Courage is Not the Absence of FearCourage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. ~ Ambrose Redmoon As parents, we…
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What Animals Can Teach Us About Pain“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. For a time I rest in the…
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About Stories“Life and growing involve meeting one’s own fears and doubts, so children should be nurtured to have a belief in themselves. The traditional quest-myth story…
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This is What’s True: Anya’s StoryIn the summer of 2009, my friend Anya’s* husband suddenly announced he was moving out. After ten years of marriage and two children together, he quit…
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Playing the Lion GameAround the time of my son E.’s first birthday he took charge of managing his separation anxiety, conquering fear, and developing a capacity for courage. …
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Another Lion Story (actually two!)A startling video on YouTube made the rounds a few years back, about a lion named Christian and the two men who had raised him….
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A Spectrum of Attachment: Beth’s StoryUnderstanding attachment as the first step to ensuring our children develop the capacity for emotional, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and moral courage has naturally got me…
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The Path to Courage: Irena Gutowa’s StoryComing up soon is Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, so my post is dedicated to one of my own heroes, rescuer Irene Gut Opdyke. About…
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The Chemical Soup Called LOVEWhether or not your first days as a parent were spent breastfeeding on the couch watching Oprah, like me or not, psychologists now understand that…
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Two Parables from RumiHere are two parables from Rumi, the 13th Century Persian poet. These are very short and easy to learn, and you can tell them in…
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