If you’re reading this article, chances are you’re looking for: Discipline techniques for children Discipline ideas for kids Positive discipline ideas Or… How to discipline your kids without messing them up in the process. (Haha.) I’m not the kind of person who loves to dish about my short-comings, but I feel like this story is […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure for more info. Becoming a new mother is a beautiful, terrifying, exhausting, wonderful thing. After months of anticipation, worry, and excitement, your baby is finally here! The thrill of a new baby sends a surge of adrenaline. You’re on a “birth high” and so […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure for more info. Do you ever lay awake at night thinking about every embarrassing thing you’ve ever done in your life? I do. I mean, some of the things I’ve done are so humiliating that they’re actually really funny. Recently, I was talking with a […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure for more info. Speech therapy. I had avoided it for a while. I hoped that my child would grow out of his struggles with pronunciation. But by his sixth birthday, it was obvious that he’d need a little extra help with his /r/, /l/, […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure for more info. One of my deepest desires is for us to be a close-knit family. And not just to be close now when the kids are young…but I truly want us to be close later in life, too. Whether the kids are teenagers […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure for more info. Confession: We are a family of night owls. When the sun goes down, we get our second wind. My kids would happily stay awake all night if they could. So when bedtime finally rolls around, we need to get them into […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure for more info. Recently I was chatting with my 9-year-old daughter, Sofie. I don’t remember what the topic of conversation was, but she asked me if we could do something fun. “Sure! You know what they say…I am ‘the fun mom!’” I replied. My […]
This post contains affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure for more info. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be a mom. I had a lot of expectations about the kind of parent I’d be. I knew I wanted to be a peaceful parent, and I swore I’d never yell […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure for more info. How Setting Boundaries and Saying No Will Make You a Better Mom I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a recovering people pleaser. I love to help others. It’s one of the reasons I became a counselor! When I became […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure for more info. As a blogger, author, and parenting coach, I have the privilege of speaking to many moms who are on a mission to parent peacefully. But one area that seems to be particularly challenging for us, is self-control. Let’s be honest, positive […]
This post contains affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure for more info. If you’re the parent of a strong-willed child, you may be feeling at your wits-end. It seems that every little thing sets them off. You feel like you’re walking on eggshells, afraid you’ll say or do something that triggers them. Hugs, mama! […]
This post contains affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure for more info. I’m not the perfect peaceful parent. One of my goals is to parent peacefully, but that doesn’t always come naturally to me. All three of my kids are pretty strong-willed, so I’m constantly learning new things. (They must get it from my […]
