Location: 600 Sampson Way, San Pedro, CA 90731Website: https://theecologycenter.org/Type of trip: educational, STEM We love the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, and someday there will be a separate post on all its wonder. But, in so many ways, I prefer the hands-on nature of the smaller, cheaper, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. You can do […]
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The Little Beautiful Place
We want our children to believe they have everything they need to live a fulfilling life already inside themselves. The Little Beautiful Place was born.
If you have a love/hate relationship with me, we have that in common
Sitting at lunch today, I overheard a woman describing her recent public speaking engagement. Apparently, members of the audience at times were dissatisfied or even heckling her, but she couldn’t hear it or see it due to the stage set up. She at one point said her PR rep told her, “They seem to have […]
Field trip: The Ecology Center
Location: 32701 Alipaz St, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675Website: https://theecologycenter.org/Type of trip: educational, nature immersive, playful! A few years ago, we started a tradition of “field trip Friday.” We like to stay local on the weekends, ideally not even getting in the car. Friday is a chance to bust the bubble for us, strike out […]
Why do we sell ourselves short as mothers?
In a recent social outing, one of my friends – who is also a mother – was chatting about how messy her life is. The way she was talking, you’d think she really didn’t have it together. Well, let me tell you, she does! Sure, there may be dishes in the sink, and hair cuts […]
Yoga for Back Pain Relief
Enjoy this simple hatha yoga class to relieve back pain. There is a bonus 10 minute body scan meditation at the end.
Revisiting My Relationship with Discipline
I had a tough weekend. It should have been a great weekend. I took an afternoon all by myself in a tiny cabin, then I had some close friends joining me for a hike and visioning session. During this session, we encountered a lot of conflict. A good bit of it was driven by me. […]
Life needs a chance to delight us
This weekend, I became the mother of a five year old. We offered to take my daughter to Disneyland on her birthday. She’s never been, so she didn’t know what she was saying ‘no’ to, but she did say no! Instead, she cooked up the idea that she would like to see snow. We booked […]
Living Out of Sync
At age thirty-one, I didn’t know what to do with my days. I remember my husband telling me, “Just relax and enjoy yourself!” And I shot back, venom in my voice, “I’m not retired! I’m not seventy! I want to do something!” At that time, my friends were doing one of two things: building their […]
Recipe: Vata Balancing Root Vegetables
This could be a very ambitious post. I started my day preparing this dish, and in the meantime I’ve tried to find ways to correlate “vata balancing” with Western medical science. In short: there are SO many research-backed articles and comprehensive studies that support this correlation. Here’s a synopsis: Vata balancing means something is calming […]