To be chosen. To be seen.
To be enough. To be loved.
There’s pain behind not feeling chosen. Not feeling seen. There’s pain behind not feeling enough. Not feeling loved.
You look for ways to be chosen. You work hard to be seen. But you are not enough as you are. You are loved for...
Written by: Alannah Cetti
Our minds are like gardens
Everything we take in is a seed
Things that have impacted us we plant
As we remember memories and lessons
We water them, helping them to grow into beautiful flowers
But, when looking at our unique garden
We tend to only notice the weeds
As...
YOU SPEND YOUR DAYS TAKING CARE OF YOUR KIDS, PARTNERS, HOME AND WHAT EVER ELSE IS ON YOUR LIST. WHO’S TAKING CARE OF YOU??
Here’s the thing. Literally, no one is going to do this for you. YOU need to do this for you. YOU need to take care of you. End of story, period, Amen.
The real...
“We don’t need to pay this much money for a coach to tell us how to parent our kid on how to not use his phone. Take the phone and smash it in two! That’s all we need to do!”
A mom I recently worked with shared with me her husband’s frustration about her working with...
This is true in all areas of our life, the need and importance to be true to ourselves, and this is absolutely true in parenting as well. How often do we parent from the expectations others place on us? What they think we should or shouldn’t do as parents vs doing what we want or know we...
Many of my summers would begin with this vision of what was in store for me and my kids…
Ah, Summer time. No more waking up and rushing out the door while scrambling to be sure all the shoes were on and back packs were ready to go. We would be sleeping in, waking when we want to, enjoying...
The new school year is quickly approaching which, for some parents, this is a much welcome reprieve. It makes me think of that commercial with the dad singing and dancing, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” down the aisles of Staples. For other parents, this time can...
I am sharing with you my response to a recent email I received regarding helping our kids making friends at a new school:
Hi Claire!
Thanks so much for the blog post. Just having a little time to pause and acknowledge the upcoming transition is huge. And I love your ideas about visiting the...
Did you know November is National Gratitude Month?
I heard something about this the other day and when I looked it up using that magic bar called Google, I found out November was indeed officially declared National Gratitude Month in 2015, in both the U.S. and Canada!
I'm going to be honest....
This morning, my daughter, a junior in HS, was sharing with me some colleges she found yesterday that offer both film studies and lacrosse. Two things of which she is interested in pursuing after high school. She came up with some incredible ideas and options, which was exciting and fun to talk...
How are you starting out your day?
Aside from the normal routines you may already have, such as journaling, meditating/prayer and exercising, (which are all absolutely awesome, amazing and highly recommended for your own emotional/metal and physical well being, I am talking about before you even...
I recently came across a letter I wrote to my kids that I want to share with you.
Especially in light of all that's going on in our world today.
It's a letter I had felt compelled to write to them as I found myself becoming astutely aware of my insecurities, aka fears, that were arising within me...
