The Power Of Positive Communication

The Power of Positive Communication

Destructive                                                                       Supportive

Rebellious                                                                         Independent

Demanding                                                                        Persistent

Irrational                                                                            Creative

Disobedient                                                                      Strong

Manipulative                                                                     Innovative

Obstinate                                                                          Not Easily Swayed

Resistant                                                                           Focused

Overly Sensitive                                                              Connected

Disrespectful                                                                    Honest

We have the opportunity to create our children with every word that we use to describe them. Many times the words that we use to describe our children are the same words that we secretly use to describe ourselves. These words leak out when we are feeling frustrated. It is helpful to notice when your emotions are getting raw, admit your frustration and choose to identify the situation in a new way. 

When you can't catch yourself, have compassion for yourself! We all do the best that we can in any given moment.  ~ Suzy Miller 

The Leverage Of Parenting From Alignment With The Grid

Abraham-Hicks: The Leverage Of Parenting From Alignment With The Grid

 

Feeling Blue?

How To Talk to Your Kids About The Law of Attraction

Are you teaching your children about the power of their thoughts?

Brenda Novak's Annual Online Auction for Diabetes Research-Auction Open Now!

New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak specializes in happy endings, and she’s hoping to help provide a happy ending for the 350 million people worldwide that suffer from diabetes. She says, “Ten years ago, when my youngest son was diagnosed with Type 1, I wanted to do some fundraising for research, to help him and everyone else in the same situation. I just didn’t know how to go about it—or where I’d find the time. I had five kids at home and some very tight book deadlines. Then I attended a silent auction at a local elementary school and realized that I could do a similar event on my website, where I could invite the people who visit me on the web to join in my efforts.”

Teaching Children How To Love Themselves

Have your child stand in front of a mirror and say loving things to him or herself.
For example, you can ask them to say, "I really love my eyes."
"I really love the way I smile." "I love myself!" 

You can stand next to them and say the same things about yourself as you look in the mirror with them demonstrating how to express gratitude for yourself.

Inexpensive Heartfelt Meaningful Mothers Day Gift Ideas Under $25.00

Inexpensive Heartfelt Meaningful Mother's Day Gift Ideas Under $25.00

1. Digital  picture of mom and child: Make a frame out of Popsicle sticks or twigs or you can purchase an inexpensive frame at Target or Michaels.

2. Picking spring wild flowers: If you live in an area where wildflowers are in bloom, this would surely put a smile on moms face. Pick out her favorite vase and fill them with wildflowers.

3. Relaxation Pass: If you have Women's club or the WMCA in your area, ask them if they have daily passes. Where we live it is only $10.00 for a day pass to swim, soak in the hot tub, steam room, sauna or exercise.

4. Give the gift of a manicure: Look for a beauty school in your area to purchase a gift certificate for a manicure. Usually under $15.00

5. Flower basket: Replenish mom's  last years flowers basket.  Go to your local nursery pick out 4 or 5 different kinds of flowers that you can critique to your mothers liking. If she wants humming birds, lady bugs or butterflies pick out flowers that will attract these to her flower basket. Hummingbirds love color, especially red. Trumpet Vines, Bee Balm, Columbine and Fuchsia are very popular choices. Candytuft, Butterfly bush, Phlox are famous for attracting butterflies. Angelica, Marigold and Yarrow attract beneficial insects such as lady bugs.

6. Coupon Book: Make your own coupons to give to mom in a homemade mothers day card. Create your coupon book around the age level of your child. Coupons could include; one vacuuming, washing dishes, taking out the trash, a foot rub, paint mom's toe nails (Helpful hint: if child is under five set up lots of newspaper for spillage.) Cook dinner one night , take her out for a ice cream, sweep off the deck, clean out the car, brush the dogs or cat, fill up the water bowl. walk the dog, draw up a bath for mom. The golden coupon could be for solitude, peace and quite for mom to do what ever she has been wanting to do.

7. Reading material: Buy her favorite book or magazine she has been wanting.

8. Personalized book: Younger kids could make mom a special homemade book that expresses how much they love her. Take 5 or 6 pieces of computer paper stacked together, fold in half, put three staples down the folded side to create the binding, provide child with supervision, scissors, glue, felt, tape, markers, crayons, old magazines they can cut pictures out of, and let their creativity flow.

“To hug and to love is like a breath of fresh air.” ~ Intentional Conscious Parenting (Carol Lawrence & Stacy Toten)

Carol and Stacy are intuitively fulfilling a passion to write children's books and support the inner light of the children. We invite you to connect with us and other like minded parents and people who vibrationaly resonate with our message. Visit Intentional Conscious Parenting for author interviews, book reviews, live author chats and conscious parenting articles.

(Carol and Stacy - Two crazy moms fulfilling their dreams)

We invite you to hop on over to NerdWallet to see other blog posts on the best Mother's Day presents for under $25.00

Conscious Parenting Is Parenting In The Present Moment

“Conscious parenting is parenting in the present moment.” ~ Carol Lawrence And  Stacy Toten

All hands on deck lets your child know that you are fully engaged!

"All hands on deck lets your child know that you are fully engaged.

Your actions speak louder than words." ~ Stacy Toten And Carol Lawrence

All things are reality

Daily Law of Attraction Quotation

Is it reality, or is it not reality? All things are reality. Even if only one is imagining it, it is a reality in that the thought has been offered and someone, who has the ability to translate that vibration, will perceive it. It must be fair to say that anything that can be perceived must be reality. Because, as creators, your reality depends upon what you are willing to imagine and allow.
--- Abraham

Prevent a SUGAR habit By NADINE, N.D., C.N.S

Prevent a SUGAR habit

By NADINE, N.D., C.N.S

Creating RESULTS Holistic Center

Hello and thank you for reading another edition in the sugar series. This article addresses ways on preventing a sugar habit, especially while raising children. Heartfelt thanks and humble gratitude go out to each of you who contributed to this offering of possible solutions for others to explore. As with anything I write, should you as the reader find value in this information, please feel free to share it with another. If this is not for you, a simple thank you I pass, is acceptable.

A habit can be defined as an established disposition or practice, meaning it is settled, ingrained, and recurrent. A habit is often unconscious and can be difficult to give up. What is clear with a habit is the behavior or activity was acquired through frequent repetition. If something is done repetitively, an addiction to that behavior or item is formed. As a Nutrition Specialist, when I see what I term as a sugar addiction, years of frequent repetition have occurred. Some of my clients repeat their habit or addiction in public, others hide their behavior. With any form of abuse, common identifiers can include words like hide, dishonest, punish, belittle, anger, lack of trust, self-hatred paired with a low self-esteem.

While exploring ways to prevent sugar addiction and/or sugar abuse, an opportunity exists to create frequent repetition

Take Back Our Food Supply!!

Call Today!! It's critical that you act now. Please call, share the information with whomever you can through email, text, social sites and Tweet.

"Let's Detox Our Home

Today, your help is needed in making a call on behalf of our planet's health. This is not about politics..It's about our health, food supply, and our right to have non-gmo corn, rice, etc. 
At this moment, the mega-corporation Monsanto has infiltrated our world's food supply, the FDA, the Supreme Court, and congress. This affect's the whole world's food supply. This corporation created Agent Orange and other poisons. And they are now asking for immunity from lawsuits when people get sick from the GMO food they've created.

Grandpa's Fishing Tale



The joy of being grandpa. Sharing with your granddaughter the thrill of fishing.
Knowing she will someday share this gift with her children and grand children. The connection this creates between caring, loving humans has existed forever. We all want to share in someway guaranting this connection continues. All we have is all that was....Cherish every moment.  ~ Papa Ed

Intentional Conscious Parenting is on Google+

We know some of you prefer Google+ over Facebook so we wanted to let you know we are on both.
Join us on Facebook or join us on Google+? Click +Carol Lawrence to follow along our updates on the big G. Also if your are a business owner, author or blogger follow along +Social Media Help 4 U  for social media tips. Social media management is also available for authors and small business owners who are ready to hire help keeping their social sites updated and their audience engaged.

Inner Power And Inner Beauty Is What Really Matters

Stacy was sitting in a doctors office this past Friday and saw this awesome quote in Parent and Child Magazine. There was no author mentioned so we are just crediting the magazine. It was so perfectly stated we just had to share!

"Balance your communication. There's nothing wrong with admiring your son's strength or your daughter's beauty. But don't forget to be just as enthusiastic about their creativity, kindness or ingenuity. Doing so allows them to know that in their most important relationships (now and in the future), it's their inner power and beauty that will really matter." ~ Parent And Child Magazine

Daddy's Girl

Stacy's granddaughter Maggie working on daddy's classic truck.

Helping Daddy

 

Concentrating!

 

Greasy Hands!

 

 

Daddy's Girl
Hello, Daddy!
Time to play,
I missed you,
off at work all day.

We'll seek and hide
and skip and jog,
and when we're done
we'll look for frogs.

Today I helped Mommy
sweep the rugs,
maybe after dinner
you can help me catch bugs.

Maybe I'll help
out in the yard,
fixing the truck
won't be so hard.

I cherish this time
you share with me,
I love you, Daddy,
I know you love me.
Author - Leila Devlin

 



Our Article "The Power of Color" is In The Winter Issue Of Pathways To Wellness Magazine!

We are excited to share with you that our article "The Power of Color" is in the winter issue of Pathways to Family Wellness Magazine.

Pathways to Family Wellness collaborates with consciousness leaders, cutting-edge scientists and researchers, families on a conscious path, holistic practitioners, and dynamic nonprofit organizations to bring the most current insights into wellness to their readers. We were honored when they emailed us and asked if they could use our article. Some of you may have read it already right here on Intentional Conscious Parenting, we have a whole page dedicated to color.

10 Resources To Support You Along Your Parenting Path.

Parenting is not always easy. It comes with triumphs and tribulations. We wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. We were born to be parents. It definitely wasn't always easy, even as our children get older it's not always easy. Once a parent, always a parent. Your roles shift and change as your children grow up into adults, you may still want to take their pain away, protect them from poor choices and guide them, but there comes a time when you have to step back and let them navigate their own path. 

Sherry Burton Ways Virtual Book Tour ~ Day 5

Introducing Sherry Burton Ways, author of a brand new book: “Feel Good Spaces A Guide To Decorating Your Home For Body, Mind, & Spirit.

From February 1^st – February 12^th Sherry will visit 12 blogs on her virtual book tour. You are invited to follow the tour, visit a new blog each day, meet some wonderful new friends and experience something new.

The importance of saying No By Jennifer Laurent

I recently wrote a post about my undertaking of learning how to set boundaries. As I have ventured down this road, I have spent some time thinking about my own childhood, as well as my son and children in general. I know that for me, I did not learn to set boundaries as a child and therefore did not learn that my boundaries deserve to be respected. I learned to please those around me, and somehow thought that was the way to being loved. I can see clearly how I have found myself in this space, now learning as an adult to set essential boundaries and honor my truth.

Here's a Healthy Chart ~ Eating Organic Vs Conventional Eating.

I was reading an article on All Things Healing about eating Conventional vs Organic. I try and eat organic as much as possible when I can. What i found most interesting in the article at All Things Healing is these statistics.

"An interesting thing to note is the three countries that eat the most organic foods. Per capita, they are Denmark, Switzerland and Austria. According to the CIA World Factbook, Denmark, Switzerland and Austria are all in the top 25 percent ranking of countries with the highest life expectancies, with all three ahead of the United States. In a 2012 study by Bloomberg, Switzerland ranked as the fourth healthiest country in the world. These could be coincidences, of course, but lend more credence to the benefits of buying organic."

One thing the article didn't really touch on is the terrible environmental impact eating the traditional way has.

For me eating healthy is a priority but doing my part to lessen my footprint, by not putting toxic chemicals down the drain, etc are just as important as eating healthy. I hope you will stop by All Things Healing and read their article The Benefits Of Organic Vs Conventional Food By Brandi, pin this info graphic and leave a comment about how you feel about the comparison. 

Do you eat organic foods? What organic foods are the most important part of your diet? What about your children? Are you teaching them the difference between the two when you are shopping? Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting our blog. We really appreciate you and are here to support you on your parenting path. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay connected (located on the right), also join us on Facebook. Oops I almost forgot to mention. Did you know we (Carol & Stacy) are assisted editors for the Family and Parenting community at All Things Healing. Be sure to visit our community there as well for some great parenting articles, videos and more!

Namaste, Carol Lawrence

Special Announcement And A Personal Invitation

Introducing Sherry Burton Ways. 

Sherry is the author of a brand new book: “Feel Good Spaces A Guide To Decorating Your Home For Body, Mind, and Spirit. 

From February 1^st – February 12^th Sherry will visit 12 blogs on her virtual book tour. You are invited to follow the tour, visit a new blog each day, meet some wonderful new friends and experience something new. (We will be sharing a special book review on Tuesday February 5th)

On the tour, you will find 12 blogs featuring written Q&A interviews, videos, book reviews, radio show interviews, excerpts from the book, and articles like these:

• Candle Color Power: A Healing Tool For Your Interior
• Organic Bedding For a Healthier You
• Your Favorite Color Is Your Healing Color

“Your Home Is the Key to Overcoming Stress and Increasing Wellness”

This is the premise of her first book, Feel Good Spaces: A Guide to Decorating Your Home for Body, Mind and Spirit, by Washington, DC Interior Décor expert, Sherry Burton-Ways.

In her book, Ms. Burton-Ways provides questions, suggestions, and exercises designed to help you create an environment that brings you peace, joy, balance and comfort, while also providing a refuge from the stresses of the outside world. Burton-Ways says, "Everybody's Feel Good Space will be different, but they will all have that 'home' feeling, and a feeling of warmth and acceptance for the person who inhabits it. It will provide a relaxing moment in time that takes the person back to themselves, elevates their mood, and empowers them for the rest of their life."

Burton-Ways presents concepts from which you can choose: color, furniture style, shape, texture and function, art, cultural and symbolic items, personal items and a clean and clutter-free environment. She provides separate chapters on these designs elements, which you can spin like a color wheel and make your selections.

You are invited you to meet Sherry at Kreative Ways http://kreativeways.com/. Send Sherry a message on Twitter http://twitter.com/kreativeways or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kreativeways and introduce yourself. Sherry is thrilled to have you follow along her virtual book tour. You may also connect with Sherry on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/kreativeways/.

Have you lost your hot mama mojo? Find out how to get it back.

RECLAIM YOUR HOT MAMA MOJO!

THREE WEEKS TO A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER AND HOTTER LIFE!

In this 3-lesson Live Online Course, Erin Cox, the energetic and inspirational author of One Hot Mama: The Guide to Getting Your Mind and Body Back After Baby, will help participants to reclaim their Hot Mama Mojo...once and for all! 

Be THE women you've always dreamed you could be. Erin's guidance will lead you through an incredibly fun and revolutionary life-rejuvenation process. These are just some of the questions she will be addressing in her Online Event:

* Do you ever feel like you've lost your SELF to being a mom?
* Has your love life taken a hit because you don't feel sexy anymore?
* Have you lost touch with your spirituality and sense of inner peace?
* Could you use a little more time to yourself and more fun in your life?
* Would you like to have more vibrant energy and abundant health?
* Do you want to be a better lover, mother, or friend?
* Do you feel stuck in bad habits or negative self-talk that prevents you from being the best version of yourself?

Sign up for Erin's event and receive a FREE copy of Erin's hit book, One Hot Mama: The Guide to Getting Your Mind and Body Back After Baby!

You'll also receive exclusive bonus material including:
. The One Hot Mama Healthy Eating Plan
. Recipes and Shopping lists to help keep you hot and healthy
. Erin's One Hot Mama exercise videos to help you get fit and stay fit

Click on the banner below for more information.

Lesson Details:
January 15, 4:00 - 5:30 PM Pacific / 7:00 - 8:30 PM Eastern
Lesson One: Your Happier Life
During Lesson 1, we will start by discussing the real you...within. Erin focuses on topics such as spirituality, self-esteem, and self-talk. Busy mothers often let their spirituality go by the wayside when this key to inner peace is needed more than ever. We will discuss meditation, prayer, and solitude as key topics for achieving a sense of calm and peace. Over-tasked and stressed-out women also often get stuck ruminating on negative thoughts, and are not entirely present in their life to experience the beauty and joy that surrounds them. You will learn useful tips that actually work to help you be a more present and joyful woman. 

Advice wanted. When a 5 year old steals.

We have an excellent conversation taking place in our BlogFrog parenting community. You advice is always welcome.