Cooking, blogging, narcissism and parenting

August 24, 2009

I recently saw “Julie & Julia” and I found I had a lot of ways to relate to it.  Firstly, cooking is a bonding experience in my family; my kids love to watch cooking shows ranging from the cruelty of “Hell’s Kitchen” to the kitsch of “Iron Chef.”  And we all probably reveal much about […]

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Tadasana, or standing mindfully for what we believe

August 23, 2009

Please stand up, really, literally.  Take off your shoes and socks and feel the ground with your feet.  Let’s not just sit here, let’s at least stand here.  Root down with the four corners of your feet.  Bring your knees in line with your ankles.  Draw your tailbone subtly down and your pubic bone up; melt […]

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We’ve Known Rivers… and they’ve told us how to parent

August 22, 2009

The following poem is so full of spirit and wisdom that simply reading it can help us stay connected to our deepest and best Selves as parents.         I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has […]

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The Animas in their summer dresses

August 21, 2009

The Anima is a Jungian word for the archetype of the woman a man most longs for.  In actuality, the Anima is best understood as both the feminine soul of a man, and as the ideal which drives the pursuit of the “soul mate.”  It is more than just sexual desire that provokes men to […]

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Horses

August 20, 2009

In a recent NY Times article (http://tiny.cc/FsiSk) I read of a neuroscientist who realized that despite her Ph.D. she really wanted to chuck her academic career and become a horse trainer.  Amongst other factors in the article, she noted her naivete about thinking that one advances in academia based on merit, which crashed into her […]

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Compassion

August 19, 2009

When I was three or four-years-old I remember my parents pulling up to a stoplight and a man with a bad limp crossing in front of the car.  I became very concerned and asked what was wrong with that person.  My parents told me that he was crippled, and when, in answer to my questions […]

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When kids don’t know what to do with themselves

August 18, 2009

It’s the dog days of summer and the kids have already swam, played hours of video games, watched TV, done their reading and they ask for one more thing (like to watch another movie) and you realize that it’s time to end the electronics for the day, but you have a lot to do and […]

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I don’t know why you say good-bye…

August 17, 2009

Good-byes, separation and re-connections are fraught with some of parenting’s more challenging moments.  In this season of summer-camps, not to mention drum-rolls of off to college time for some high-school grads, it seems like a good time to give some thought to the patterns of hello and good-bye. In a nut-shell, we are born still […]

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Sunday’s Child

August 16, 2009

The child that is born on the Sabbath day is bonny and blithe, and good and gay. Sunday’s child is thus the child of repose—and so whether you’re looking to take your “Sabbath,” your sabbatical or just a nap, Sunday’s child is the kid for you. Children are great teachers—every day of the week.  And […]

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Saturday’s Child

August 15, 2009

Saturday’s child works hard for his, or her, living.  And while Saturday’s child may be on the endangered species list, we can restore his and her natural habitat by thinking more deeply about how we cultivate a good work ethic.  This is a tricky bit of business, because we ourselves may be workaholics, and so […]

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