and at play. It also helps you lead others to support the child along their journey. When Skye was four days old at 9 weeks early, the doctors and specialists told us he wouldn't walk and he wouldn't talk. When Skye was 3 weeks old, they told us he was scheduled for brain surgery. (He never had the surgery.) When our wee man was being released from the NICU, they told us not to get our hopes up, but he's doing great!  How was I ..read more

I am officially 44 years old! :D As of last night at 9:56pm Pacific Time, my physical body was brought into the air of this incredible world and I began my journey outside the womb. Birthdays are days that make me see things differently and think of things in a very unusual way, since my Skye was born.  I wonder about the journey from the cells, to growing in the womb and then coming out into the open air. I ponder things like the what-ifs and how-comes of our existence. And I deeply think about the parents. Having given birth to another soul, I see how much that birth-day is for the moth ..read more

Do you often want to take time away just for yourself and either can't or don't? Sometimes, and especially if you're a single parent, you just have no options to escape and take time for yourself. It's very difficult to find someone you trust with the kiddo and you have feelings of guilt because you often hear things like, "He'll grow up soon and you'll have all the time you want." or "I never had time away, that was never an option for me." Whether you have these voices coming from someone else or from inside your head, being a parent is a lot of work and the gremlin voices giving messag ..read more

How often do we let ourselves make mistakes as adults? as parents? as people who are considered responsible in the society? When do we have the ability to say, "Well, hey, we were allowed to make mistakes and stuff at school. We're allowed to make mistakes when we're kids. Why aren't we allowed to make mistakes when we're adults?” It's this thing that we're holding on ourselves and we hold each other up to that and it's a very strange rule that this society has seemed to hold on to for people who are older. The last time I sent an email out I forgot to add the ’t' at the end of the word ‘thoug ..read more

I totally gapped out this week and didn't send my people the regular email that I send out. Oops!  It got me thinking about forgiving myself and also how, when life comes at you, distractions are everywhere and things just don't get done that are in your regular wheelhouse. Milestones are another one of these things that really get me frustrated. Why does everything have to be on time?!  I understand why milestones are there and how our little babes are watched. I am grateful for the care that comes with some of the voices. But when a practitioner is pushy about it and ..read more

How do you know when to stop and take some time from the busyness?  Your body might tell you. Are you listening? Often my body tells me when it needs Love and attention by getting sore or injured or showing exhaustion more than usual. I consider this my body talking to me.  Recently we were having fun at the roller-skating rink. Afterwards I got to the truck and realized I'd pulled something. Now I've been on crutches for a few days (but getting better!).  We can take our bodies and our loved ones for granted very easily. All of us take something or someone for granted. The ..read more

How often do you get frustrated because someone is being a twit or not doing exactly what you wanted them to do? Sometimes these annoyances are totally legitimate and other times a glimmer of recognizing your part comes into view.  When you find yourself in a longer lasting state of pent up frustration, annoyance, disbelief and all of the emotions that come with those states, it is seemingly easy to point fingers and say that someone else is solely causing the problem. And yet, you too are in the situation somehow, somewhere. So what? Redirecting the focus onto your part of things is ..read more