parenting

  • Who loved with Courage

    Mother’s Day has me looking upward to my mother, looking at myself, and then – looking at the mothers of my grandchildren. I sit between my mother and my grandchildren’s mothers. I am part of my mother and the seeds… Continue reading

  • That is Me.

    I listened to a podcast, about exploring the rising trend about going No Contact with your Family. I have been No Contact with my family now for over 20 years, which seems almost surreal. A brother was the last contact… Continue reading

  • Living Vicariously.

    In the last blog post about Authoritarian child rearing…where the child is taught to listen to the parent, always…and forget how IT feels and how the parents are not open to a new way of seeing the world, PERHAPS from… Continue reading

  • Trajectory of my life.

    Going to sleep last night with tears drying on my cheeks, after feeling the feelings of being a child with no one at your back, to feel the absence of protection of safety, and feeling the feeling of free falling… Continue reading

  • My mind now knows it.

    My feelings are like energy magnets and they seem to either be drawn to someone or pushed back, I am unable to steer my feelings, they have a life of their own. I can be friends with someone, and then… Continue reading

  • Pedals of his Life.

    What a great visual for co-dependency to see a person peddling a bike pulling a trailer with someone sharing the seat, but dragging their feet, a third person giving orders as where and when to stop. The life of a… Continue reading

  • More from Deepak Chopra….

    " Children's brains have neurons that mirror the brains of adults in their surroundings.  These so-called mirror neurons are responsible for the way children learn new behaviors, so the theory goes. As they develop, young children don't have to imitate… Continue reading