Introduction Navigating the delicate dance of communication with children can be both a challenging and rewarding journey. As a parent, I’ve been on this path for years, learning, stumbling, and growing along the way. This story is about my conversations with my...
When I embarked on the motherhood journey, nobody handed me a manual. Instead, I got three opinionated, strong-willed daughters. I quickly learned that parenting is less about having answers and more about finding out the questions. One of my most fervent quests has...
Daughters of the world need to know they are loved and to feel heard. It’s hard to do this in such a fast-paced world. A day dedicated to spending time and sharing with your daughter is a great way to grow that connection.
When hosted in the Unique setting of Ignite Associates, weather permitting, you’ll get to spend time exploring nature together in an activity that provides conversation starters aimed at growing that mother-daughter bond. When hosted in other cities, Girls...
As a mother-daughter team, you’ll learn ways you can help each other take control of those big emotions, whether expressed or repressed, and live happier and more confident lives. Practicing conversations during the workshop opens up the gate for future...
Both you and your daughter learn where feelings come from and how our minds react in different situations. Having a shared understanding means you can build on the conversations for years to come! Learn some easy mindfulness concepts that you can take with...
“We aren’t always our best selves, but when we know better we can do better.” With three girls in my house ages seven through thirteen, you can imagine the number of living examples I get to observe of the topics I’ve studied like girl...
When Words Don’t Get Through…. Your hand touches her shoulder and you can feel the reaction. First a stiffening, and then a relaxation. Just hang in there. The largest organ in your body is covered with touch receptors designed to feed information to the...
And then she becomes Nine…. Daughters grow up fast. At first they are those adorable, wrap you around your pinkie sweethearts. By four, they have a personality and the language to use it. As they round the corner on six and seven, that personality requires a...
This time it was the traumatic experience of misplacing a sliced up kiwi that sent my ten-year old in to a flurry of emotion. Everything was bad because of that kiwi, I had no idea that a kiwi could be so powerful – did you? I remember having those big feelings, the...