Celebrating One Month Of Homeschooling!
Last night we took our son out to one of his favorites restaurants for dinner to celebrate his amazing progress in just one month of homeschooling!  I made him a certificate of  excellent achievement that had a big fat star on it - he deserved it! Our school hours go from 8:00 AM to about 2:00 PM. I [...]

Smartbirth – Your Personal Birth Coach
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Smartbirth – 3 Ways Thoughts Can Influence Your Labor
It is well known now that there is without a scientific doubt a connection between your thoughts, feelings and how your body responds to them physiologically. Your body is actually a “mirror” of how you feel at any given moment f the day.  For example, Body Language is a tool many use to decipher the mood [...]

Ladies, 12 Tips for Marriage Sanity
 Women and Marriage… There are many women  in unhappy marriages. I am in one, and I know many women in similar situations. In my youth I was told one day I would “fall in love”, marry and raise a family. I did. But it changed the direction of my life drastically. I have a son, he is [...]

When Reality Surprizes You
Even though what I am about to write about is directed towards the expectations of pregnancy and childbirth, the thought behind it can be applied to any life event or situation. So for example … I recently had a couple come to me for childbirth education. I showed them the movies, talked about labor, ways to manage [...]