The Importance of Connection Something that has helped me tremendously in my journey as a parent is to remember that I am doing the best I can in any given moment. And so is my child. He wants to connect with me. If he’s not, that is letting me know that something isn’t right in his world, something isn’t right

The Importance of the Relationship Principle 2: The parent-child relationship is more important than any behavioral intervention, consequence, or punishment. The bottom line is that parenting techniques that use threats and coercion are really threatening the child’s core needs for love and attention (what a child needs to survive) to gain temporary compliance. A compliant child is very different than

Regulation and Dysregulation We’ll be shifting how we look at our children and their behavior by taking a closer look at the foundational principles of Consciously Parenting. You may just discover something about yourself in this process, too. Principle 1: All behavior is a communication. Behavior reflects the internal state of the individual and the relationship’s level of connection. New

Connect with Your Inner Guidance Inner guidance doesn’t have formulaic solutions, but always come back to connecting in relationship, holding the importance of everyone’s needs whenever possible. By making conscious parenting decisions, we have the power to create connection instead of disconnection, love instead of fear, peace instead of discord. Then we can return to our natural “perfect” state of

Our (cute) Parenting Magnifying Glass Parenting our own children provides a unique opportunity to learn about our early experiences. It puts a magnifying glass on those things that worked well for our own parents and those that didn’t. It allows us to understand how we feel about our own needs and the needs of our children, but only if we

Welcome! I’m so happy that you’ve found your way here! I’m going to be sharing 30 days of parenting excerpts with you from my first ground breaking book, Consciously Parenting: What It Really Takes to Raise Emotionally Healthy Families. These ideas radically shifted my own family life and have enriched the lives of hundreds of families around the world. I’d