as we walk in the door from another long day at school and work, the children seem tired and irritated, maybe from the stress and struggles of the day, i have learnt as a parent to understand that when the kids get home they are able and need to release some of that stress! the […]
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Being connected to the world
Chris at Parking Lot is a great mentor for me on holding space. Today he uses the story of the re-discovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker to teach about holding space and never giving up on anyone. Joy Harjo’s cousin wrote about the meaning of the birds to the Muskogee people: The honorable ivory-billed woodpecker has […]
Surrendering to Vulnerability
Snippets from a journey unfolding A friend writes to me, ?i looked out into the ocean….the water was rough and an anology came to me about the state of being i have found myself in. What i am experiencing reminds me of entering a rough sea and getting caught in a rip-tide. For a bit […]
Ice Cream That Helps Kids Play!
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I and Thou
A Gestalt Poem: If I just do my thing and you do yours,We stand in danger of losing each otherAnd ourselves. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations;But I am in this world to confirm youAs a unique human being,And to be confirmed by you. We are fully ourselves only […]
Letting Go and Becoming
“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.” — Rachel Naomi Remen Brought to us by Rick at a new life emerging: I want to live boldly and to my […]
Their Name is Today
Here’s a link for some quality Education Quotes. Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say “tomorrow.” Their name is today. — Gabriela Mistral (Chilean teacher 1899 – 1957) How much do we put off in […]