Wellbeing

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Holding space for our kids’ big emotions

Holding space for big emotions is hard. I heard Janet Lansbury interviewed recently and she said… ‘Allowing a child to be mad at us, or upset, frustrated, sad, any emotion a child shares with us is the most quality connection that we can have with them. This is because it’s based on trust. It’s based on, ‘I’m not afraid of you sharing all sides of yourself,’ and ‘You have a right to feel however you feel.’ It’s the most positive...

More joy, less stress in our house build

Our vision of a regenerative homestead  includes that its human inhabitants (that’s us!) are nourished and find joy in the process of building it. Finding joy in building a house? Really? I know, it sounds nuts. And it sounds nuts because when we hear stories of people building houses we hear negative things – it was exhausting, stressful, financially overwhelming, or worse. What we’re curious to know is…does it have to be that way? Are there ways we can approach...

Resting Rebel

I’m a do-er, a strive-er, a take action kinda gal. Hearing a challenge turns me into a toddler who has just been instructed not to do something, and so wants to do that thing with every fibre of her being. I’m also learning that doing less and resting have some magic to share with me....