Zeb has always been an independent person. From the time he could scoot and crawl he preferred lots of time out of my arms. As a toddler he loved his day trips out with grandparents or aunts. And for many years he’s chosen to stay home alone whenever possible. That’s the easy “free range” stuff [...]
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You Take Care of Everyone Else; Who’s Taking Care of You?
Let me first remind you that you are amazing. (Because I know it can be easy to forget.) You give so much to your kids, your partner, your work, and probably way too many other people and things in your life as well. You work your ass off to feed the bodies and the souls [...]
How to Create a New Year’s Time Capsule with Your Family
We learned how to create a New Year’s time capsule a couple years ago and really loved it. It can be a fun New Year’s idea for the kids (eve or day), and as simple or elaborate as you’d all like it to be. It can also be done alone or for someone else or [...]
Being Organic Around Conventional Wisdom
For me personally, and I’m sure for some of you, one of the biggest challenges of Being Organic, of being authentic and true to your values and desires always, was stepping into a space that felt as though it challenged those values. I felt a lot of fear, as though I was stepping out on [...]
Born a Human Being, Not a Chair
I just want him to stay with me until I can be sure he won’t turn into Norman Nothing. I want to be sure he’ll know when he’s chickening out on himself. I want him to get to know exactly the special thing he is or else he won’t notice it when it starts to [...]
My name is Tara. I am a mama and a lover, a full-time nomad, a passionate devourer of Life and an Organic Life Coach.
