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Tag: "Parenthood"

Hungry for Letting Go
[ 1 ] November 13, 2011

Hungry for Letting Go

The topic around food and children comes up very often.  For example, I know many parents who feel very hopeless and start arranging their lives around food. While I totally understand this, because I was one of them too, I now see that my own attachments and beliefs about food determined my relationship with my [...]

Plane Crash
[ 0 ] May 18, 2011

Plane Crash

If you knew you were dying in the next 10 minutes what would be the one thing you would wish you could change? This is what happened to Ric Elias on flight US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009. Elias didn’t die as the captain of the plane managed to land the plane in the Hudson [...]

Can parenting books make us better parents?
[ 1 ] March 14, 2011

Can parenting books make us better parents?

A friend of mine recently asked me if I think people can become better parents by reading parenting books and blogs. My mind immediately jumped to an African saying told to me long ago—“Information is only a rumor unless it is in your body”. While there are certainly a number of amazing parenting books and [...]

Heartbroken or Rejected?
[ 0 ] February 10, 2011

Heartbroken or Rejected?

I stopped watching television 15 years ago. I didn’t like the idea of “the media” dictating what to watch and when to watch it, nor did I want it to manage my mind. Now, thanks to Apple TV, I can enjoy television shows again because I can choose which ones I want to watch and [...]