Tag: parenting
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Free Webinar: Mindful Parenting – Starting with You
Monday, June 22 8-9pm PDT Parenting in the best of times can be hard – parenting during a pandemic is intense! “Putting your oxygen mask on first” is not a cliche, it’s a necessity to create a healthier you which directly results in a healthier child and family. Join Krista Kotz, PhD, MPH and Roxanna…
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What to Do?
Every day I wake up and read the New York Times on my phone. I read the California edition. Almost every day there are stories about the housing crisis in this state; the rising cost of homes and people living on the streets. Today the news has stories of fires burning and evacuations. And…
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Find Me in India
If I should die soon Tell my children to look for me in India. In the prayer bells Ringing out over the Ganges, In the tablas beating their rhythm over the loud speakers, As the red sun melts into purple sky. Look for me on the sand bar in Benares As the dogs creep closer…
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Road School 2017
This Spring, my son announced that he had two life goals: quitting school and living in a van. His love of learning has been with him from infancy, but ever since 6th grade, he’s slowly and progressively been losing interest in school. Over the past four years, I’ve watched the light go out of his…
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Chakra Series – 5th Chakra
Vishuddha – Throat Chakra – Sound, Creative identity, (self-expression) This is the chakra located at the throat and is related to communication and creativity. When open, you are free to speak your mind, express yourself fluently, and feel as if you have a right to your voice. I’ve been hesitant to write about the 5th…
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Chakra Series – 1st Chakra
This is my first post since May – I don’t even know how that could have happened, but in part, it’s due to writer’s block, which happened the day I signed up for a writer’s workshop in Esalen next July. Another reason I haven’t written is that I have been on a summer vacation at…
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Square Peg Round Hole
All the freaky people make the beauty of the world. -Michael Franti Growing up I was considered a “weirdo”. It was the 70’s and most parents were involved in their adult worlds – use your imagination. I went to bed when I wanted, watched a lot of TV, forgot to shower and had really bad style.…
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PITY PARTY!!!
I’m home, kids are home, dog threw her back out, I have some weird virus that has settled in my inner ear, causing some hearing loss which “may or may not be permanent” says my doc. I feel like I am going deaf, have water in my ear, or 5 cotton balls wedged in my…