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A friend recently asked me what surprised me most about motherhood. What a great question. As the answer arose in me, it was about where the magic resides inside parenting. Through connection. That’s where the juice is. The joy. The play. The magic. Seems obvious right? Except no one told me that before becoming a mom. I heard about the challenge and how tiring it is. And when parenting happens from a top-down approach of authority and discipline, I can see how that would be

Her demands are not intentional. Her boundary testing is not to piss me off. Her No’s are not trying to push my buttons. She’s not attacking me when she hits my face again after I’ve told her no. I notice sometimes I take it personally and I get sad and angry that she’s hurting me. It’s not personal. In fact it has nothing to do with me. It’s her feeling lots of energy in her body and needing a place to express it. It’s her discovering what’s ok in this human body. She needs

Before pregnancy I chose to stop drinking caffeine. I didn’t drink a ton of it, but it was definitely something I felt some dependency with and I knew I didn’t want to drink it while pregnant. This is one of the best choices, for my system, that I could’ve done. I’ve continued to stay off it. Though I do drink raw cacao, which has Theobromine in it, it’s a heart-opener for me and doesn’t overstimulate me. I’ve tried a few sips of caffeine recently and what I notice is it real