We all want our kids to have friends, but when your child is an empath it can be supremely frustrating trying to help them understand what a good friend is. I have at times just wished my family lived in an isolated log cabin in the wilderness where we never had to encounter other people, but well, that isn’t really …
FREE Mother’s Day Printable Cards
Guys, how is it May already, and how is Mother’s Day just next week?! Geesh, time is really flying this year! This week as I hurriedly tried to prep for Mother’s Day, I made up some printable cards for all of the amazing women at church, and of course, I know some pretty amazing women over here on my blog …
DIY Kid’s Worm Habitat
My 8-year-old -daughter has a goal to basically be “one with nature”. She loves to spend time outdoors looking for shiny rocks, flowers, interesting bugs, and plant life. Our backyard is a collection of many of her “very” interesting discoveries. Lately, she has been fixated on getting earthworms as pets. At first, I was like we have a rabbit, tons …
Three Things Every Parent Of An Empath Should Know
I was watching the movie the Sixth Sense with my older kiddos last night and one of them said to me, ” So basically this movie is just a rip-off of an empath’s life?’ I was like yeah, I guess so. What’s funny is that I think there are thousands of empaths out there who don’t talk about what they …
Parenting an Empath: Extended Family
Family is where some of our greatest joy, strength, and motivation come from. It is our primary and earliest source for learning and development. Unfortunately, it can also be a source of great pain and hurt. This is true whether you have an empath in your family or not. As a parent to an empath, modeling and teaching healthy and …
Parenting An Empath: Creating Safe Spaces
As an empath one of the most important things you can ever do to guard your health and well-being is to actively work to create safe spaces for yourself. These are spaces or places where you can recharge and remove some of the excess energy and emotions that you have picked up from others. As a parent to an empath, …
Don’t Wait For 2020 To End: Light The World Now
2020 has been long, but it has also blurred together as we have careened back and forth experiencing and seeing things many of us never thought would happen this year. Let alone ever. But they did. Call me naive, but I believe that many of us will come back from this year better people. Because even people I may not …
Parenting Empaths: Is My Child An Empath?
Since I began writing about my own experience of parenting empaths I have had several parents reach out to ask me if I had any tips or ideas on helping them to decipher if their child was an empath. I know that this can be a little tricky since we are talking about young children, tweens, and teens. Their personalities …
Parenting an Empath: Genetics and Gender
Last week I made my first intro post into the world of sharing how to parent an empath. I was really scared, and in fact, almost broke down hitting the publish button. Even still today, my stomach is full of butterflies as I continue to talk about this important subject. If you are reading this today, thank you, and I …
So Your Kid Is An Empath- Now What?
For years I have been very close to publishing this post, but haven’t. Mostly, out of fear. Not for myself, but to protect others. In writing this, I want you to know that I will not share any specifics or personal experiences that aren’t my direct experiences. Some stories and experiences are absolutely not mine to share, and if you …
How To “Mom” and Work From Home During The Quarantine and Not Lose Your Mind
I was reading an insightful (at least for me) article this week about how Kim Kardashian was losing her mind just a little bit lately. She felt over-whelmed taking care of her crew, over-seeing at home school, and trying to still get her own job and school done. Especially affected, were relations between her and Kanye, as she felt like …
How To Celebrate 2020 Seniors During The COVID19 Pandemic
Back in 2020 people on “the Facebook” started a new trend where adults started posting pictures of their own graduation moments as a way to “stand in solidarity with the 2020 Senior class.” I hope that this type of silliness doesn’t start up again for the class of 2021, but just in case it does…. here are some real ideas …
Good Friday April 10th Worldwide Day of Fasting
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This past weekend we participated in General Conference. It is a 2 day conference, where through the power of the internet and other modern technology, we can listen to our Prophet and leaders of the Church share messages of hope and peace through Christ, and also …
Changing Our Mindset: We are Not Homeschooling- We are Crisis Schooling
This week the Principal at my children’s elementary school sent over a link to a blog post that changed how I am viewing our current schooling practices. This brilliant author and teacher introduced the concept that we are not homeschooling, we are crisis schooling. “You are NOT homeschooling. You are CRISIS schooling. There is a huge difference. You may choose …
