Benefits Of Chess: Why More Moms Should Play Chess
Learn about all the amazing benefits that chess can bring into a mother’s life
Chronicles
Chronicles and stories about motherhood, its beauty and challenges, failures and successes, guided by conscious parenting movement.
First Week of Remote Learning in COVID-19 pandemic – Grade 1
A tale of first week of remote learning in COVID-19 pandemic. Grade 1.
An Important Message Alert to All the Exhausted Parents!
On the importance of knowing self limitations, recognizing fatigue and taking a proper rest.
Labeling Our Children
A quick reminder that labeling our children as “good” or “bad” or anything in between can lead to unexpected negative consequences. Instead, shift the focus on desirable behaviour.
Raising A Champion
The world today is more competitive than it has ever been, and the parents are starting off their children young, very young. Just read a parenting book such as “After 3 it’s too late”, by Ibaki Masaru. The title alone will freak any parent out …
Blueberry Buckwheat Pancake Minis
The Best Vegan, Gluten-Free, Kid-Friendly healthiest buckwheat pancakes
Prebiotic Balls
Feed your good gut bacteria with the foods they like – prebiotics. These Vegan and Gluten-Free balls are loaded with prebiotics.
Consciouszzz Parenting By Night
Tonight, I’m bracing myself for yet another sleepless night phase. In this phase, I decided to put my Conscious Parent Hat on and not to threaten my children with things like cancelling Christmas or playdates, and I decided not to let them “cry it out” …
Mock-Chocolate Brownie Balls
-School Safe, Kid Friendly Is chocolate your Frienemy? If you know me, then you probably also know that it is my! It’s so delicious and is loaded with good antioxidants, polyphenols and feel-good magic; these are my friends. But it’s also addictive, got caffeine and …
My Kids Highjacked My Spotify
–On being too immersed in motherhood You know when you have a full time office job and you take a week off to go on vacation … then you come back and have 300 emails to plow through and all the work to catch up …
On Conscious Parenting
Recently I was privileged to complete an online course with Dr. Shefali Tsabary on Conscious Parenting and I will never be the same again! She challenges the traditional parenting approach, the burdens of unconscious parenting, that have been passed from generation to generation and awakens …
Mama Is The Sweetest Word
Today, I got to experience two important parenting lessons: The Pause and Watching Your Feelings Rise and Fade while being in the state of non-reactivity. It was only after the experience that I gained conscious awareness of how beautiful and calm it feels to experience …
Consciously Unconscious
Last night I made a conscious decision to finish my parenting day as an “unconscious”, or “unaware”, parent. I’ve been on this eye-opening, thought provoking 3+ weeks Conscious Parenting Quest with Dr. Shefali Tsabary and learned a great deal what conscious parenting is about. But …
A Long Painful Walk Home, Or …
Our walk home from school today was quite something. The moment my 5 year old daughter, Chloe, got out of school, she started being demanding about a playdate. No hug, no simple “Hello mommy”. A playdate with a girl I’ve never heard her speak of. …
Rushing Against the Clock
If there is one thing in my relationship with my five year old daughter Chloe that has been bugging me almost on a daily basis, that would be her procrastination. As probably any small child, she’s taking so (and I mean soooo!) much unbearably long …
If You Had a Rough Day …
Not in million years, would I have ever thought that putting eye contact lenses under pressure could cause a series of unfortunate events. It’s 8:15am. Both of my kids (3 and 5) are fed, dressed and ready for school. I am in the bathroom trying …
The Mama-Zombie Phase
Tonight, I’m bracing myself for yet another sleepless night. I don’t know why, but in the last two weeks my girls have decided to take turns as to who could keep mommy awake the longest. We go through such phases now and then. Sometimes it’s …