Self-discipline is learnt. We learn it as children as we are guided to do our homework before watching the TV, we learn acceptable ways to speak to our family even when we are angry, we learn how much of the …
Category: Parenting
The Art Of Re-Parenting – Part 4
The inner child needs to be validated. They need to have THEIR version of reality validated by you.If your inner child has been told for years that she is ‘too sensitive’ to all the fighting that went on in the …
What does it feel like to be the secure home base for my clients?
“For me there is a sense of strong love flowing towards the person in pain. In my head and my whole being I am ALLOWING. I am not saying, it is enough now, or this needs to stop, or you …
Conscious Parenting
As a therapist and healer raising children I am often asked for hints and tips on raising children. Like everyone else, I am learning as I go, and do not profess to be the perfect parent (if such a thing …
Rites of Passage
My son Isaac (Izzy) turned 7 in February. We had the usual birthday celebration with friends and family and a rainbow cake. On the morning of his 7th birthday I looked him in the eye over breakfast and explained to …
Foreboding Joy
Have you ever looked at your children and felt so much love and suddenly a wave of fear and a prayer of “Please God let them be safe?” About four months ago I in a conversation with a friend I …
Dealing with Separation Anxiety
As I sit here listening to my children jumping on the trampoline and giggling at each other I wonder how I can be about to leave them for two and a half weeks. I leave in two days for India …