Posts by Susanne North
Creating Mindful and Meaningful Christmas Celebrations
Original post here Children love rituals and traditions. There is nothing more beautiful than watching children’s shiny eyes and their contagious excitement in anticipation of a festive event, such as, for example, the approaching Christmas season. Children are innate spiritual beings from birth. Special celebrations can be celebrated in such a way that nurture a…
Read MoreFeeling COVID tired, our children are feeling too
Are you feeling a bit COVID tired? I am. Our children are feeling it, too. Right now, the world is collectively grieving. Everyone is experiencing some kind of loss. A loss can relate to anything. A loss is defined as a loss of a particular connection to a place, person or object. For some of us,…
Read MoreMindful Parenting
When asking parents what they want most for their children, happiness tops the list. As parents, we would do anything to prevent them from disappointment, frustration, sadness and frustration. We want our children to be endlessly happy. Yet, this is not what life will serve us. It’s challenging to really accept that everyone, including your child, will…
Read MoreThe Sacredness in Simplicity
Simple is sacred. In an over-performance culture, the greatest gift a parent can give is a sense of belonging and acceptance. Susanne North explores how the simple life supports this sacred mission. Connection is crucial In a world full of uncertainties, anxieties and an over-performance culture of never being good enough, the biggest gifts that…
Read MoreThe World on a Forced Sabbatical
It has taken a deadly, invisible and microscopic enemy to force the whole world to stop dead in its tracks. Susanne North explores the upside to the world-wide forced sabbatical. A forced sabbatical It became law, overnight, everywhere. It was weird at first. Then, slowly, an almost collective sigh as people were given the permission…
Read MoreParenting – the Simple Way
In a world full of uncertainties, anxieties and an over-performance culture of never being good enough, the biggest gifts that parents can give to children is a true sense of belonging, hope, courage to dare greatly and the notion that they are ok the way they are. It is our responsibility to teach them the…
Read MoreThree ways to be a simplicity parent
 Less is more This applies to nearly everything in our children’s environment – their toys, clothes, choices, experiences, gadgets and sensory stimuli. De-cluttering the environment and limiting children’s many choices is very powerful. The less complexity we provide; the more attentive and creative they become, and the fewer battles we have to fight as parents.…
Read More2015 July
During the writing of this month’s CathFamily, Pope Francis’ much anticipated encyclical Laudato Si was released. The Pope issues us with a challenge: to answer the call to be more attuned to the natural world. For many of us, this means challenging the consumer lifestyle which leads to more clutter and more stress. Our featured…
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