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Stories and learnings from my own personal journey into deeper compassion, healthier relationships and nonviolent living. Please feel free to leave comments and questions on any posts; I love being in conversation with you.

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Co-Parenting with a Narcissistic Ex: Practical Strategies for Toxic Relationships
Co-parenting is never simple, but when your ex-partner exhibits narcissistic tendencies, the challenges can feel insurmountable. You may find yourself oscillating between hope for collaboration ...
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Boundary Setting with Teenagers
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How to Start Setting Boundaries – When You Haven’t Been
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Grow Up Your Inner Child

When we get triggered and reactive, let's practice loving up our inner child. Let's see our reactivity as a childhood fear of punishment and ...

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needs
Navigating Needs and Triggers

My daughter graduates from high school in six weeks. Even as I type this sentence, I find myself pausing to let that sink in ...

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communication skills
Nurturing Compassion

As a guest on the Authentic Parenting podcast with Anna Seewald, I talked about various aspects of the internal work of nonviolence and compassion ...

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apologies
Beneficial Regret

Why saying “I’m sorry” doesn’t go deeply enough … and what to aim for instead

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Boundaries & Power
Power vs Force
A few weeks ago my daughter and I had a rough Saturday morning. Our whole argument could be summarized in a variety of ways: Perhaps ...
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choice
How to Spend Your Resources Wisely

How we each spend our time, spend our energy, spend our attention and ultimately where we spend our money, is a powerful way of ...

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attention
Connecting to Deeper Needs

We often think we know what we want, but don't. Connecting to deeper needs in any given situation can be game-changing.

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co-parenting
connection
Co-Parenting with a Narcissistic Ex: Practical Strategies for Toxic Relationships
Co-parenting is never simple, but when your ex-partner exhibits narcissistic tendencies, the challenges can feel insurmountable. You may find yourself oscillating between hope for collaboration ...
Read more
Boundary Setting with Teenagers
boundaries
How to Start Setting Boundaries – When You Haven’t Been
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boundaries
Grow Up Your Inner Child

When we get triggered and reactive, let's practice loving up our inner child. Let's see our reactivity as a childhood fear of punishment and ...

Read more
needs
Navigating Needs and Triggers

My daughter graduates from high school in six weeks. Even as I type this sentence, I find myself pausing to let that sink in ...

Read more
communication skills
Nurturing Compassion

As a guest on the Authentic Parenting podcast with Anna Seewald, I talked about various aspects of the internal work of nonviolence and compassion ...

Read more
apologies
Beneficial Regret

Why saying “I’m sorry” doesn’t go deeply enough … and what to aim for instead

Read more
Boundaries & Power
Power vs Force
A few weeks ago my daughter and I had a rough Saturday morning. Our whole argument could be summarized in a variety of ways: Perhaps ...
Read more
choice
How to Spend Your Resources Wisely

How we each spend our time, spend our energy, spend our attention and ultimately where we spend our money, is a powerful way of ...

Read more
attention
Connecting to Deeper Needs

We often think we know what we want, but don't. Connecting to deeper needs in any given situation can be game-changing.

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Read more

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