From morning till night, kids are told what they can and cannot do, leaving them feeling fairly powerless. For children to become conscious, confident, caring adults, they need to know that they can effect change and that they can make a positive impact on someone else’s life. What follows are the stories of two children who, empathizing with the tragic plight of children their age living on the other side of the globe, decided to do something. I include their stories not because we should all try to raise children who launch humanitarian movements, but to encourage you to stretch your imagination when you think about helping your children tune in to what stirs them, so they can manifest who they are uniquely meant to be.

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As discussed, our children often catalyze tremendous healing within us, if we turn difficult experiences with them into opportunities to give old feelings room to breathe. Such was the case with Cecilia, whose willingness to heal painful wounds from her past left me inspired by her courage.

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Hold on to your hats now folks! Hear me out before you get upset! As a parent, I get it! It is tempting to want to teach your child to appreciate all they have by pointing out how fortunate he or she is in relation to lots of other people in the world. I believe that teaching your kids to help those who are less fortunate as a means to learn about gratitude creates more problems in the long run than it provides solutions in the short term. It creates an ‘us and them’ mentality and this has become a major issue in our world.

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by  Cena Block   

Most mompreneurs are too busy. There, I said it. Most of us are great at supporting our businesses, our clients and our families, but we just don’t seem to be that focused on those niggly maintenance tasks! However, it’s been proven over and over again that a clutter free environment makes space for calm, and generates much more productivity for most people. If you’re life feels disorganized and overwhelmed, no matter what your excuse is, it usually can be loosely translated to some variant of: “I’m doing nothing to keep it organized right now”. Here are 10 decluttering strategies to boost your productivity

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It is easy to react with upset when your kids are upset. But honestly, that will only escalate the energy in the wrong direction. Remind yourself that you are the grown-up in the situation. Staying calm and evaluating what is needed, takes disciplined thinking. Bottom line if you want to change the situation it requires changing the thoughts, emotions and behaviors that created it in the first place

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