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This is Part 6 in our series on Nurturing Yourself while Raising Your Child
“Don’t
look at it as exercise — instead, play games and have a ton of fun! The
main thing is just to get outside every day and do something you think
is fun. You can play sports like soccer, basketball, or
badminton. You can play games like freeze tag or ride a bike or do
running races with your friends or family. You can go on hikes with your
family or go swimming or paddling. Do lots of different things, and
again, focus on having fun, and doing it often.” – Leo Babauta
You're a parent, so you don’t have time to exercise, right? I can relate. But moving our bodies is a basic part of self-care. We can't talk about nurturing ourselves without figuring out a way to get physical. READ POST
This is Part 5 in our series on Nurturing Yourself while Raising Your Child.
“There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a
quickening that is translated through you into action and because there
is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you
block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost.” --
Martha Graham
Raising a child takes so much out of us that we often sacrifice most
everything else that's important to us. But if we don't stay connected
to what keeps us energized, we run dry. READ POST
This is Part 4 in our series on Nurturing Yourself while Raising Your Child.
"The only way to help our child is to do the work
ourselves. Our child needs a guide through the tsunami." – Leslie
Potter, Purejoy Parenting
Life has a way of doling out lessons that we didn't ask for, but that help
us develop more wholeness. When we resist those lessons, they
land in our lap again in exaggerated form, until we finally tackle them. READ POST
This is Part 3 in our series on Nurturing Yourself while Raising Your Child.
"What
I start to feel is not just anger appropriate to the situation, but old
feelings I carry from the past. And those feelings have nothing to do
with my child or the situation. They have come up for me to take a look
at them. They are part of me. But they don't belong in my
relationship with my child. They have to do with me and the person who
raised me." -- Laura Davis & Janis Keyser READ POST
This is Part 2 in our series on Nurturing Yourself while Raising Your Child.
“I know one thing for sure. It is impossible to find one’s own balance from the outside in. I now know beyond a doubt that finding—and maintaining—our balance is an inside job.” – Lu Hanessian
As you go through your day, you have a
running list. Change the baby, feed the toddler a snack, teach the
preschooler to pick up her toys, help the elementary schooler with
homework, help the tween braid her hair, negotiate with the teen, make
dinner, fold laundry, pay the bills, email the boss, connect with your
spouse... the list never stops. But have you fallen off your own list? READ POST
"My commitment to this kind of parenting is fierce, and when I falter it
is always because I have a mountain of unmet needs - usually of the
basic nature (sleep, food, etc) and often including more complex like
interdependence and creativity."- Jennifer
“I start yelling, and I can't stop. Later, I feel terrible. She was just being a kid. And I was acting like my mother, who I still can't forgive.” -- Karen
The bad news is, having a child changes everything. The good news is, having a child changes everything.
Seriously, having a child can be the best thing you ever did. What else
offers such rich rewards while helping you grow into a more loving
person? But sometimes the rewards are elusive, and we find ourselves
screaming inside "This isn't what I signed up for!" READ POST
"Ok, you screamed at your kid. Now what? Unpack your baggage so your
kids don't have to carry it. It's all grist for the mill...The joy of the journey is in the detours." -- Lu Hanessian
As the year turns, and we try to turn over a new leaf, we're
reminded once again of our inability to simply will ourselves to
change. We are human, after all. READ POST
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