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Hi Friends, When I created The Family Alchemists in 2018, I had a really big vision and mission of connecting people to the resources they need to grow. I have so many amazing professionals in the Conscious Parenting space as friends and was determined to help them...

How Recovery Principles Pave the Way to Conscious Parenting

Applying the 12 steps to my parenting helped me practice boundaries, communicate with integrity and ultimately BE loving and tolerant.

Conscious Communication Skills

In times of great social change, we look for the things we can control. We may not be able to predict the future for ourselves or our teens, but we can control how we communicate. The way we communicate reveals what we value and how we value it. I longed to connect...

How to Save a Marriage

So, you’re an empath married to a guy that treats you like a queen – most of the time. But those times he’s angry? You question if you’re more like your mother than you thought. You worry that his behavior is going to hurt your kids and that you’re being irresponsible...

WHAT DOES SPIRITUALITY MEAN TO YOU?

When I have a chance to actually discuss the topic with clients, it is very simple to explain my view of spirituality, understand my clients’ perspective, and come to a common ground semantically (and often philosophically). I notice I regularly attract people who...

Helping Your Kids During Coronavirus Social Distancing

Dear Brave Ones: Of course, we’re scared. That means it’s the time to be gentle and compassionate with ourselves and others. Can you imagine how scared our kids are? Their routines have been disrupted and they miss their teachers and friends. They have less control...

Out of the race

From the moment we are born, we are part of a race we never wanted to be in, we are measured by milestones and compared endlessly with any peers we share our life with. We are numbers in charts and checkmarks in lists of accomplishments, in other words, we are what we...

Mindful Parenting Through the Everyday Stresses

In the fast paced world of parenting where decisions are made in between spilled cereal, constant questioning and smartphone apps, it is no wonder the word mindfulness is becoming as necessary in a parent’s vocabulary as the word nap-time. And yet, for many,...

What our children ask of us

Our children ask so little really. Listen to my discoveries and ideas. Look through my eyes to understand my world. Feel my love, joy, frustration, pain. Hold my hand, my heart and me close. Be careful with me and understand me. I may feel off sometimes, when the...

Elf on the shelf, Magic of well-behaved kids?

I was already familiar with conscious parenting when the Elf on the Shelf became popular a few years ago, I found out about it when my kids were toddlers and I heard stories about him moving every night and being a fun addition during Christmas time. I was excited to...

As adults, we claim one of our most basic rights, the right to be safe from harm or hurt. And ironically, we have such a difficult time granting this right to the most vulnerable human beings in our society, our children.

Have you looked at this from the point of view of your children? Have you ever wonder how your child might feel when you are yelling at him? When you leave him isolated in time out? When you spank him? Or threaten him?

I remember the fear in my children’s’ faces many years ago before I started on the path of Conscious Parenting, I remember them running to hide, they were afraid, they didn’t feel safe. In the name of discipline, I took away their most basic right and my most important responsibility to them as a parent, to create a safe environment for them, free of harm.

At one point when I was researching about helping children with bullying, somehow I had an aha moment, I felt described entirely, I felt horrified to realize that I was being my kids’ first bully. I was using my size and my power to instill fear on them so I could get what I wanted from them. Here is where it gets confusing and for most of us parents justifiable: What we are trying to get our kids to do or not do is what’s best for them. So, the point here isn’t the honorable goal we have in mind but it is the means to get there. The end doesn’t justify the means. It felt pretty hypocritical to apply the bullying definition to everyone else that will hurt my children but not to myself because “I am the parent”. I realized that this type of thinking reduces the child to be seen as property.

With every Aha moment and realization like this one, has come a beautiful transformation. It wasn’t easy to shift my mindset and start living in alignment with my values and what it feels right in my heart, but I was committed to change my relationship with my children no matter what it took.

I am here for you, I walked the path and I can guide you. Reach out, parenting was not meant to be done alone, we all need help at some point and that’s ok.

-Isabel Stafford, Family Alchemist

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