Living Motherhood: Meditation, One Morning at a Time

Feeling November
This is an adaptation from an article that I posted 2 years ago. Hope you're all enjoying your transition to autumn. Many blessings, Kate.   As the clocks fell back (and we all became confused about what time it really was), perhaps you found yourself wanting to linger in bed a little longer, even though you had slept your usual 7-8 hour night. Perhaps you are still wondering what is

Living Motherhood: Meditation, One Morning at a Time
Meditation and motherhood are two major themes of my life. Two themes that do not always go hand in hand, even butting heads at times, just like Daniel and I sometimes do (me the Capricorn goat, Daniel the Aries ram...how could we not butt heads?!). My favorite thing to do in the morning is to wake up early, before Daniel stirs, take a shower, brush my teeth and tongue,  wash my face, drink some nettle tea, then do s

What's in a Breakfast?
 Some love it, some hate it, some can't make it through the day without it...Breakfast. A shortened way of saying "break the fast", it is the meal that begins the pace of the day, in a way. I usually like to do a small breakfast around 10am, something in the way of fruit (a cut-up apple these days) and a handful of nuts, along with a steamy cup of herbal tea. But occasionally, on days like today, when the cold morning mist is still

Unschooling is an extension of what children are born knowing | Blog | Ode Magazine
Unschooling is an extension of what children are born knowing | Blog | Ode Magazine

The Scars that Heal
    On my right shoulder there is a scar; or rather there is a scar that is healing. It has been there for over five years now, the sometimes itchy, sometimes painful reminder of unrelenting self-judgment. Let me explain.     I used to pick at my skin a lot. Since I was a little girl I learned to handle the things I didn’t like about my skin (scabs, bug bites, hangnails, etc.) by picking at them, unt