Developmental Notes from ESSENTIAL PARENTING

09/21/2012

Ready to take Attachment Parenting to the next level???

“Are You Mom Enough” was meant to get everyone fired up and it did. Now Pathways to Family Wellness is doing what it does best and is drilling down beneath

08/31/2011

The simple truth about what children need... Remember to come and join us over at the new page as this page will be shut down soon!

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08/24/2011

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08/20/2011

Hey folks - we are going to moving real soon over to a brand new fanpage. I would love to have you all join us over there with lots more blog links, practical and inspirational videos, and links to lots of free content on the new website. Touch base soon!

06/05/2010

"Every child of ours needs to learn thesimple truth: She is the energy of the Sun. And we adults should organizethings so her face shines with the same radiant joy." Brian Swimme

The Sun, each second, transforms four million tons of itself into light, giving itself over to become energy that we, with every meal, partake of. For four million years, humans have been feasting on the Sun’s energy storedin the form of wheat

05/31/2010

"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through.
Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and
remain in it. This is a kind of death." Anais Nin

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. Anais Nin Last week I wrote about

05/31/2010

"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family." Mother Teresa

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. Mother Teresa Over the last several months I have written about how the relationship we have with our children affects their nervous systems. This includes momentary changes

05/31/2010

Do you live in a way that does not disturb your child's basic trust in reality?

Innate qualities, most evident in infancy, that reflect our direct contact with the support, love, and intelligence of the universe. When a human being is born, it generally spends a good portion of its time inBeingness, a relaxed state characterized by

05/31/2010

How relaxed can I be and still keep my child safe?

Last week I posted a poem by William Martin — Empty Yourself of Worries. I love how poems and stories really cut to the heart of the matter. There is so much power and truth in their simplicity and they

05/31/2010

Empty........

EMPTY YOURSELF OF WORRIES To survive as a parent you must empty yourself Of your constant thinking, planning, and worrying. You and your children were born in the Tao, Live in the Tao, and will return to the same Tao. If you do not realize

05/31/2010

“Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.” Jack Kornfield

Two weeks ago I reported on a little scene I saw at the park. The whole thing lasted maybe 30 seconds, was very ordinary in many respects, and yet my bringing it up has stirred up many comments, questions, and