I know she didn’t do it on purpose. I know she meant no harm. And, this just goes to show how mindless we adults can be…how quickly and easily we can kill the child’s spirit of mastery. Read the rest of this entry »
Awareness with Action
Mindless Comments Kill the Child’s Spirit of Mastery
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by michelle@mychildsgardener.com
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: conscious parenting, mindful living, present moment
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: conscious parenting, mindful living, present moment
Our Smart Green House
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by michelle@mychildsgardener.com
Categories: Awareness with Action, Life Entrepreneurs
Tags: mindful living, smart green home
Categories: Awareness with Action, Life Entrepreneurs
Tags: mindful living, smart green home
This is my effort to journal our home building process. It is a dynamic post to be added to as we grow.
Digging Deep
The bids are in. And ouch is about all I can say. It hurts – it’s bruising my spirit. When we ask the builder what is out of line, what is throwing our numbers off the charts, the answer is everything that makes our home a smart green home.
Feeling wounded, we go home and soul search. What is our purpose in building this home? What is in our end in mind? What are our highest values, and is this home congruent with them? Read the rest of this entry »
I am Ending the Race
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by michelle@mychildsgardener.com
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: begin with the end in mind, conscious parenting, mindful living, Race to Nowhere, shift in consciousness
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: begin with the end in mind, conscious parenting, mindful living, Race to Nowhere, shift in consciousness
I am ending the Race to Nowhere. I can make a difference in the lives of my children by modeling a new paradigm of success. The way I live my life, and the things I put first in my life will define success for my children.
When I step back and look around, it is not too difficult to understand why children are in the race to nowhere. Because, most parents are running the race to nowhere. If we want our children to own their own life, don’t we first need to own our own life?
“It doesn’t much matter how you get there if you don’t know where you are going.” ~ Alice in Wonderland Read the rest of this entry »
Giving in our Thanks
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by michelle@mychildsgardener.com
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: conscious parenting, creating healthy habits, gratitude journal, mindful living
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: conscious parenting, creating healthy habits, gratitude journal, mindful living
Castlewood Park
This is my favorite time of the year: the smell of a bonfire, the burnt orange leaves, a crisp morning run, turkey and cranberries, pumpkin spice coffee in a double-handed mug. Cheers to the thanksgiving season. A time of thanks for all our blessings, big and small. A time of giving for those who temporarily have more to those who temporarily have less.
One of the latest contemplations of my heart is how to practice responsibility with privilege and offer this opportunity to my children. I am seeking “something more than” from our surplus and some way to show our gratitude and put giving in our thanks, and thanks in our giving. Read the rest of this entry »
Living Gift Market & Moving Sale
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by michelle@mychildsgardener.com
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: a life of plenty, awareness with action, conscious parenting, mindful living, shift in consciousness
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: a life of plenty, awareness with action, conscious parenting, mindful living, shift in consciousness
You are invited
Living Gift Market & Moving Sale
A lot of stuff is not making the move.
We want to give to those who can use it or need it.
The holidays are quickly approaching and we all have gifts to buy for people who already have enough.
I want to teach my children responsibility with their privilege.
My children are currently very interested in farming and preserving the planet.
If one is hungry, we cannot have world peace.
Shift Happens | Begin with the End in Mind
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by michelle@mychildsgardener.com
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: begin with the end in mind, conscious parenting, mindful living, shift in consciousness
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: begin with the end in mind, conscious parenting, mindful living, shift in consciousness
Shift happens if we begin with the end in mind.
Asking the right questions reveals what is motivating our behaviors and supports us to make the choices that are in our highest and best interest. The way to know the right choice is to begin with the end in mind. Because if we don’t know where we are going, it doesn’t much matter how we get there. Read the rest of this entry »
Increase Children’s Concentration Naturally
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by michelle@mychildsgardener.com
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: conscious parenting, creating healthy habits, mindful living, peaceful children
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: conscious parenting, creating healthy habits, mindful living, peaceful children
In an effort to “parent” our children, are we robbing them of the art of concentration? I recently came across an article promoting supplements for children to aid concentration. I thought to myself:
“Why is concentration a concern for today’s children?”
“What role are we as parents playing in this lack of concentration?”
The answer I came up with is CONTROL. Read the rest of this entry »
Guideposts for our New Home | local sustainable natural
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by michelle@mychildsgardener.com
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: begin with the end in mind, creating healthy habits, mindful living, peaceful parenting
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: begin with the end in mind, creating healthy habits, mindful living, peaceful parenting
"It's not hard, when you know what you want."
This week I set a goal to pick-out all building materials for our big, little move. In three hours, I chose all the building materials for our new home.
I saw my friend before and then again after the expedition. She inquired if my mission was complete. When I said, “It is, and surprising effortlessly.” She replied, “It’s not hard, when you know what you want.” How true and real her words are. Read the rest of this entry »
A Call for Love | are you available?
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by michelle@mychildsgardener.com
Categories: Awareness with Action, Love
Tags: conscious parenting, fear-less life, meditation, mindful living, mindfulness, unconditional love
Categories: Awareness with Action, Love
Tags: conscious parenting, fear-less life, meditation, mindful living, mindfulness, unconditional love
A Bell You Shall Be | a meditation for parents is my most popular post to date. This is interesting on several fronts, and most especially because it is closest to my heart and it is profoundly simple. It is not some great intellectual piece, it has zero research to substantiate it, and carries a message that every conscious parent is trying to hear. Here’s an invitation to you to capture the essence and expand on the premise of A Bell You Shall Be. Read the rest of this entry »
Go the F*#k to Sleep…Really?
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by michelle@mychildsgardener.com
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: conscious parenting, I AM, mind-body connection, mindful living, mindfulness
Categories: Awareness with Action
Tags: conscious parenting, I AM, mind-body connection, mindful living, mindfulness
This is the title of a new book for parents. It is the author’s attempt to make humor of the bedtime routine of so many parents and children. The popularity of this book and its outlook on life reflects a societal unconsciousness and a pattern of emotional addiction. Go the F*#k to Sleep is the anti-thesis of mindful living and conscious parenting. It is by all measures a joke on you. Read the rest of this entry »
