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New Podcast Episode: Self-Development: How do we want to keep growing?
How do I want to grow this year?” is such an important question to ask ourselves as we strive for greater purpose, joy, and community in our lives. Yet, it’s so hard—especially for those of us who have to focus a lot of our energy on taking care of other people. In this episode, we carve out a little time for ourselves to have this conversation. We start with our current Highs and Lows (i.e., coming out of COVID lockdown- again, banned books, a weekend conference, seeing our children struggle). Then we shift into Today’s Topic. Next we share a couple of Tips & Tricks (a wake-up clock for … Read More
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Overcoming Trauma to Become Better Parents
I’m loving this book so much—The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Response Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired. It’s about how the most important thing we can do as parents is to show up for our children. Showing up means that we help them feel safe, seen, soothed, and secure.
If we had any attachment difficulties in our own childhoods, then we are more likely to struggle with providing these four things for our children. But, ultimately, the book is incredibly hopeful and encouraging. It posits that any of us can “break the cycle.” It starts by getting clear about our own … Read More
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Family Gap Year Post #9: A Plan Takes Shape
Trying to plan a Family Gap Year during an international health crisis is quite a trip (pun intended).
A tentative plan is taking shape. None of this has been 100% confirmed at work, but you know I like to plan, even when it’s not 100% certain! Here are the details in case you are interested:
- Matt and I would keeping renting out this house. We have had a tenant in that house for more than a year now, and she wants to stay.
- Starting in June, we would rent out the house we are living in. Our neighborhood has an HOA that prohibits short-term rentals, so we will find