Why Punishment Doesn’t Work
By Tracy Cassels There is a movement afoot to move away from punishment as lots of people are learning the benefits of gentle, respectful,…
Parenting
Why Managing Your Internal World is the Most Important Skill You Will Ever Learn
By Geordie Bull After wasting years trying out different strategies in an attempt to control my children (and the rest of my life), I was intuitively…
Keeping a Positive Attitude when Relocating to a New City with Children
By Kylee Harris The typical American will move 11.7 times in their lives – 2.5 times between birth and 8th grade, according to the MacArthur…
Parenting with Peace: Gentle, Holistic Support for Parents
With a passion for holistic, gentle parenting, Lyndell Finlayson uses both her professional and lived experiences to support families on their parenting journey, helping…
Newborn Nights
By Hayley Zemontas Now, I’m part of the night. A stitch in its fabric, a star in the sky. Cradling my offspring tight. Rather than missing…
10 Ways to Love the One You’re With
By Dr. Laura Markham “Try to see your child as a seed that came in a packet without a label. Your job is to…
From One to Two
By Sarah Noble There are so many things I haven’t done in life because of fears, anxieties, ‘what if’s. I let the fear, the unknown…
We Can Do Hard Things
By Sarah R Moore I did a hard thing today. While my family was on a long nature hike, I spotted one of those…
Bilingual Parenting
By Kathryn Macfarlane, Ph.D. (App. Ling.) Ko taku reo taku ohooho, ko taku reo taku mapihi mauria… My language is my awakening, my language is the window to my soul… The way we think defines…
Wild and Free
By Hayley Zemontas Today I watched you carving trails in the sandpit, back and forth with red plastic spades. Already marking your place in the world; sifting…
Two Lasting Bequests for our Children
By Belinda Haan “There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of them is roots; the other is…
A Creative Outlet for Mums: Why I Started Writing Poetry Again
By Geordie Bull I loved writing poetry as a child. It was a form of expression that made me feel free, unencumbered and creative. I…
The Race
By Victoria Vanstone Today, for a moment, I was proud. My daughter told me she was nervous about going to a party. “Why are you nervous…
The Birth of a Mother
By Keturah Stoltenberg It’s the moment that you’ve been waiting for… You fix your gaze on your baby for the very first time, feeling…
I See You Mama
By Sarah Noble For some, motherhood comes with ease. Babies that sleep well (for a baby), no health issues, leaps, teething and growth spurts…
Mother’s little helper – Treating Postpartum/Postnatal Depression the Homeopathic way
By Kirsty Richards Postpartum Depression – or the baby blues – as it used to be called. It’s estimated up to 15 percent of…
Emotion Coaching and The Highly Sensitive Child
By Rachel Samson M.Psych Learn five steps that will help you support your child through their big emotions One of the most important influences…
9 Options to Transform “Bad” Behaviour
By Dr. Laura Markham “You don’t seem to ever discuss discipline in terms of teaching acceptable behaviour. Sometimes these kids are brats, and they…
Self-Compassion in Motherhood
By Belinda Haan Writing these words fill me with the memories of just how bloody hard I was on myself in early motherhood. There…
Foundation skills used in Elimination Communication during a baby’s first 1000 days
A book review for ‘Elimination Communication Babies’ by Clare Stead “Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the…