Cathy Adams Zen Parenting Radio Shows!

Tune in to Cathy Cassani Adams Zen Parenting Radio Shows…..

Get a Life! – are you losing yourself?  Get away with your friends and remember who you are, or spend some time alone doing something you love.  It’s time to take responsibility for your life! www.zenparentingradio.com/archive/get-busy-living-or-get-busy-dying/

Let Your Kids Struggle – do you have a hard time letting your kids struggle?  What if we told you that struggling offers valuable life skills?  Just remember to be there as they recover. www.zenparentingradio.com/archive/let-your-kids-struggle/

It’s Not What Happens, It’s How You Deal With It – Todd and I discuss our challenges, from everyday issues to the grief of a miscarriage.  We can’t escape difficulty, but we can discover new ways to cope. www.zenparentingradio.com/archive/its-not-what-happens-its-how-you-deal-with-it/

Check out the Zen Parenting Archive page for all past shows, or find us on iTunes.

www.zenparentingradio.com/category/archive/

And ~

Her most recent Chicago Parent Blog - www.chicagoparent.com/community/the-self-aware-parent/2011/march/healing-with-citrus-fresh

A recent interview on WGN Radio -  www.wgnradio.com/shows/billmoller/wgnam31211billmollberb,0,6165403.mp3file

Join her this Saturday at 12:30 for Yoga - www.elmhurstyogashala.com

****Live Chat With Cathy Cassani Adams April 12th 9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain and 6 PM Pacific right here in our ICP Blogfrog community.****

Wordless Wednesday

Letter from Louise Hay in regards to recent earthquakes and tsumani in Japan.

Here's a really heartwarming letter from Louise Hay that she posted on Facebook


" Regarding the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, we can see this as a frightening time, or you can see these problems as opportunities to create healing. How you choose to use your mind is up to you. You can add to the problem or you can help heal it.

When I hear of any crises in the world, I immediately surround the whole situation with white light. I send love and healing energy to everyone connected with it. I suggest everyone take a moment today to close your eyes, and send love and healing energy to the people of Japan.

I seldom reads newspapers or watch TV news. I refuse to clutter my mind with most media turbulence. The media is good at stirring up our emotions and selling fear. If you read a newspaper from cover to cover every day, you’ll live in fear. They want you to buy a new paper each day to find out what to be afraid of that day. It’s the same with the television news. If you want to sleep poorly, watch the late-night news just before you go to sleep.

So, know that we each live under the law of our own consciousness. You are a beautiful, wonderful creation of Life. Your strength comes from your connection to Source. Living in constant gratitude and appreciation brings good into our lives.

For those who wish to send a financial contribution, my understanding is that the best organization that is doing the most good right now, is the Red Cross. To donate, go to www.redcross.org.

Let’s you and I, every time the thought of unrest in Japan comes to mind, say with conviction:
ALL IS WELL. OUT OF THIS EXPERIENCE ONLY GOOD WILL COME. I SEND WAVES OF PEACE, SAFETY AND HARMONY FOR ALL OF LIFE.

— I love you,"

Louise

By Odysseus
author of Conscious Parenting/ Nurturing Rainbow Warriors

Aloha!

Warm thank yous to Carol and Stacy for doing such an amazing job of not only blogging positive messages, but for creating a great hub for the conscious parenting community :)

Anyone trying to see the light through the radioactive clouds might want to stop by my blog today for some perspective....

http://nurturingrainbowwarriors.blogspot.com/

RADIOACTIVE CLOUDS, RADIOACTIVE RAINBOWS

Above all, if we are to be effective parents, we must lead by example.

Thank you all for undertaking the hero's journey and aspiring to be nurturing parents!

Odysseus

Visit the "Processing Nuclear Disaster Consciously" Discussion

Next Live Author Chat Is With Dr. Shefali Tsabary 3/29/11 9PM Eastern

"Our children won't stay around us forever but will soon move on to their own lives. It's during the few short years we have them to ourselves that we can help them awaken to the fullness within them, because it's into this inner cup that they will dip when they are alone at college and under pressure, in a relationship and struggling with intimacy, or in a financial crunch and anxious. To prepare them for this, their spirit needs to be nourished on a daily basis." ~ Dr. Shefali Tsabary The Conscious Parent  Transforming Ourselves Empowering Our Children

The Conscious Parent (book) by Shefali Tsabary
Live chat with Dr. Tsabary right here in our Intentional Conscious Parenting Blogfrog Community Tuesday March 29th 9PM Eastern. 8PM Central, 7PM Mountain, 6PM Pacific 

My top five favorite messages from The Conscious Parent.
1. I really loved that throughout The Conscious Parent, Shefali reaffirms the processof parenting and life is more important than the outcome.
2. Your unconsciousness isn't your children's to inherit: it is yours to excavate. Being a conscious parent means you are increasingly aware of your unconsciousness as it arises in day to day situations.
3. Shefali demonstrates through her own experiences how to honor your children for their essential qualities such as joy, peace, authenticity, courage and trust.
4. By being fully present with your child, you learn how to make the simple moments count.
5. Shefali shows you how through your children you can learn how to really live, meet your children as they are being to being!
Read my full review!

"Shefali Tsabary's invaluable book shows how the challenges of parenting can become a great opportunity for spiritual awakening. Becoming a fully conscious parent is the greatest gift you can give to your child." ~ Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now and A New Earth





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Help your children connect to the energies that connect us all!

"Tonight, sit with your child and help them connect to the energies that connect us all. Children in hospitals, another by their mother's grave, another heart broken by a bully. Our pain is what connects us all. Let your child sit with you and learn to open their hearts to the energy within. Teach them to send this energy from deep within. Let them know that they can use their energy to connect & heal. Without a dime."  ~ Dr. Shefali Tsabary


Live chat right here in our ICP Blogfrog community. (link on top of page) Tuesday March 29th 9 PM Eastern

Elders Prayer For The Healing And Care Of Our Mother Earth.

Gregg Braden posted this beautiful prayer on Facebook. I wanted to share it with you.

In the wake of the crisis in Japan, let's take a moment to feel healing and peace to our world: Elders Prayer for the Healing & Care of our Mother Earth

"We give thanks to you, our Creator, (or Source name) for all the wonderful gifts you have bestowed upon us. We are grateful to you for helping us endure as long as we have on our beloved Mother Earth. At this time of critical change, Creator, we ask you to help each one of us gain the understanding and wisdom we need to heal, to love one another, and to finally realize peace. We ask you to help each one of us become more aware of our responsibilities in caring for all life on this beautiful planet.

Creator, we know deep inside that we are a part of you and all creation. We want to take back our roles as caretakers of our planet. We want to open our hearts to honoring, respecting and caring for our natural environment. The global warming that is occurring all over the Earth is a blessed wake-up call. It is time to make a more loving, compassionate, thriving, vibrant world. Together, we can restore the integrity and healing powers of our water, air, and land to build a sustainable future for our children. Together, we can do this as One family working in unison to fulfill our purpose on this Earth.

Creator, we are grateful to be as one heart with you in this very special moment. We thank you again for giving us your love, your wisdom and your joy."

Aloha a me ka maluhia (love and peace),
Woody Vaspra

"As you read or watch the news, remember that your life purpose is to send prayers, love, and light to situations . . . and not to add fear or worry energy to the world."  ~ Doreen Virtue

NO EXCUSES! How what you say can get in your way children's picture book review and giveaway

From the New York Times best-selling authors Dr. Wayne W. Dyer with Kristina Tracy

No Excuses! How what you say can get in your way is one of the first books of its kind in the children's book world that teaches kids how to stop making excuses and follow their dreams.






Sometimes comments made by family, peers and acquaintances can innocently become an excuse and can create a conclusion in child's mind. No Excuses! provides the answer on how to look to where excuses come from. "Themselves".

No Excuses shows the child how they can spot an excuse, take a good look at how it was created and what they can do to make their excuse powerless. 


Throw away the excuse and your limitless!


Dr. Wayne Dyer is world famous for teaching life changing spiritual tools. Kristina Tracy has co-authored several children's spiritual picture books.
Illustrated by Stacy Heller Budnick


Review By: Stacy Toten And Carol Lawrence



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The Self-Aware Parent ~ Review And Giveaway

The Self-Aware Parent 19 Lessons For Growing With Your Children
By: Cathy Cassani Adams, LCSW, PCI Certified Parent Coach

In The Self Aware Parent  By Cathy Cassani Adams, provides a compelling view of becoming a new mother. She gives you a glimpse of her parenting occurrences through her personal looking glass. 


Cathy shares her heartfelt moments as she discusses her personal parenting discoveries, triumphs and tragedies. Giving herself time to grieve for her old life so she could fully move into her new parenting role, the importance of self-care and the identity crisis from going from a professional career to being a mom are just a few of the insightful personal experiences she profoundly shares.


The Self Aware Parent is full of remarkable insights on how to help your children work through their emotions while including reminders how by staying present in your parenting moments you will able to savor the experiences.


Cathy provides a beautifully illuminating example on how not to take your child's behavior personally. See how Cathy looks for teachable moments and is able to reach her children at their personal level. The Self Aware Parent is a powerful reminder how you as parents can play a powerful role in helping your children find the joy in learning so they are motivated to find their passions and become life long learners and creators.


Cathy Cassani Adams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, A PCI Certified Parent Coach, a certified elementary school teacher and a yoga instructor.


Learn more about Cathy at www.cathycassaniadams.com


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Written by: Carol Lawrence

Life is a Journey By Bill King

Life is a Journey

Earlier today I was watching a YouTube Video of Srikumar Rao and he was discussing how to be happy.  

He went on to state that we often put all our efforts in the outcome instead of the process.  But the interesting point is that we do not have control over the outcomes.  However, we do have control over the actions we take.  It is when we give our best at achieving what we want, more often than not, we will have a positive outcome.

Life is a journey.  Everything we do, see, and including what we think is a journey.  If you are at work complaining about your job, that is a journey.  If you watch 2-3 hours of television, that too is a journey. 

The biggest question to ask yourself,

“Is this the journey I want.” 

Once we start making different choices in what we think, what we say and what we do, we are almost guaranteed to experience more outcomes that are to our liking.

With peace and gratitude, Bill

Visit Bill's Blog   I DON'T STINK For the young or the young at heart.

Empathic Babies, Children and Teens

Empathic Babies, Children, and Teens

By Yvonne Perry

Empathy is what makes other people matter to us and reminds us to acknowledge the people around us as we understand and share their feelings.  Empathy exists in early mother-infant bonding. Even before birth, a baby in the womb is sensitive to the mother’s feelings, whether positive, neutral, or negative. Once born, a baby shows receptivity to both parents’ anger, tension, and depression, as well as their caring, responsiveness, and love. 

You’ve probably noticed how they imitate your facial expressions, smiling in response to your smile. They also may cry if they hear another baby cry. This type of response is a step in the development of empathy and the ability to share the feelings of another person.

Babies absorb the mental and emotional energy of the people around them. They don’t filter anything; they simply receive. As a child ages, this empathic tendency may increase and get out of control. Some children pick up the emotions, energy, or thoughts of others to the degree that it becomes overwhelming and interrupts the development of their social and emotional life. 

Because these children do not know how to set personal boundaries (or that they need to), they do not realize when they are in another person’s mental or emotional space, much less how invasive this can be to that person. It can also lower the child’s own vibrational level.

An empath is sensitive to what is obvious as well as unseen things such as ghosts and the thoughts, emotions, and illnesses they sense around them. Empaths may get hunches, see mental pictures, hear voices, or have a gut feeling that supplies hidden information about people and situations. They may also get a physical sensation in their body that lets them know where another person is afflicted or suffering.

You may have heard of Indigo Children or Crystal Kids who have intuitive gifts that surprise or even astound adults. These empathic children easily pick up on the feelings and thoughts of adults and others as they unconsciously reach into human and spirit energy fields to gather information and understand things around them. Seeing with their spiritual eyes, feeling with their spiritual senses, hearing with their spiritual ears, they may give information about a past life, tell of events before they happen, see ghosts, or know something about another person or situation that no one else does. Today, as many as one in four children have this ability and are tuned into the higher frequency all the time.

To Truly Love Another Is To Love Them As They Are

If we truly understood the mission of loving another, there would be no hurt, betrayal, pain, etc. 


FOR TO TRULY LOVE ANOTHER IS TO LOVE THEM AS THEY ARE, TRUST THEIR JOURNEY AS IS, AND TO HONOR THEIR SPIRIT AS IT SINGS TO THEM. 


Instead, when we love another what we really mean is how WE feel when they love US ... this is when all things go awry. 


Reciprocal love has the potential to create a harmonious third WE space that truly honors each of the "I's" in it. However, as we all know, very few can contribute to such a truly mutual and shared third-WE-space.On a microscopic level this is why we break up with close friends, divorce with animosity and separate from family. On a macroscopic level, we engage in wars and genocide. 


To enter a spiritually-honorable engagement with the other is extremely challenging because most often all we care about is the "I". We care more about CONTROLLING THE OTHER and their feelings towards us THAN TRUE CONNECTIVITY WITH THEIR SPIRIT. Sadly, control often trumps connection.Loving another has NOTHING to do with us...only the other.  ~ Dr. Shefali Tsabary


Shared with permission from Dr. Shefali Tsabary's Conscious Parenting Facebook Page.  

The Conscious Parent (book) by Shefali Tsabary

I Think, I Am Children's Book Review And Giveaway!

I Think, I Am! 

By The New York Times Best-Selling Authors 
Louise L. Hay And Kristina Tracy

Illustrated By Manuela Schwarz

I Think, I Am is a great teaching book for parents to read to their children.

I Think, I Am is filled with beautifully illustrated simplistic examples that children experience in day to day life. I Think, I Am teaches children that they can create their life by their thoughts by understanding how mighty their words and thoughts really are. 

Parents, help empower your children by showing them that there are choices in everything they think about. In every situation they have the opportunity to look at it from a positive or negative point of view.

Here's just a few of the dynamic situations covered in this beautiful children's picture book.

• Gratitude
• How to change your thoughts about the situation you are in.
• Peer pressure ~ Standing up for yourself
• Being helpful
• Self forgiveness ~ Learning from mistakes, not being attached to the past.
• Taking care of the planet.
• Expressing creativity

Af-fir-ma-tion "Words that you think or say and believe to be true." ~ Louise Hay

Handy affirmation tips included in back of book.

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Review By Stacy Toten And Carol Lawrence

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