Gluten Free For The Holidays

Written by Guest Contributor

This guest article was written by Kris Britton. Hi Dolls! The Holidays are uber special to my soul.  It starts the last week of November for me when the Christmas music starts playing in the car, I set the local Christmas station to wake me up in the morning and I start slowly removing my [...]

How to Get Beyond Compliance to Joyful Solutions

Written by Nancy Bradshaw

I recently attended Diane Gossen, author of many books including My Child is a Pleasure. What was amazing was how curious and interested she was in the needs of the child. I felt myself getting teary as I saw how deeply she cares about our children. Her approach is based on William Glasser’s work that [...]

Bringing Meaning and Sweetness into Halloween

Written by Nancy Bradshaw

There is lots of sugar filled sweetness at Halloween, and our family has added a tradition that is built on the Celtic meaning of this time of year and it brings a heart filled sweetness to this season. The time around Halloween is the changing of the seasons from the golden fall to the cool [...]

Peanut Butter Chocolate Truffles

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This guest article is written by Kris Britton. There is something about Peanut Butter that brings me back 20 years to my childhood Halloweens. When I bite into salty peanut butter it reminds me of running home with sticky sparkles on my nose, hands and in hair.  The sparkles were at one time around my [...]

Ghoulish Gluten Free, Vegan Sugar Cookies

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This guest article is written by Kris Britton. Growing up my mom, sister and I would rock out sheets and sheets of Sugar Cookies {unhealthy ones of course }  For Easter we would have bright colored flowers and egg white cookies decorated with icing sugar colored pastel.  For Christmas we had trees galore dazzled with [...]

Bonding with my Child

Written by Nancy Bradshaw

When my daughter and I are not connected, I find that nothing works all that well. When I ask her to help out or practice piano, I hear whining. So the small amount of time to ‘connect before I direct’ seems to make all the difference. That is the slogan in the Non Violent Communication [...]

How to Be There for Your Teen While Also Giving Space

Written by Amber Ludwig

You may or may not know by now that I hold a strong passion for opening communication between teens and parents. Wow oh wow did I push and pull my parents in every possible direction as a teen. “I need you” … “No, get away” … it must have been so incredibly confusing for them! [...]

Helping Our Children Make Friends

Written by Nancy Bradshaw

My relationships are probably what brings me the greatest joys in my life – whether it be my child, my husband, my friends, so I want this joy for my daughter too. When my daughter was little, I could see how much she wanted to connect with other children (and she still does). Although she [...]

How To Help Your Child Make New Friends

Written by Nancy Bradshaw

Here are my favorite top 5 tips: 1. Invite as many of the children from your child’s class as possible for a playdate at your house. On the schoolground, children get into habits of playing with the same person and not only will they feel safer having more friends, they may find greater compatibility with [...]

Are You An “Innie” Or An “Outie”? Discovering and Honoring Your Emotional Energy Type as a Mom

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We all know the boundless energy our children have each and every day, and if we don’t have similar energy levels ourselves, it’s not long before we’re running ragged trying to keep up. While most people tend to think this kind of energy comes from physical stamina, research shows that 70% of our overall energy [...]

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