I have been asking myself the following question these last couple of days: “Am I a control freak?!” What’s caused the asking? I see my oldest boy in front of me at 4 and a half and I think, gosh, how could I send this boy off to school in just a few months...
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Attitude is everything We hear that all the time but it’s so true. Our attitude is the foundation of our failure or our success. The power of attitude is really apparent – when a person’s attitude shifts, everything in that person’s world shifts too....
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No More Mummy Tummy
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I am on a journey. I mostly travel alone and I’ve found that solitude’s rewards are the ability to think critically and to process clearly. I failed to realize...
On Tummy Time
Babies have not altered but our lifestyle has. A babys position in a car seat has been deemed unhealthy for extended periods of time due to concern over spine...
The Magic Of Fairy Gardens
It all started in 2009 when my daughter, Kitty, was 6. We found an old wine barrel on the side of the road. I crammed it into the trunk...
The Color of Change
So few parents today were raised peacefully and respectfully by their own parents that it’s no surprise that a recurrent question encountered in the gentle parenting community is how to overcome...
7 Parenting Tips ~ Working from Home with Young Children
With economies struggling all over the world, more and more moms are trying to juggle work and children. Working from home is one way to earn a living or...
No Regrets Parenting
An expecting couple recently asked me, “What is the simplest way to describe the gentle, natural, attachment, spiritual type parenting that you talk about?” I said, “I can make...
Breech Birth
In the past, breech presentation was considered a perfectly legitimate variation of normal birth and most birth professionals had the skills to assist a woman to birth a breech...
Census needs attention
I felt so angry on completing the NZ census this week. The government’s 5-yearly collection of ‘people data’ and clearly we see where their focus lies: people in paid...
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