Parent Peacefully

When you ask someone something, of course you want them to say Yes. Whether it’s a birth class or my Parenting and Partnership: Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Series, there are incredibly [...]

[In My Heartfelt Letter to Family, written a year ago before this website and my Nonviolent Communication (NVC) services and NVC community and support even existed, I talked about not forcing [...]

My Cup Is Full. I had the first of what I hope is a long summer series of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Intro to the Basics workshop. I realized yet again that when people are willing to connect [...]

For many reasons, my 3.5 yo has been having big feelings that lead to, “No. I don’t want to listen. I don’t want to do anything. I don’t want to go anywhere.” Even if we are going to the park or [...]

In the middle of making burning hot dosas, my daughter, frustrated about shredding cheese (or life?) took off diaper and threw it on the kitchen floor. “Your diaper goes in the trash. Can you [...]

For my goals in the Simplicity Series, I put as a “want” in the CREATE section: A ritual of candlelit connection and gratitude at night for my whole family. I realized today that the [...]

“I want mama time! I want to do some art with you, mama.” I explained we could go downstairs together and make oatmeal and then do some art mama time before I had a work call. In came her sad [...]

When I first became a tandem nurturer, a mother of two, I wrote this post about talking with a toddler about feelings. I ended that post saying: I guess only time will tell what the impact of our [...]

As parents and people, we have a lot on our plates. We work hard to love our children well and take care of our family, friends and home. We research, find tools, try new ways of being, deeper [...]

[After a months-long, drawn out and confusing process, our 12-year old dog, Mala, died this weekend.] Here’s what I realized the hard part about grief is: Sitting with my mistakes. Forever. It [...]