Last weekend my three girls and I headed up to Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour performance in Glendale at the State Farm Stadium. This was the first concert like this my newly minted 10-year-old daughter had ever attended. I tried to make as many preparations in advance, but since we were one of the first to attend the concert, I …
Parenting An Empath: Night Terrors
Recently I read a post on a FB group I am a part of and a mom there was asking for help. She said her young daughter had stopped sleeping in her room due to a “nighttime visitor” no one in the family could see who came every night and scared the little girl. The mom was worried her daughter …
The One Thing Every Young Empath Needs To Hear
For a long time I used to stay awake at night trying to figure out what I could do or say to help my children the most with their special empathic gifts. Or their empathic burdens as it might at times be seen. I know every parent worries about their children, but as the parent of an empath, it just …
Miles To Go Before She Sleeps- The Lost Art Of Conversation For Moms
Last night I had an appointment that I knew would require some waiting on my part. It would be in a nice air-conditioned room with soft chairs, so I was actually thinking it wouldn’t be so bad and was looking forward to the alone time. I get very little of that in general, but especially more so now that summer …
Parenting An Empath: Helping Your Child Navigate Friendships
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 …
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 …
