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  • Please Stop Reading Books

    Don’t get me wrong- I love reading. If you are on Good Reads (FB for books) you may have set a New Year’s goal. I committed to 30 books this year. I am always reading 2 on my Kindle- one fiction and one professional and listening to one in my car. Now that my kids are big, I actually have a fair amount of time to read and it is…

    April 27, 2017
    education, emotional intelligence, therapy

  • It is my circus and those are my monkeys

    I am great at juggling 4 balls. The problem is I have 6 really important balls. At any given time, 2 balls are sitting at my feet a bit neglected…until I drop one and pick up one and still…I can only juggle 4 balls. I am in the final hours of preparation for the Twin Cities Birth and Baby Expo (my pet project). The signs are ordered…but not done. The…

    September 29, 2016
    Mindfullness

  • “Right Now, Can You Make an Unconditional Relationship with Yourself?”

    I stumbled across this video this week. I preach taming the voice in your head, that you are either your own best friend or your own worst enemy and most people who are their own best friends have much easier lives. Walking around day and night with your worst enemy bitching at you is exhausting. I think I’m pretty good at this but that video got me thinking. Unconditional? Maybe…

    June 3, 2016
    Mindfullness

  • Simplicity sounds easy but not for me….

    I started reading Simplicity Parenting (Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne and Lisa M Ross) because I heard it was great for parents with ADHD kids. I thought it might have some things to support my often overwhelmed 14 year old. Instead… I think the book is mostly about me. I resist structure- it cramps my style, limits…

    April 7, 2016
    Mindfullness, Parenting

  • Why I Hate November

    I kind of hate November. It is the darkest month of the year in Minnesota but that isn’t it. I love Thanksgiving- I mean the day, the one where I make two turkeys every year just to ensure we have left overs. I love that day. I don’t really like the “giving thanks” part. I was raised Catholic- maybe that is where I got the message that the goal was…

    November 11, 2015
    emotional intelligence, Mindfullness