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H1N1/Swine Flu Prevention

The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it’s almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is. While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms [...]

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Imagine Being Able to Help Your Middle School-Age Child Thrive, not Just Survive

Let’s face it, middle school can be a BRUTAL experience. If teens are going to go off track, most of them start to derail during the middle school years. •           Are you afraid that your child will go sideways during middle school? •           Would you like to know the best ways to prepare and work [...]

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Insights from Conscious Parenting Interview

I often learn a lot from interviewing different parenting experts. My latest interview was with Phil Johncock, Conscious Parenting expert. He had a lot of great tips for helping us identify when we are parenting unconsciously and how to switch. One of the reasons that it is so important to become a conscious parent, is [...]

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How Parenting (Can) Turn Us into Heroes

Remember when your child was first born? One of the amazing things that happens when we gaze into our newborn’s eyes, is we recognize at some level that we are being called to be more than we were before. In that moment, we would lay down our lives to be that higher person for this [...]

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Conscious Parenting: What is it and Why Bother?

What does the term conscious parenting mean to you? To me it means parenting with awareness of my actions and with the ability to truly see my children for who they are. It includes the ability to stay present with my kids, especially when my emotions are running high. Conscious parenting is a state of [...]

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Postponed Call with Barbara Sher, NY Times’ Best-Selling Author

Due to an emergency, we had to postpone the call with Barbara Sher. I will post the new date and time for the call as soon as possible. In the meantime, if you haven’t already done so, you still have a unique opportunity to ask Barbara Sher your top question about doing what you love! [...]

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What to do When You Want to do Everything! Ask Best-Selling Author Barbara Sher!

I am delighted to announce a unique opportunity to ask best-selling author Barbara Sher your top question about doing what you love! Two decades ago I turned to her first book Wishcraft to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. Since then she has written many other books, including I Could Do [...]

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The Power of Connecting Rituals with Our Kids

I just finished submitting another article to Ezine articles about the importance of using connecting rituals with our kids. I first heard of connecting rituals in university while studying communication. Until then I didn’t understand what was behind the way people say hi and nod to each other as they pass in hallways or on [...]

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Be Who You Are, and You’ll Be the Best Mom Possible

Rob and I had a meeting with lawyers today. For the first time in years I was reminded of how close I came to going to law school (I was accepted to a number of law schools before deciding not to go), and how much a part of me would love being a lawyer. I [...]

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Beyond Budgeting: Making your Money Work (and Play) for You

Rob and I just spent the weekend at an amazing course.  Kim Deep, author and financial educator, ran her Money Matters workshop on the weekend.  Kim and I first meet at the Mastery of Self-Expression, a course that we have both gone on to volunteer with and to which we also attribute major personal growth [...]

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