(Tender Topic Mentioned: Infant Loss) A series of serendipitous events over a decade ago profoundly impacted my work and my felt sense understanding of presence, connection, and healing. This is the story of one of my first in-person experiences with Dr. Ray Castellino, DC (ret), RPP, RPE, RCST® my dear friend and mentor who taught me so much about presence,
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When I started The Consciously Parenting Project in 2007, I knew that I had some information that most parents didn’t have that could help create more connection in families. We had been through several years filled with challenges including loss of a baby, really difficult behaviors from young son (and myself, if I’m going to be honest), another pregnancy and
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13 Ways to Support Your Family Through Our Offerings Here at The Consciously Parenting Project! We’ve put together 13 things to support your family’s Consciously Parenting journey and to help us all celebrate! Some are free. Some are low cost. Some we need your input on to determine what you most need! Together, we are changing the world one family
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My toddler was climbing up onto his little chair, and he fell off. He immediately started crying, and by the sound of it I could tell he was hurt. He didn’t need me to remind him how dangerous it is to climb on chairs. He didn’t need me to put a breast in his mouth to stop the crying. He
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When your child is doing something that makes no sense to you, you make up a narrative to help make sense of it. Sometimes this story is helpful. Sometimes it’s not. We all do this. It happened to us when we were growing up, too—our parents made up stories about our behaviors. Maybe you’ve had the experience of dreaming when
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“My 3-year-old loses it when we go to the park to play. I don’t get it. It’s supposed to be fun, right? Rebecca, how does this work with feelings? I don’t want to just give in and do whatever he’s asking (like just go home!). But his exploding and yelling seems like a bad idea, too. And it’s even worse
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Motherhood is all about making conscious choices, and one of the first and most important decisions a mom faces when preparing to give birth is whether or not she’ll be breastfeeding her baby. While key global health forces like the World Health Organization and UNICEF advocate for exclusive breastfeeding during a baby’s first months of life, actually following through with
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Tonight I had the honor of hosting a Healing Story Circle for some of the wonderful moms in my life. One of the things that came up that really stood out to me was how deeply these moms wanted to have this parenting thing all figured out for their kids. I hear that, and I honor that. There’s no harder
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April 22, 2020 Once upon a time, like a month ago, we had lives that were very different. For some, it meant you had a job outside the home or your partner went to work somewhere else. Maybe you had kids in school. Maybe you worked from home while they were out of the house. For others, homeschooling was already
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A Safe Space for Parents to Talk about Real Challenges About 8 years ago, I started holding online groups. I wanted to create a safe space for parents, wherever they live in the world, to share their experiences and find their own solutions to their challenges. I didn’t want another space where someone tells parents what to do. No one knows their situation and their
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