Kids are already flexible right? They can touch their toes? And aren't they experts at staying in the moment? Why would kids need yoga? And where is yoga going to get them? It's not going to improve their chances of becoming a professional athlete or computer whizz or improve their grades..... so what is the [...]
Morning routine. What's that again? Is that where we drag ourselves out of bed via the toddler alarm clock at 6ish...stumble to the coffee machine...make them breakfast, get them dressed, make school lunches, yell a lot about shoes and get in the car at some point, before or after the school bell has gone? Then [...]
If I could build a bomb shelter to protect my kids from getting hurt in this big, bad world - I want to say that I would throw them in there and not let anyone in near them. But even if I had that option I think I would still throw them to the wolves. [...]
I thought about this question and whether I had the courage to truly answer it. Whether I was brave enough to write it down. If my wins were outweighing my sense that I am just never quite the parent I want to be. Parenting is: scary wanting to be perfect never feeling quite [...]
You need the normal to appreciate the extraordinary. The extraordinary to appreciate the normal. Travel takes you out of your routine. Out of your zone. Puts you in learning situations. Puts life in your face.
I am always learning. Sometimes it gets a little uncomfortable when you realise the chasm between who you are now and where you want to go. I'm reading a book called Conscious Parenting by Dr Shefali Tsabary at the moment. I don't read parenting books that tell me when my children should go to bed [...]
My kids need time amongst the trees. To hear the wind whispering to them, the leaves enticing them and the grass supporting their growth. Too much of this world has been created to move them out of their essence. To designate safety over exploration. Security over freedom. Fear over love. We need to give them [...]
We are parenting our children out of fear of failure. We don't want to be the parents that f*#k up. The ones who have children who are bullys, addicts, no-hopers, depressive and anxious. We want our children to be our most glorious representation of who we are. We want to show the world we have an [...]
I was at the supermarket this morning and I was speaking to my bread guy, Bruce. Bruce is great. He is probably in his 60's and does yoga outside, he knows about earthing and even has earthing mats for his bed. When I went to grab the bread I wanted I had a sudden indecisive [...]
I've got three boys. One of them is an "I can't' child. One of them is an "I'm awesome" child. One of them can't yet speak in full sentences so I'm not going to categorize him 🙂 Which one do you think I'm most worried about? I know that isn't the be all, end all [...]
