Slowing down allows time and presence to see the beauty and sweetness in the ordinary moments. When you realize the ordinary moments are actually opportunities to be seen as extraordinary, your brain releases chemicals of oxytocin, dopamine, endorphins, and serotonin. They wash over you, lowering cortisol and relaxing you. Hugging and snuggling your littles releases [...]
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Want to Cultivate More Everyday Magic in Your Mothering?
Years ago someone saw me snuggling up with my daughter and said, “Oh, you’re a cozy mama.” I thought to myself, “Yes! Yes, I am.” “Cozy” is my ultimate aesthetic 🥰 Even in real life, with the chaos of littles underfoot, and a lived-in home, “cozy” is what I want to feel. Cozy home. Cozy [...]
Teaching Emotions to Children
Did you know that for the first many months of an infant's life, they do not realize that they are a separate person than their mother? Even though they are no longer in the womb, it takes quite some time for them to understand that they will eventually function in a separate capacity. Their survival [...]
Before Asking What Your Child Needs, Ask What YOU Need
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Want to Mother From a Place of Peace and Calm Every Day?
Want to mother from a place of PEACE and CALM every day? I can't think of any other calling in this life that requires us to juggle the constant paradoxical flood of emotions other than being a mother. From the very first moment that we hear of our child's mere existence, they are the first [...]
Our Children Are Not Responsible For Our Feelings
Our children are not responsible for our feelings. Neither is anyone else for that matter. We create our feelings every single day with our own thoughts. Sometimes we say, "Well, they said ______________ and THAT made me feel ___________________." But in reality, nobody has the power to make us feel anything but us. We get [...]
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