Blog Archive

Turning Ten

Dear Lakshmi, Today, you turn ten years old. You are turning a corner, a decade of life, moving into the double digits. I can’t believe...

Falling Asleep

Tonight, I laid down with my son to put him to sleep. We don’t often do this, but tonight was somehow different. I laid down next to...

Raising A Grateful Generation

This month, I was fortunate to serve as guest parenting editor of City Life Magazine, a lifestyle magazine that is distributed throughout...

A Girl And Her Dogs

This morning, I went for a run with my nine year old daughter. In Pismo Beach for the weekend, we ran along a beautiful ocean front...

Mothering

Every week when I sit down to write my blog post, all I ask of myself is that I write from my heart. Sometimes something happened during...

In The Blink Of An Eye

There is something about a new year ahead that makes me pause and think about time. The time that has passed, the time that is yet to...

The Eyes of a Child

My patient shifted around on the couch, frustrated and upset. She was speaking of a conversation she had recently shared with her...

Reading On The Stairs

As I approach the one year anniversary of blogging (next week will be my 52nd weekly post), I marvel at how blogging has changed my life....

Work In Progress

This weekend, I was reprimanding my daughter. I had asked her several times to turn off her IPad, and yet she continued on, happily...

How Do We Let Our Kids Be Who They Are?

This article first appeared on OC Moms Magazine on March 21, 2015. As parents, we have endless hopes and dreams for our children. We...

The Truth About My Mindful Parenting

This article first appeared on Huffington Post on March 19, 2015. One of the occupational hazards associated with writing numerous...

Can You Please Stop the Treadmill?

For today’s Mindful Monday post, I would like to share a story with you. This past weekend, I was trying to get a quick workout in on our...

Five Steps To Encourage Gratitude in our Children

My brain knows that gratitude is important. I know when I am in a state of gratitude–aware of my blessings, small and big, I feel happier...