Holistic Parenting ~ Conscious Living
Articles offer tips and tools to help you cultivate joyful interaction in all your relationships and show you how to create an inspired, conscious life.
"What I Learned from Harry Potter: Magic Wand Not Required"
Om Times, October 2011
J.K. Rowlings’s fantastical septology compels us to think about how we make meaning of the life we have been given, even if we are not The Chosen One.
"How to Tell Red Riding Hood We Killed the Wolf"
The Cromwell Chronicle, June 2011 (reprinted in Om Times, June 2011)
Explaining bin Ladin to a curious five-year-old is no easy task for the conscious parent. This article takes you through the process of satisfying the curious child while describing the death of a very bad man.
“A Simply Abundant Life”
Aspire Magazine, April/May 2011
If you knew, without a doubt, one year from today you will be living the most authentic, creative, joyful and simply abundant life, how would you begin this journey? To begin, you must consciously live the questions and actively seek the answers that are truest for you.
"The Gifts We Really Want to Give"
Aspire! Magazine, January 2011
Following a terrible fall into the stone base around the family's fireplace, the author reflects on parenting advice from Wayne Dyer and the wisdom in her own heart.
“Dr. Wayne Dyer on Conscious Parenting”
Natural Nutmeg, August 2010
Dr. Dyer talks about parenting, grand-parenting and writing children’s books. He offers timeless wisdom for the parenting journey: How to teach young people how to lead fulfilling, compassionate, no-limit lives—no excuses!
“Her Authentic Self” essay in e-book:
The Power of a Mother’s Love © 2010
My youngest daughter, almost two years old, shows… an expression of feeling that is both beautiful and awesome. Beautiful in the moments she reaches for me, cooing “hold you ma-ma” and hugs me with an intensity that is far too strong for someone so tiny…
“She Is…Becoming Herself”
Inner Tapestry Holistic Journal, October 2008
Perhaps the most important gift I can give my daughter is a place where she can go to be who she is—without judgment, without doubt. A place…“where she is received and affirmed…”
“Your articles remind readers what really matters about raising children. You inspire us to ask deep questions of ourselves, to examine our thoughts and behaviors not just as parents, but as individuals who want to live in a more beautiful, peaceful world.”
~ M. Brown via email from Jackson, NJ