In Praise of Raisa Menon
Posted on September 10, 2008
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by S Jayasankaran
Spiritual Mothering
Posted on September 2, 2008
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Raising a child is a devotional path , a model of selfless service
Story by SANITSUDA EKACHAI
Nurturing Optimism
Posted on August 7, 2008
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Many working parents inadvertently miss out on opportunities to help their children develop optimism due to their long hours spent at work outside the home. When they get home, all they feel like doing is chill out and for those without extra help, will have to get down to managing the household. Cooking and cleaning usually take precedence over spending some quality time with the children.
One woman I know typifies the average working class mother. Her eldest daughter, aged 12, has been given the task to care for her siblings from aged 3. When there are four children, her number two takes over the caring of number three whilst the eldest takes charge of the youngest. When she gets home at 10.30pm (she works at the mall which operates from 10am to 10pm), she expects the house to be in good order. Her husband usually works the graveyard shift as a security guard but when he has to do the day shift, the two older ones do not attend school as they are needed at home to babysit the younger siblings.
Four Good Reasons To Forgive
Posted on July 29, 2008
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Much has been said about the virtues of forgiveness, yet many today who need to forgive are unable or unwilling to do so. This is mainly due to the wrong understanding of what forgiveness is. Most people, when given a clearer understanding of what forgiveness is, become more willing to do so.
Transforming Negative Emotions into Joy
Posted on July 23, 2008
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Here is a short video by Christopher Westra, the author of “I Create Joy” on how to transform negative emotions into joy.
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Living With Kids vs Living Alone
Posted on July 11, 2008
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A friend, who now lives in Amsterdam, was in town and the five of us got together for dinner. We hadn’t seen each other for a few years and we spent the evening catching up as well as reminiscing our good old days at university. Two of these friends live alone (not in a relationship either) while the other two have partners but no kids. At some point I wondered aloud what would have been my lifestyle if I hadn’t become a wife and a mother with three children. If I were still single, I am certain, I would still be living with my parents. I doubt I have the guts to live on my own; going home after work to an empty quiet place. Before I could muse further, both these women replied that if I had their kind of relationships with their mothers, I would relish the idea of living on my own.
We parted ways and once I got home, after spending a bit of time with my two older children (who were getting ready for bed), I decided to check my emails quickly. I thought the youngest (aged three and half years) could wait. While I was running through my emails, one of the women I had dinner with invited me to chat online. She wanted to talk about something she wasn’t comfortable to share earlier with the group.
Being Emotionally Healthy
Posted on July 11, 2008
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Below is an email forwarded to me by a friend. I thought it might be worthwhile to understand why some people get cancer while others are living life to the fullest even in their eighties and nineties. A good friend of mine just lost her mentor, aged 41, to cancer recently. My friend finds it extremely hard to understand how her mentor, known to be a health freak, could succumb to this dreaded disease. I have read a lot on the connection between our emotional wellbeing and physical ailments, particularly cancer. To sum it up, I believe, point no. 15 (of the following article) is the most important bits we ought to remember – for life.
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
What All Children Want Their Parents To Know
Posted on July 4, 2008
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When I first saw this poster on someone’s wall, I thought it was the most beautiful advice for parents. Thank you Julia and Diane Loomans for your wonderful insights. I hope you will be inspired as well.
What All Children Want Their Parents To Know
Five Love Languages In Neuroscience
Posted on June 30, 2008
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I know lots of people who are pretty left brained; by that I mean, they think things through thoroughly before they will use it (the knowledge) or accept it. They want to know the scientific facts, empirical studies and even though some things have been tried and tested for ages, they still maintain a “wait-and-see” attitude. Before I finished reading Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell’s “The Five Love Languages of Children” a few years ago, I was already sharing it with people around me. Some of my friends, who understand my usual enthusiasm about parenting ways, would normally hear me out and perhaps try to get a copy of the book to learn more. Others remain skeptical until there is more clout to it.
Well, something good has come out of this skepticism. It has just occurred to me that there is a scientific explanation to the Five Love Languages after all – from the neuroscience perspective. I’ve found Margot Sunderland’s “What Every Parent Needs To Know” an excellent source of scientific evidence. Sunderland, a child psychotherapist, is brilliant in her presentation of difficult jargon for the average layperson. It is, in my opinion, another book every parent should read. While she presents facts and lots of practical ways for loving parenting, “The Five Love Languages of Children” offers you additional tools.
Speaking Your Partner’s Love Language
Posted on June 23, 2008
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“The Five Love Languages of Children” book by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell may have been specifically written to help parents and those who deal with children, I have found that the same principles can also be applied for adults.
The “Five Love Languages of Children” book has not only helped me to parent my children more effectively, it has helped me tremendously in my relationships with adults, namely my spouse, parents, siblings and friends. Fortunately for both my husband and I, we speak the same language; i.e. quality time. My husband works 12 hours daily on four weekdays and three and half hours daily for the rest of the week. So, we spend the Wednesday afternoons by doing things together while the children are away at school. We would run errands, go shopping, have pampering body and foot massages, rejuvenate at an anti-oxidant spa, watch a movie, attend workshops on self improvement, etc.
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