Perilous Parenting Part 5: Interfering Parents – An Overview
Typically, parents want to decide what is good or ‘right’ for their babies and children. This starts as soon as the babies are born, with […]
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4 Values that Made us Foodpreneurs
Since I was 16, I’ve been cooking, baking, and pretty much obsessed with experimenting with flavors and forms. As a result of this obsession, I […]
Continue reading »(Racial) Microaggressions in Paradise…Again
We were recently at a resort that is considered the number 1 family resort in Fiji. Indeed, we were there for a family event. Upon […]
Continue reading »Integration of the Self: 10 Streams of Services
Recently I was speaking to my cousin and sister-in-law about my work. They were asking about a recent offering we are developing: teaching life skills […]
Continue reading »Perilous Parenting Part 4: 5 Effects of Avoidant Parents on their Children
As part of our Perilous Parenting series on Beyond Medicine, we discussed the effects of absent or avoidant parents. Some first-time parents may have no […]
Continue reading »Perilous Parenting – Part 3: 7 Ways to Deal with Narcissistic Parents
Narcissism is a type of mental illness and personality disorder, where a person feels that they are special and entitled. They have an inflated sense of […]
Continue reading »7 Ways to Stop Internalizing Patriarchy
I’ve noticed in the last several workshops I’ve facilitated, that feminists, like the rest of us, have internalized patriarchal ways of being. Indeed, I wrote […]
Continue reading »Perilous Parenting Part 2: 10 Ways to Bridge the Generation Gap
It is an accepted fact that the rate of change in the 21st century is far greater than a century back. This contributes to the generation […]
Continue reading »8 Wounds of Prejudice and Patriarchy: Healing Paradise
It’s rare that I am left speechless by anything. I am, after all, someone who writes a lot. But recently, a play by Larry Thomas […]
Continue reading »Perilous Parenting Part 1: Following Outdated Traditions
We started a new conversation in our Beyond Medicine series recently, called Perilous Parenting. The first of the issues we discussed was the consequences of […]
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