Simple Saturdays

Three parenting books and why I loved them, how to support your "future self" (a lesson from your nerdy life coach (me!)), connect with me on Instagram in the Photo a Day challenge   ++ simple family ++ My parenting has been all over the map in my humble 8 years of doing it. I have failed and learned and when I got the hang of something, things would change. I am far from a parenting expert, but as I have relied on other moms to do with me, I will take the opportunity to share what has worked for me in my mothering journey. I'm sharing THREE BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY MOTHERING right here.  My highlights: NEVER SAY NO Raising Big-Picture Kids (see it here) This book helps me say yes to the opportunities my kids have to practice who they are and how they show up in the world.  We all have that little creative and curious voice inside - we all have probably shut it down over time. I know I shut it down in childhood and then in high school looked to others to be that voice. Then I became and adult and worked h