by Sarah Rudell Beach | Sep 22, 2014
Several weeks ago, I asked you to share the questions you had about the practice of mindful parenting. I want to say a huge THANK YOU to those of you who responded — you shared great questions that I think many of us, including me, struggle with as we try to...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Aug 4, 2014
I don’t know who you are, because you wrote your post anonymously. But I still think you are brave. In our culture of ideal and perfect motherhood, where “confessions” are things like “I went three days without giving my child a bath,” you wrote that you don’t like...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jun 30, 2014
This week we {in the United States} celebrate the 4th of July, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” But did you know that this famous phrase by Thomas Jefferson originally read “life, liberty, and the...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jun 2, 2014
Happy Summer! WOW! Lots of goodness on the blog today — summer, books, and my FIRST GIVEAWAY {and of course, it’s a giveaway of books for your summer reading! 🙂 } I know some of us are still in school, and technically summer doesn’t start until the...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | May 12, 2014
I would only believe in a God who knows how to dance. Friedrich Nietzsche Dance is intimately connected with spiritual practice and religious worship. Think of whirling dervishes, aboriginal trance dances, Shiva keeping the world in balance with his cosmic dance, and...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | May 5, 2014
One of my most helpful mindfulness strategies is to use mantras — phrases that I can repeat silently as I take a deep breath. Mantras are especially helpful for the times when we need to calm ourselves, in order to make space for a skillful response instead of...
