When I decided to quit my job and stay home to homeschool I had to switch my brain from bread winner to money saver. My role initially when homeschooling wasn’t about making money anymore like I did with my job, it was about saving money. In Human Resources we are seen as a cost center Read More …
How to create a great relationship with your homeschool kids
My role within my family changed when I started homeschooling. I used to work in a corporate job, but now I was 100% in charge of home matters. My husband had his job at work and I had my job at home. I didn’t like to comingle the two very much. For example, I was Read More …
How to homeschool without the help of family
As I look back on my homeschool journey I am amazed at how it all worked out. I had three kids within seven years, so for me, my kid’s births were spaced out fairly nicely. However, for various reasons, I did not have help from family during my homeschooling journey. Most of my family lived Read More …
How do we break through cultural unconsciousness?
Culture has a voice. We have learned it and we speak it. Some of the things it has to say are negative and biased. No wonder so many of us grow up with addictions, false beliefs and emotional issues. Most of us are raised with parents who bought into the cultural hierarchical rules. They never Read More …
How is your past affecting your future?
The people in your life today are suffering because of reactions you have had to past relationships. How many people currently in your life are having to pay for the actions of the people in your past? We so easily and unconsciously bring our history in to our present. If someone cheated on you in Read More …
The Covid-19 blessing
As I sit here thinking about what’s going on in the world, I can’t help realize something. Covid-19 has done what we could not do ourselves. It has slowed down the world. It has forced people to pause and spend time with family. It has forced people to reflect and given people opportunities, although this Read More …
Time to Face Your Fears
Everyone has fears. There are some fears that most people have in common. Fear of not being enough, fear of loss, fear of being ourselves, etc. The list goes on. Well, today my goal is to help you face some of these fears. If we look closely at our fears we will see how irrational Read More …
Are you sabotaging your child’s independence?
When you parent from a dictatorial hierarchical structure, you are creating children who are dependent and submissive. We, as parents, say that we want our kids to be independent, but we teach them to obey and follow. When a child is told what to do all of the time, how are they supposed to develop Read More …
Moving forward from the past
As I have worked on myself more and more, I have come to see some very important things. I would like to share with you some of these things in hopes they may help you along your journey as well. Recently, I realized I always had a ‘weakness’ for chocolate chip cookies. I just thought Read More …
Craving or Sabotage?
Many years into my marriage and parenting I found myself at an unhappy point in my life. The feeling was a feeling of loss, like I had somehow lost myself. At first my thought was to blame my spouse and kids. I had lost myself because of them. What I have since learned is that Read More …