Amy of Presence Parenting shares a few ways she is using a simple structure in her home for greater health.  Read More…

3 Comments | Posted in Balance, Body Image, Featured, Healthy Living, Keeping Active

Potty learning in Laura’s home was an experience that became an unexpected joy in her season of mothering.  Read More…

1 Comment | Posted in Balance, Body Image, Consensual Living, Consistent Care, Family Structure, Healthy Living, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity, Routines and Schedules

Before our children ever hear about the mechanics of sex, they are picking up all kinds of messages from us about the value and worth of their bodies, about the extent of their control over their bodies, and about what it means to be male or female, and what relationships should be.  Read More…

6 Comments | Posted in Body Image, Healthy Living, Nurturing Touch

For the October Carnival of Natural Parenting on instilling a healthy self-image, this mama sets an example by taking care of herself.  Read More…

11 Comments | Posted in Balance, Body Image, Healthy Living

Lyndsay offers some suggestions for different ways that a mama can celebrate herself and her experiences on her child’s birthday.  Read More…

3 Comments | Posted in Balance, Birth, Body Image, Healthy Living, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting

Breasts make milk, nourishing and comforting children. They serve a purpose greater than simply ornamentation.  Read More…

1 Comment | Posted in Activism, Body Image, Breastfeeding, Feeding With Love, Feminism

She’s quite skinny, like me, but nice skinny. Roller-skate skinny.  Read More…

5 Comments | Posted in Body Image, Healthy Living

The experience of feeling touched out can be a common experience among parents of babies and young children. Amy shares tips on how to process that feeling.  Read More…

4 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Body Image, Breastfeeding, Continuum Parenting, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Gentle Discipline, Healthy Living, Nurturing Touch, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity, Safe Sleep

I know that I may not be able to win the war against sugar as my daughter gets older and more exposed and pressured, but it was important to me to start healthy.  Read More…

10 Comments | Posted in Body Image, Feeding With Love, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Recipes, Starting Solids

Jessica has been nursing one or more of her children since 1993 – breastfeeding is wrapped up in her concept of mothering and herself. She shares her thoughts on weaning.  Read More…

19 Comments | Posted in Activism, Body Image, Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Past Infancy, Feeding With Love, Healthy Living, Lactivism, Starting Solids