• Book Review – The Spiritual Child by Laura Miller, PhD

    Book Review – The Spiritual Child by Laura Miller, PhD

    [Audiobook] I’ll be honest with you, this was a DNF – Did Not Finish. And I’ll be doubly honest with you – this is my first audiobook EVER because I’m not an auditory learner. Here are notes I took in my journal as I listened which stood out to me: I was obviously drawn to…

  • Book Review – Introverted Mom by Jaime C. Martin

    Book Review – Introverted Mom by Jaime C. Martin

    I wanted to love this book. Oh, how I wanted to simply adore it. It spoke to me from the synopsis to the title to the first few chapters. I saw myself in this book. And then something happened, and I just didn’t see me anymore. Martin’s Introverted self is quite different from my own,…

  • Book Review – Wild + Free by Ainsley Arment

    Book Review – Wild + Free by Ainsley Arment

    “Dear mama, don’t let society tell you what’s important for your child’s education. Decide for yourself.” – page 251 of Wild + Free I’m starting with this quote because the Wild + Free community is a society of sorts, and this quote comes 251 pages after Arment has been telling this mama what’s best for…

  • How Unlearning My Educator Mindset Made Me a Better Mom

    How Unlearning My Educator Mindset Made Me a Better Mom

    When I was an educator, motherhood wasn’t even a thought in my head. In fact, I said to myself that teachers play a far more important role in the development of children than parents, because we spend the most time with them (how delusional I was). There was so much about being a teacher -…