Pregnancy and Parenting
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The Day My Son Flew Into The Sky
He had been waiting for this since he was two years old. For as far back as we can remember, Everest has wanted to fly. Many young kids, especially boys, have a penchant for things that go - trucks, cars, trains, boats - but for Everest it was more than a stage; it...
Conversations with my Seven Year Old: In the Fear Forest
One of the blessings of having a second child is that we, as parents, gain some skills by walking with the first one through predictable stages of growth, maturity, illness, and emotional challenges. When our firstborn had a high fever, we panicked. When the younger...
For New Mothers: The Dishes Will Get Done… Eventually
The last lesson of my new Home Study Program - "Birthing a New Mother: A Roadmap from Preconception through the First Year to Calm Your Anxiety, Prevent Postpartum Depression, and Babyproof Your Marriage" - is called A Mother is Born. This lesson focuses on the idea...
Falling Out of Love
It's a natural and inevitable stage of every relationship, whether with a friend, a partner, a child, or a pet: the zest and sparkle that characterize the early stages fade away; the ease and lightness narrow into more distance or tension; the openheartedness that...
The Transitions of Childhood
Asher is going through a transition. He'll be turning four in about seven weeks, and he's showing all of the tell-tale signs of leaving one stage and shifting into a new stage: reactive, out of control, eating habits shifting and sleep schedule changing. He's yelling...
Raising a Sensitive Son
While I sat in my comfy chair writing last week's post as my little boy slept and my older son was trying to fall asleep, Everest stumbled out of bed to tell me he felt scared. This was hardly a new communication; he's felt scared more nights that I can count since he...
Breathe in the Pain, Breathe out the Love
It's become increasingly clear to me that one of my primary roles as a mother is to help my kids learn how to soften their hearts to pain so that it moves through their body and the passageways can remain open to experiencing joy and love. I've watched too many people...
My Sons Are Teething
Like most transitions, as both my sons struggle through teething, I’m aware of the emotional manifestation as well as the physical one.
The Truth about New Motherhood
Over the past several years, many of the women who I helped midwife emotionally across the threshold of the marriage transition have birthed themselves as new mothers. And just like our culture doesn't tell the truth about the challenges of intimate relationships, it...
Turning Five
"Were you in labor at this time five years ago?" my husband asked tonight as we were cleaning up the kitchen after our early Passover dinner. "No, not yet. I didn't go into labor until 4am." April 14, 2009 - 4am I'm awakened by a puddle of warm liquid gathered around...
Guiding Children Through Grief: The Aftermath of the Colorado Floods
"Mommy, Ryan's not being kind!" I hear my four year old, Asher, yell from the next room. Our dear friends, who we've seen every Wednesday since Asher and Ryan were babies, are staying with us at my mom's house since we were all evacuated from our homes as a result of...
Pregnancy Anxiety
As I've written about before on this blog, one of the privileges of being the position of guiding people through the darkest aspects of their psyche and soul is that they share thoughts and feelings with me that they wouldn't share with anyone else. Part of the reason...
How was Nighttime Anxiety Met When you Were a Child?
Note: I wrote this post when Everest was nine years old. He's now eighteen. Of course, we're long past the time when we would stay with him while he fell asleep at night, but I'm happy to share that we still value connected time before bed. And I'm also happy to...