Anxiety has been a life long struggle for me, and over the last few years I have built some healthy coping mechanisms. Even with all my practice though, there are times when I still lose the battle.
Un-helicopter Parenting, Part I: Masterly Inactivity
Unhelicopter. Free Range. Unschooling. There are a lot of ways to describe our approach to parenting. In the first of a series, I detail how we look at different parts of parenting with a goal to raise adults based in trust and the freedom to fail.
My Scatterbook: When Intimidation Gives Way to Inspiration
What is a Scatterbook, you may ask? It is like a scrapbook, but much more…..scattered. Despite the fact that I loved the idea, it intimidated me, mostly out of fear that I would do it wrong.
Book Review: Modern Miss Mason by Leah Boden
This book takes the principles of a Charlotte Mason education and makes them easily accessible and applicable to our lives today.
The Gift of Rain in the Desert
Our move from San Francisco to Los Angeles came as a surprise in many ways, but God eased our journey with unexpected grace.
In Search of Something Greater than the American Dream
Afa and I have made many decisions that seem counterintuitive when viewed in the context of achieving success, specifically the “American Dream.”
“I Want the Big Waves”: Lessons from My Daughter’s Search for the Hard Things
It didn’t matter how many times they wiped her out, Ana Lia wanted to ride the big waves the most.
The Suffering Servant Discourse: Life Lessons from Isaiah
So many times we take our American Christian theology and impose it onto the Bible. It’s possible to learn so many more lessons when we try to view it through the lens in which it was written.
Book Review: Parenting from the Inside Out by Siegel and Hartzell
This book is by the same author as The Whole Brained Child. The book discusses the ways in which working through our past will help us be better parents.
Mantras To Get Me Through Each Day (With Relationships in Tact)
Days can seem overwhelming, but it can be the little changes we make that allow us to get through them with a little more joy and a little less annoyance.