Cinnamon isn’t just for flavor. It has a powerful healing nature based in its carminative (ability to break up gas) and anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. In ancient times, because of its healing properties, cinnamon was invaluable and considered as valualbe as gold or silver. When we get sick today, we don’t think of our pantry as a source…

I just returned from India. I was there for ten days and that is the longest I have been away from Caidin, ever. When Caidin was born, I made a commitment to be fully present for him as he grew up. I put speaking on hold for the first two years.  I tried returning to speaking in…

Over the last week there have been a few occasions where I’ve noticed that any fear Caidin has, formulates around uncertainty. What’s interesting though, is that he doesn’t go to the worst case scenario, he just has the sense of fear. For example he’s been having a hard time at school and he gets so…

Caidin has been having a particularly challenging first half of the school year. Friday was a really hard day for him and he was in tears by the time we left the school. I could tell he’d been holding back the tears until we got outside. I gave him a hug, let him cry, which…

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