The Heal & Rise Blog

When your little one was moving from a cute-little-potato-squish-of-adorable into a slightly-faster-more-expressive-and-bigger-little-squish, I'll bet you were joyful and patient with them. You probably even got down and grinned as you giggled and played, nurturing their growth. You didn't shame them or rush them, you simply did your best to enjoy the process (exhaustion included).

I've been to many story times. Since our daughter was a babe, we'd pop in to children's story time readings at our local library in and in the area. But this story time was different. THIS was my first time hosting a story time for my new children's book, "My Body, Mind, and Me". And goodness, was it special!

If we teach children that all beings have a light within them that is worthy of shining, they cansee beyond the differences of our bodies and minds. Or perhaps, even better, see how these differences actually make the world a better place.

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Her clothes were dirty, the seat of her pants more tan than pink. She had a splatter of dried mud in her falling out braid and her shoes...

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It had been a long week. One of those where it felt as though the challenges were many and the wins, few. My husband was enjoying a...

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