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Meaninglessness

So, after two very great (and unusual) experiences joining Kiki’s activities with full openness and enthusiasm… And perhaps as a result of the atonement experience I had yesterday… And in response to...

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Creating space through contractions

Just like a menstrual period, yet not exactly with the same frequency and predictability, I seem to experience cycles of contractive energy… They manifest primarily by a very strong need for space:...

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On the way to the Zingaron Place

Joaquin’s pretend traffic lights… This image represents Joaquin’s oldest most recurring activity. I’ve joined this game many times, and I’ve been deeply challenged by it often. This morning, as I...

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Free Silent Listening

I want to practice listening. Truly listening, being PRESENT, LOVING, NON-JUDGMENTAL, and without any expectation or desire to make any kind of impact on the person I’m listening. I have recently...

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On being heard

October was so amazingly expansive, I didn’t have any time to update this blog with the many amazing things that occupied my days… I was busy bringing on board three amazing new volunteers in Joaquin’s...

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Not Joining Until Ready

This morning I got in the playroom while in a slight bad mood with Joaquin. I realized I didn’t want to give him control over me (he had nagged me plenty in the morning and I had resisted very...

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A Moment of Grace

Lori Shayew, a good friend of mine who’s writing an inspired book on The Gifts of Autism, asked me to share with her an experience when I felt PURE JOY with Joaquin. As I read her request I recognized...

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Radical Acceptance for the Son-Rise Parent

After offering some thoughts to two Son-Rise parents on how to get in the playroom when they don’t want to, and pondering on my own advice (applying it to myself), the title of this potential book came...

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Expanding Through Music

Earlier this year, when the last of Joaquin’s volunteers was about to leave our program, I thought that the Universe was setting up a new phase for us. I planned to sign up Joaquin for a few private...

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Radically Authentic

Last month I attended one of Anat Baniel’s “Kids Beyond Limits” workshops. I loved meeting and interacting personally with one of my favorite teachers, refreshing my mind with her knowledge, and...

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Letting Go

Last night, after a bit of an emotional outburst half exploring discomfort with the mental pattern in me that obsesses about whether I’m giving Joaquin a nourishing environment at home (the annoying...

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Are we still doing okay?

Because, Bollo, I think about this all the time. We’ve gone on big changes these last months. No more playroom, no more Team Joaquin, no more strategizing about how to facilitate your social growth, no...

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Becoming a Teacher

I’m currently discovering the natural talents of our new friend Megane… Acting on feedback I gave on her last play session with Joaquin (i.e. offer more actions vs. questions or “I don’t know”...

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Easing Into My Resistance

From Attitudinal Notes in our Son-Rise Program’s tracking forms, I wanted to share with Team Joaquin my win yesterday. Just so you know that I also have attitudinal hiccups, and feedback with you guys...

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My Purpose as a Parent

For a while, I’ve been in a constant state of creeping low-key worry, guilt, and overall mild unhappiness. I knew somehow it was related to self judgment on the parenting arena. So when I felt the dark...

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Templates of Possibilities

This spring I felt a strong urge to reorganize and refresh my whole home. While I wanted to create more pleasing and functional spaces for my family, I also felt like the work had a lot to do with...

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Teaching Now: The Food Garden

This spring, the food garden has emerged as my most recent teacher of Freedom. Slow-growing seedlings, bolting plants, sun-burnt “sun lovers”, hungry birds and baby grasshoppers, alphids and slugs are...

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Life without a story

Lately I’ve noticed the constant presence of stories defining people’s existence. We seem to crave them, collect them, learn to seek to create them to define ourselves and stand out from the crowd, to...

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You can’t ever get angry at me!

Two months later, the mystery leak is fixed (also the one concerning my soul), and Randy just finished patching all the holes. Challenged by the time I spend talking with Randy, Joaquin protests,...

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Creativity —my nature and healing

Learning about "talents" and my nature as a creator to dissolve one more layer of the limiting thought that I need to do and be more than I already am.

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