Ways to Bring More Mindfulness Into Your Days
This post is an excerpt from my free e-book Practicing Peace, and is shared here as part of the Natural Parents Network How-to Blog Blitz. Enjoy! photo credit Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves. —Thich Nhat Hanh Perhaps you’ve heard about how our brain works. That when we’re triggered emotionally, [...]
Now at 8
Our bedtimes totally unraveled earlier this year. What seemed to have become a pretty straight-forward Brush Teeth and Get in Bed for a Story with Papa turned into mayhem, with Papa snoring in bed as two kids prowled the house searching for Mama, who was hiding out with a book. It was late, and I [...]
Tangle
How can I set right a tangle which is entirely below the level of my consciousness? Nisargardatta: “By being with yourself… by watching in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention to understand rather than to judge, in full acceptance of whatever may emerge, because it is there. You encourage the deep to [...]
The Irony Will Set You Free
We are at the breakfast table, me and my two boys, eating breakfast. We make a half-moon round: me, Orlando to my right and to his right, Mica. Orlando is arguing with Mica, trying to convince Mica to trade something Mica doesn’t want to trade and I say to Orlando, “Leave your brother alone.” He [...]
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