We live in an adult-centered, anti-child world where mistreatment of children is considered, not just appropriate, but preferred. At best, kids are considered loud, messy and exhausting. At worst, they are considered inherently “bad” and in need of training, which is usually doled out in the form of mental, emotional or physical abuse. It’s true [...]
Posts Tagged ‘expectations’
Your Kids Don’t Owe You Jack
Now that I have your attention let me please make one thing clear… You chose to have children. You chose to be a caregiver, to take on the responsibility of providing for your child’s physical, emotional and mental well-being. Your kids don’t owe you thanks for your own decisions. They just don’t. They are here to [...]
What Are You Holding? Space + Vision vs. Limitations.
A lot has happened since I experienced my perspective shift toward receiving. I’ve experienced such an incredible insurge of insight and experience in the matters of support, creating tribes and the intertwining acts of creating our worlds. There is no separating these exchanges from Who We Are. We give. We receive. We shine. Sometimes the [...]
The If/Then Syndrome and Unconditionality
There’s an epidemic that has infiltrated our culture. It creeps in to families and relationships and make us all sick. Sick of each other, really. It’s the If/Then Syndrome, sometimes referred to as the When/Then Syndrome. And it gets us all at some point. It’s that tit for tat behavior that we all loathe, and [...]
I think it’s called exhaustion…
A belated Bench Monday I lost it yesterday. We were trying to pack up the weekend leftovers and searching out the remnants of our keepers. I couldn’t find something and when I asked my husband if he’d seen it he said something that felt an awful lot like an accusation. I went to playful whack [...]
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.
