Category Archives: Balance

Striving for balance in work and family life

• 60 Acts of Kindness for Our Families

  Kindness is catching. Be a catalyst for the ripple effect of kindness in your own life. Here are sixty ideas to get you started in your own family; start at home and see how far your kindness can go.  MORE

• 5 Essential Things to Take on Vacation

  Five things Nurtured Mamas should be packing in their suitcase for their next trip.  MORE

• What Animal Rescue is Teaching My Children

  I believe my son is learning important lessons from the work that we do in rescue. We don’t judge books by their covers. We know about commitment, because a no-show from us means certain death for the dogs we were scheduled to pick up. We know about prioritizing and time management, because sometimes death row trumps algebra (not always – but sometimes.).  MORE

• Grounding for Babies

  Grounding meditation is one way we can help ourselves become calm so we can learn how to positively influence our babies with the calm we create. Whether they’re crying or simply seem agitated, meditation changes the energy we feel. Through taking a few moments to center and ground ourselves while we hold our babies, we can transform stress, allow feelings to release and provide support through the ups and downs of everyday life.  MORE

• Mothers in Arms

  In the inflammatory Mommy Wars, working mothers and stay-at-home moms are all vying for self-esteem along with validation of their choices. In the battle over the title of perfect, the concept of “good enough” has been lost.  MORE

• Handling Disagreements: One Important Thing We Can Model for Our Children

  How often do we forget to model respect? How often do we mumble swear words at the speeding driver, grumble about something our partner forgot to do? Ever catch yourself shouting something mean to your partner, perhaps name calling in the heat of the moment? Ariadne shares tips for modeling respect for our children.  MORE

• Grounding into the Earth for Relaxation and Renewal

  Grounding into the earth (even indoors) can make a huge difference in how you feel without trying to fade or fix your feelings away.  MORE

• Sometimes, gentle is not the whole answer – and it’s okay.

  Lessons on accepting and providing the loving guidance your unique child needs can be hard to swallow at times – especially when, as I have, you experience a severe awakening that a large portion of your parenting style needs to change in order for your trusting relationship with your child to really blossom.  MORE

• Four Unexpected Things about Parenthood

  Meegs shares four things that she just didn’t quite expect after the birth of her daughter.  MORE

• Wordless Wednesday: Rituals

  This week we asked you to share rituals with us. Read more about balance on our resource page. Link up!  MORE

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