by HelenaAnn | Sep 20, 2016 | Clear Communication, Conscious Parenting, Using Your Emotions
I found myself snapping at a cashier the other day. She was trying, like well-intentioned strangers do, to engage with my three year old. Which is great. But it ends up coming all wrapped up in expectation, and judgement, like so many of our adult interactions. So my...
by HelenaAnn | Mar 22, 2016 | Conscious Parenting, Practical Spirituality
Our role as parents is to take care of our children. And their role is to be taken care of. Simple, right? But never easy. And that’s only the beginning. Being a mom has shown me a depth of care and compassion that I’ve never know before. And I’m so grateful to be in...
by HelenaAnn | Mar 2, 2016 | Clear Communication, Enneagram, Practical Spirituality, Relationships
Understanding and accepting our differences actually helps us to see how we are the same. Does that sound strange? It is the best way I can describe how this reality has been coming to me lately. And has inspired this second post in my series on the agreement to...
by HelenaAnn | Feb 10, 2016 | Practical Spirituality
Perhaps you have encountered The Four Agreements—a book and guide for achieving personal freedom. One of the agreements is “do not take anything personally” by which Don Miguel Ruiz means that nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection...
by HelenaAnn | Dec 14, 2015 | Coaching, Practical Spirituality, Relationships
It is so tempting to try and save each other– whether in a romantic relationship, friendship, coaching relationship. When you care deeply for someone, and they lose site of themselves through an unhealthy relationship, depression, or addiction, etc. you want to...
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