…and intention, can evoke the same feelings of joy and togetherness as old ones did: December always felt like a bit of a challenge for me. The question loomed large:…
…we use it interchangeably to refer to personal feelings towards someone, a geographical location or a tangible building. It’s not hard to understand ‘home’ on a physical dimension, from the…
…accustomed to being isolated and without a village, that it feels commonplace to us; even though it feels ‘normal’ it certainly isn’t natural. To this day I refer to the…
…couldn’t wait to be re-united with. It is hard enough to deal with this emotion when you know it is coming, but when blindsided, it can destroy the most precious…
…circumstances, it should take the average child five to seven years for their brain to fully integrate sensory information with increasing speed and efficiency. Once brain integration is achieved, the…
…a new tradition. We will do a potluck. No one could ever replace the gift of being taken care of so completely by our mother, with attention given to every…
…“You didn’t know what was going to happen next.” Once again, in this interaction we are going to comfort and also acknowledge the emotion, no matter what the reason for…
…egocentrism. And so the list goes on. Caring, motivation, cooperation, excitement, resilience, hope. All are fruit that come forth as a process of growth. Our children “come into being by…
…common the phenomenon and how universal the drive, there still seems to be a vast cloud of confusion surrounding it. Coupling can be a source of unbearable suffering or significant…
Dr. Neufeld frequently compares our need for food with our need for relationship; the more I think about this the more it makes sense. It is easy for us to…