Lately I’ve been having little moments of awe while sitting in a room with my family. 

I’ve got a perfect-for-me husband, two beautiful and healthy children and a house full of love and compassion. Things in our house are just feeling right. 

It’s not always this way, and 2017 might of had more hard days than easy ones, but 2018 is so far so good.

I then started to reflect on what brings my...

I recently finished a book by Alexandra Solomon titled Loving Bravely . 

I'm a sucker for non-fiction books that help me grow as a person, mother, partner or better yet, all of the above. 

I first heard about it when Alexandra was a guest speaker on the Zen Parenting podcast.

Aside from ah-ha moments throughout, Alexandra offers multiple exercises to help you work through your position in lo...

This year the Zen Parenting Radio Conference highlighted nine themes and discussed them with us on the first night why they chose these themes and how we might integrate them throughout the conference that weekend, and into our communities once we go home. These themes are useful for any parent and provide thought provoking perspectives in how you want to show up in your day to day lives...

One day around the dinner table Zinnia decided it was time to take a few big deep breaths. As soon as she was done, Shane announced he too would take a deep breath and took said breath. I of course followed (who wants to be the deep breath downer? Certainly not me.) and then Shane had this great idea... 

"From now on, whenever you take a deep breath, mommy and I will stop what we are...

I am a big lover of traditional mantra chanting (aside from the daily mantras I write about). The sacred sanskrit sounds not only have proven health benefits like aiding in memory loss and improving cognitive function (to name a few), they also provide a deep sense of connection to the universe and yourself and can ease things like fear or worry. Moreover,

Over the past two years my little family and I have had many roomies (seven to be exact). Some stayed for as little as a month, while others stayed for a full year. The experience of having roommates as a parent has been incredible. While other people might cringe at the idea of having other people around all the time, I adored it. Our roomies for the most part were family (or our version...

This morning, something magical happened. I just had to share. 

Since Zinnia was born, anytime I had to wake her up (which is not that often, since a sleeping baby is typically a blessing) I have done so by giving her smooches all over. Zinnia likes to sleep "nudies" (diaper only) so there is a lot of super soft baby skin for kissing!

Usually it takes at least ten smooches for her eyes...

A walk can be many things. A jaunt around the local mall, pushing your stroller and talking about all the nice things to see in the store windows or a hands free, stroller free, good old fashion walk in the neighbourhood. The latter takes a chunk of free time and a very patient and accepting intention, but is immensely worth it. 

If you ever find yourself with a spare hour, I suggest...

Much like the sound of waves, the feeling of wind on a hot day, or the smell of freshly blooming flowers, rocks can be an excellent reason to slow down and practise being mindfully present. 

In our home we have been practising a pebble meditation with Zinnia since she was 18 months old. We each select a rock, hold it in our hands, talk about all of its characteristics and then imagine it t...

Building connected relationships, what life is all about. If you ask me.

On Zen Parenting Radio one of the hosts, Cathy Adams, is always talking about the age old saying “it takes a village to raise a child". While I had never felt this wasn't true, I had never really felt like it meant much to me personally. 

This month that changed. I began watching my connections in a whole new wa...