Welcome to Families Blossoming
Welcome To Families Blossoming
Welcome to Families Blossoming A place where you will be understood, supported, informed and challenged and a place where you can share, cry, vent and laugh. Most importantly, it is a place where you can - and will - grow, if you are open to it. Does any of the following sound familiar?: Your baby has endured and survived more in their short life than few people would ever experience in their … [Continue...]
Parent Coaching with Gigi
Avoiding ‘Brain Rats’ and Regaining Your Focus (& Sanity)
This month's quote: "We become what we think about all day long." Ralph Waldo Emerson So much has been happening in my world, both personally as well … [Read More...]
What Is Coaching?
What is Coaching? In its simplest form, parent coaching is an open, honest and confidential conversation between two people. It is a journey of self-discovery … [Read More...]
Families Blossoming Newsletters
Avoiding ‘Brain Rats’ and Regaining Your Focus (& Sanity)
This month's quote: "We become what we think about all day long." Ralph Waldo Emerson So much has been happening in my world, both personally as well as behind the scenes of Families Blossoming, over this past month, that I have often felt like a dog chasing my tail (mentally and physically). At times, I truly didn't know if I was coming or going … [Read More...]
You Only Know What You Know When You Know It
Several times this month, I've had conversations with quite a few special parents of premature babies (mothers mainly) who have expressed feelings of regret, what if's, if only I had known's, etc, etc. They have fallen into a type of guilt that has at its core the feeling that we parents have not done as much as we could have for our kids or made … [Read More...]
Favorite Things for Unfavorite Days
Many of us remember the Von Trapp family on the classic movie musical 'The Sound of Music' and their catchy song, 'My Favorite Things'. The key verse goes like this: 'When the dog bites, When the bee stings, When I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things, And then I don't feel So bad' I think the Von Trapps were on to something. … [Read More...]
What Is Your Best Life? May 2010
SURVEY COMPLETE - THANK YOU A huge thanks to those of you who completed my recent 'What Parents Want' Survey. The survey is now closed but your feedback was very informative and insightful. Based off of what you have told me you want and how you want it, I am currently developing some exciting and interactive ways in which you can be inspired, … [Read More...]
Families blossom when parents thrive.
