Have A Natural Birth In Hospital
So, you want a natural birth in a hospital. The medical model of pregnancy and birth in most societies means that having a natural birth in hospital is quite rare these days, especially if you want a real ‘hands off’, no intervention kind of birth. But it is...
Five Reasons To Unschool
Unschooling is an approach to education that has the child and the family in the drivers seat of how learning is done. The parents role is to provide space and tools for the child to access and connect with everything they love to do, to read about and to explore, and...
A Slow Awakening
What does it mean to awaken? I feel like I have been in a semi-conscious state since I had my first baby eight years ago. This is the first time in eight years that I have a three year old and am not pregnant or breastfeeding. It’s a strange feeling of a a slow...
Can you really have it all?
I am a mum of three young children who believes she can have it all. What a release to actually claim that statement. How socially unacceptable for me to admit it. Aren’t mothers supposed to be in an inherent deficit in every aspect of their lives - with a healthy...
Rewilding Life as a form of Justice
Rewilding parenting is, in essence, about justice for children. A justice which we bring into our homes and which we allow to inform our relationships with our children. It is about tapping into the natural, spiritual love that we have for our children, with...
It Takes A Village
I believe that one of the biggest losses in modern life is the loss of the extended family. The loss of love. The loss of support. The loss of community. The loss of role models - especially for new parents and their children. As humans we have evolved to live in...
Your child’s feelings aren’t about you!
Your child’s feelings are not about you. Let me share some insight with you: you are not so special that every single feeling and behavior that your child has is based on you. Your child’s experience is their own. It is not personal. Your child is not having a...
School Can’t
They are clinging to your leg at drop-off. They have got tummy aches every day. They are crying over breakfast and before bed on school nights. They won’t get out of the car and refuse to let your hand go. Maybe they will get used to it. It’s just separation anxiety....
The Wild Woman in birth
The morning my birth began I was overcome with powerful intuition that I would allow to lead me. Slowly, throughout the day, my intuition became more dominant than my conscious thoughts and behaviour until it reached the climax and my baby was welcomed earthside. I...
Reframing the idea of the difficult child.
Shifting perspectives and reframing thoughts is one of the most interesting things about coaching. There is a whole world of possibilities in the palm of our hands and yet we often have the same pattern of thoughts, beliefs and expectations all throughout our lives....
