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I hope the posts and videos on this blog stimulate you to think differently about your health. I'm sharing from the perspective of my training as a homeopath and my experience practicing meditation and somatic healing for over twenty years.
There are hundreds of posts, some from as far back as 2012. I invite you to search for whatever interests you and contact me if you have questions about anything I've written.
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Play is a powerful healer
Imaginative, unstructured play brings children into the moment and grounds them in their bodies.
Kids need to be at ease to learn
What if we looked at children with learning challenges through a holistic lens? Let’s broaden the focus from how the child processes information to how the child is doing in his/her life.
Our children are our greatest teachers
Our children will teach us what we need to learn for our self-growth, if we listen. In every moment that the child doesn't listen, there is an opportunity for us to self-reflect.
Children need love to thrive not fear. Please don't spank your kids
I wish it would be clear to parents that hitting children does much more harm than good. Spanking is not an effective way to teach children good behaviour.
Raise your kids on love not fear. PleaseDONT SPANK your kids
I wish it would be clear to parents that hitting children does much more harm than good. Spanking is not an effective way to teach children good behaviour.
Your style of discipline affects your child’s health. Choose consciously
Ask yourself whether the way you discipline your children draws them closer to you or further away? Discipline can be based on loving connection, which can strengthen a child.
Day 1: 6 year old boy hits sister and get scolded...
You don't have to be sick to benefit from homeopathy, only human.
The problem is rarely with the child
As parents we have a long list of concerns about our children. We see them in various physical, emotional and behavioural challenges and want to help them as best we can.
Kids Mirror Parents Unprocessed Emotional Material
It can be hard to grasp the degree to which our children know our inner worlds. They may not know it in their minds but they can feel exactly what’s going on.
You cant command your childrens respect. You need to earn it
I have some things to say from a health perspective about the commandment, "Respect your elders".
Homeopathy makes parenting way easier
Imagine if you had a toolkit customized to your child that could support him/her though the physical and emotional stressors?
self-regulation happens naturally when the child's energy is embodied
People spend a lot of energy teaching kids how to behave well. Children are told what to do, how to do it, what not to do etc.
Help your kids ground and settle with breath work
When kids are hyper, wild or misbehaved in any way, it's almost always the case that their breath will be shallow.
Homeopathy supports children's developmental stages
“That mine!” - followed by a tantrum. Well, that’s just terrible two’s.
The 20 minutes today to be fully present with your child
How often to do you put away your phone and other distractions and be fully present with your child?
When one family member heals the benefits cascade through the household
When someone in the family makes a big shift in his/her health, the benefits help everyone else too. Poor health has a dragging-like quality and when it lifts, there is more space to connect and to thrive.
Families form a matrix
Everyone in a family is continually sensing and adapting to the state of the other people in the household.