Are you living your values? (a free tool for you!)

Hello, Beloved Blogtribe ♥

I have been thick in reorganizing my life, in planning out some redesigning of my life (wahoooo!).

And as I was revisiting my prioreties in preparation for my next steps, I designed an easy tool to thoroughly explore just how much I was living my values. As I used this tool, I realized that this was the difference between feeling aligned in my life or not. Using this tool, I could iron out the kinks and see where I still had some room for growth.

Are you ready for it?

I made a list of my values. Now you make a list :)

Mine were love, connection, nourishment, honour, beauty, creativity, fun, joy, bliss, zen, adventure, green, abundance, sacred.

Then I made a list of the areas of my life: self, home, family, business, tribe, community.

And then I created a grid, with my values across the top and the areas of my life along the side. The box where they intersected, I brainstormed a bit how that did or could flower in my life.

For example, "love" and "self" were being kind to myself and pampering myself. "connection" and "self" became meditating and listening to my inner voice.

And on and on I went, sitting with each intersection and filling out each box.

Lots of mana for journalling. A clear picture of where I was and where I was headed.

Wow, I would often find myself saying.

I saved my values/area grid, and I am putting it somewhere special, somewhere secret.

Well, secret until tomorrow. And then you will receive another gift from me :))

I love you. Enjoy,

Growing a Whole Child

Hello, Beloved Blogtribe!!

I know I have been a bit MIA recently. I have been in the thick of life, still in the thick of it, but – thankfully – also in the thick of creative mode recently :))

So, I wanted to share my newbest creARTion with you :))

Drum roll please……..

Ta da!!



Isn’t it beautiful? It is a hand/digital hybrid beauty, and I’m so dang proud :D

Now a bit about it LOL

This is a home-style learning manifesto. It is the accumulation and synthesization and offering to you of all of the research I have done on homeschooling and unschooling (including my own child development education) + stuff from my own experience of doing it for the past 5-ish years with 3 children.

It is a simple, tidy, and interesting organization of subjects and the components of each subject. It is bursting with activity and project ideas for each little bit. It is learning how to translate everyday living into those neat little subjects school boards like to see. It is bringing it all back in to grow a whole child as slowly as feels right to us intentional parents. It is understanding how children grow and learn in a way that does them justice.

I kind of grew into a big huge project, out of the idea that I could share lots of little projects with people (curriculum per grade, per child) -- I suddenly heard my inner voice say, “If I am going to do this, it is going to be an unschooling manifesto!”

And then, I decided I wanted any family learning style parent to be able to use it, regardless of philosophy. Unschoolers, school-at-homers, parents just wanting to enrich their children’s learning through family projects and activities – the whole caboodle!  I want everyone to own a copy.

The e-book is also part workbook, to give you room to grow and play with the materials.

I have been asking for suggestions for additional parts to the book on facebook, and I look forward to including that as well :)) It’s not too late to add your own questions!

So, this is the thing. I want to get this book out asap. I know, public schools are starting (or have started) all over the country, and folks want this soul-delicious info NOW :))

The set date for completion and release into the world is September 15th. Annnnnnd, I have planned to set up an affiliate program, so if you want to help me sell it, you get half the money! How cool is that, huh? :))

In this e-book, you will find:

• a holistic view of a child and learning
• a deep understanding of how all this learning applies to real living
• how to tailor learning to be family oriented, compassionate, fun-filled, and sacred
• a clear understanding of each subject and the components of each subject
• hundreds of ideas for discussions, projects, and activities across the various subjects
• an opportunity to create your own curriculum (EEP!)
• a formula for converting living into the subjects required by most homeschool state laws
• the "homeschooling organizer" I use with my kids
• simple and loving and creative answers to some tough homeschooling mamas' questions
• lots of workbook space throughout the book to practice and personalize what we are exploring

What you will get out of our collaboration of your children’s learning:

• Gentleness - this is not a style often found in curriculum guides, and this e-book is designed to help you to find a teaching flow that is slow and grounded for the learner, gradually encompassing a kind understanding the world ♥
• Peace – if you are interested in purchasing curriculum, you may be feeling a bit of unease, and our collaboration will help you find peace in your journey ♥
• Inspiration - read through the curriculum and get your creative juices flowing, and check in with it as needed throughout the school year :))
• Assistance - homeschooling is a full-time job, so think of me as your personal assistant :))
• A happy + content kid – this guide is designed to be interesting to the learner and to move at a pace that he or she will feel comfortable with

I am reallllly excited to be sharing this e-book with the world. I hope the philosophies and gradual growth become a staple in homeschooling families. The book can be used for children of all ages (who couldn't use some remedial internal loving organization?), but it is mostly geared toward K-6.

I believe it meets the criteria for all state homeschooling laws, but the parent is the one ultimately responsible for knowing their state's laws and developing a curriculum that meets those requirements.

Alright, so you ready for the price?

Only $40.

Yep. I want it out into the world THAT badly :))

But it gets even better.

Okay, so this is the deal. I am offering pre-orders at half cost. So, for $20 now, you get to be some of the first to receive my gifts and soak them in and savor them and play with them :))

Maybe once you have enjoyed it, you will sign up to be an affiliate? I will be implementing the program once the e-book is released :)

And I welcome feedback :) I'd love to use the feedback for testimonials here for future full-price customers :D

Alright, that is the deal -- are you ready?

 

 

 



Just in case this stuff makes me sparkle even more to you, let me include my qualifications:

• Homeschooled and unschooled during my own childhood (in addition to private and public schools across 3 different states – I have some variety in educational experiences)
• Autodidact-driven high school diploma (gpa 3.97!)
• BA in psychology with an emphasis in cognitive psychology (how people think and learn) and constructivism (how people construct their reality and understanding of the world)
• Certificate in child development from the most INCREDIBLE program and a vision of how the learning philosophies can be projected into older kids
• Homeschooled and unschooled my own 3 children (ages 13, 5, and 3) for 5 school years
• Passionate about organization, synthesis, design, and personalization

Now, are you ready? Yeehaw! :))

 

Powerful Birth

Hello, Love ♥

(I made a couple minor but important changes, so I am reposting this)

Did I ever tell you that I had an unassisted/free birth with my baby? Yep! Just me and my dear friend and our babies in attendance... It was possibly the most empowering experience of my life. It impacted me so deeply that I am still feeling the ripples.

Birth is HUGE to me, and I am so grateful to find my niche in the birth advocacy arena :) After the roughly 1,000 hours of researching pregnancy and birth information during my pregnancy, I had synthesized the most pertinent information and compiled it into a "summary" for friends and family interested in my choice (only to plug it into Word and find out it was a light read of 32 pages of pure words - ouch!).

I have taken a lot of that information, added my own voice, supplemented it with gobs of delicious goodies and an artful background, broken it into 4 deeply satisfying chunks, sprinkled it with even more delicious goodies, and created for you...

Powerful Birth e-course!!

First session October 1st - October 28^th

Registration ends October 1st

NOTE: This e-course has information for mamas interested in or planning an unassisted birth, but this e-course was designed for any birthing woman who is interested in going inward and making intentional choices about her pregnancy and birth. And this e-course is especially designed for wild sacred women, women who already live out-of-the-box, naturally, self-sufficiently -- and the women who want to!

The e-course includes:

• The Wild Sacred Birth e-book (in pdf format) is a hand-meets-digital beauty masterpiece, paradigm kapow!, and soul comfort. Warning: it may make you laugh, cry, sing, do the "funky chicken", yell "YES!" into empty rooms, and have deep loving conversations with loved ones. I just know you are going to want to read it again and again as you deeply process the layers of your journey of childbirth.
• the Explorations & Insplorations workbook (in pdf format) is like yoga for the pregnant heart - it will stretch, align, open you up, and re-energize you, through creative activity ideas and writing prompts galore.
• the Many Sisters' Voices handbook (in pdf format) is my own collection of articles from a multitude of our birthing sisters' voices sharing one common message: Birth is incredible and powerful, and so are you.
• 4 hefty soul-delicious chunks of Powerful Birth e-course, dolloped heavily with love, sweetness, and bright shining light. This course is designed to run over the course of 4 weeks, but I know sometimes that deep stuff takes time to really soak in and I am an unschooler to the core, so really it can be done at a self pace. It is dispersed via e-mail and is much much more than just the e-book broken up into pieces -- it is jam-packed with extra goodies, like videos, love letters, affirmations, activities, intention suggestions, and so much more <3
• A fat e-binder (in pdf format), chocked full of info and natural remedies/ideas for things specific to pregnancy, early labor, active labor, birth, and postpartum. This is a scanned version of the binder I created for my own birth - it contains things you might want to be concerned about during the different stages, complete with color coding to let you know the risk/intervention level.
• 1 year paid subscription to Wild Sacred Souls' Tribe -- think internet forum meets "at home" with deep loving connections between sister birth goddesses. I know how important these spaces are, especially during huge transitions like birth. I was made to create tribes, and I can't wait to share this one with you. Imagine a bloomin, thrivin, wild-woman-circlin', supportive, love-centered, ever-evolving, co-created space to connect deeply with mamas who will inspire you, love you, spot you while you stretch and expand, and wow you with their awesome.
• Coming Soon: A beautiful hand/digital-hybrid Soulful Pregnancy Journal <3 This will be my warmbest gift of love to you: a keepsake of your pregnancy journey for your baby or babies. This is the journal I wish I had had when I was pregnant - a whole collection of the experience of pregnancy and birth. And because I really want it to be extra special to you and your child, I want to include 5 personalized pages for you. More details later :)

This e-course will inspire you to:

• question what you thought you knew about pain and safety in childbirth
• locate, process, and release your fears concerning pregnancy and birth
• sink deeply into your inner knowing
• connect deeper with other mamas, and people in general
• embody a birth goddess vibe
• relish your pregnancy journey
• look forward to giving birth
• make choices from a place of trust, rather than fear or anxiety
• plan a sacred, well-prepared birth
• start creating a birth legacy
• become and be a self-trust master, and watch it grow into other areas of your life
• possibly kiss your partner and other children more :)

So, at this point you are probably noticing I have poured my heart and soul into this course. Birthing women hold the warmest place in my heart (yes, I am the woman who stops dancing down the grocery store isle to get all teary at a big beautiful baby belly), and I want to share that deep sacred love with you at a time when I think you can't possibly soak enough of it in <3 I truly believe (and purposely designed) this package to prepare you as whole-ly as I could imagine would be useful. I know that you probably don't have the ability or time to do the research I did, but you deserve to know what I found, what I realized, what changed my birth legacy and, honestly-really-truly, what changed my entire life. I can't imagine having the depth of courage and self-knowing to revolutionize and redesign my life and my relationships, without the self-trust and empowerment that I finally knew through my own powerful birth.

Are you ready to talk price?

I'm not really feeling drawn toward dividing this whole package into parts, so I am not going to give you a breakdown of costs, but I know how valuable this information is to the world, and I have faith that you will give what you feel in your heart is right price for you based on what you have to give. So, just sit for a moment with all of the information you will receive from this package and ask yourself what is the right price for you, and when you feel good with a number, there is your answer. If you don't have the means right now to pay what you feel is right, feel free to come back and make payments when you can. Yes, this is your first exercise in "How to become a self-trust master AND birth goddess in one e-adventure" :)

So, are you ready? :)))

Once I receive your financial blessings, you will receive a confirmation love letter from me touching base with you on your personal journey and our shared work. Once I have connected with you, you will receieve the soul-inspiring course work, which is perfect for those lone wolf birth goddesses who are feeling drawn toward delving into their own solo birth quest with just the hardy materials (no Tribe dessert with e-course sprinkles) -- that is fun-talk for: you can simply take the materials to work on alone without the Tribe or the e-course-specific extra stuff.

We will be in touch :))

OMGosh, I love you,

p.s. - I am not positive I will be offering this product as a "pay with your heart" forever. So, if this changes, I will let you know (and hopefully give advance warning) :))