Heads up: This weekend may feel a little odd.
Because usually there’s a different pace for the weekend.
Kids are off school after a busy week, many parents are off work, but now, for the moment, that’s everyday. 
( I know, you are working through schoolwork with the kids during the week, but finding a different pace and energy of connection with them during the weekend is more important than ever.)
So, I wanted to pop in with a couple of suggestions to shift things up a bit over the next couple of days. So you can create flow and light within the texture of your week:

• Take a break from the situation.
  Turn off the news and agree that the words “virus” “corona” “quarantine” or anything else related to the topic won't pass your lips until Monday. Leave it in a “work” folder and give yourself permission to pick it up on Monday.
  
  
• Make a conscious decision that the weekend is different than the week. 
  Conscious Decisions are energy shifters.
  I decided to clean on Saturdays and focus on Self Care and Connection on Sundays. (other than the group energy healing in the Breathing Space membership at 5pm EST)
  Can you give a theme to the day so it’s not all blended together?
  
  
• Set an intention of Connection.
  The kids have had a rough week and they may feel scared. So, put the phones away, shift from distraction and just make the weekend about love, light and connection.
  This can as simple as baking together, or chatting over a hot drink. (regular occurrence in the Fletcher house. My poor husband makes 3 cups of tea, 1 coffee and one hot chocolate twice a day for our family time. I can’t help it that he just makes it the best!) 
  It doesn’t have to be All Play All the Time, quiet, calm connection is what creates security.
  
  
• Be Honest.
  Need some time to unwind? Be honest about it, and take steps to give yourself some space.
  Pop on a show for the kids (yes, that’s ok. And here’s a TV guide for your kids ages 3-9 which are calm and peaceful so you don’t create the energy of a jungle.) 
  Take care of yourself, so you can take care of others.
  
  
• Create Rituals.
  Our hot drink time… it’s a family Ritual. My morning meditation and yoga, is a ritual that my kids are used to witnessing. Ritual inspires connection in the mundane, be it spiritual connection or family connection. It’s all Love.
  
  

Balance. This is a time of Balance. So, within that, please give yourself some grace.
Yes, sometimes there will be screentime and sometimes there will be dry cereal for dinner moments to give yourself a moment to sit in the bathroom and listen to a 5 minute meditation. That's ok. You are showing your kids that balance comes from within. That you turn to within and your spiritual source when the going gets tough.


In order to serve you to the best that I can, and support you with all my heart, I am going to be off Facebook for Saturday and part of Sunday. If you need anything though, please post in the group and members will support you OR you reach out to me via email and I will contact you ASAP with some steps to move forward.
I am putting more consistent, foundational tools in place next week so you will feel the stability of that. 
Just know that the steps are being put in place as we navigate this together.
In the meantime, breathe deep, take a pause from this head traffic and give yourself permission to be within this Weekend.
​Leave your worries in a worry jar, whisper them to the Universe and let things unfold on their own until you open that jar up again on Monday.
(You’ll be surprised what the universe can deliver when we aren’t looking.)

Are your kids suddenly home?
Today’s Monday and, since many people are currently under quarantine and house bound with their kids at home due to the Coronavirus pandemic, there’s a lot of posts regarding school schedules, new routines and how to juggle work and education over the coming weeks.
But here's the thing that is drawing my attention...
Please remember your kids are nervous.
They are energetically picking up on the fear, stress and uncertainty and, even the fact that they are home and not in school when they usually are, is creating nervous tension within them.
If you are finding yourself stressed about getting schoolwork done, and feel like you have to put the teacher hat on right now. Please stop. Pause, hug your darlings and tell them it’s all going to be ok. 
Put some music on, have a dance party, go for a walk. Talk. Laugh.
 
When I started homeschooling 12 years ago, I went into School at Home mode.
I had my chalkboard, I had my school supplies. I was ready. I made study plans every night and with held treats if they didn’t get done.
When my daughter had tears pouring on her pages, and scribbled the words "I hate my life" on the sheets in front of her… I decided there had to be another way.
Oh, her older sister LOVED the system. She was ready, pencil in hand. But my younger girl, she wanted emotional balance first.
So, she learnt through experience, through exploration. She created and we looked into the lesson after. She asked questions and together we found answers.
During this time of extraordinary circumstances, your kids are going to need emotional balance first.
While trying to do school at home may feel like balance, you, as the parent, have to provide the space for comfort, ease, safety and even fun, light and laughter during this time. That's true balance for children.
Please focus on this first.
Please release the To-do list and create balance first.
Please let go of the action focus and build connection first.
 
You know, when our kids are grown up they will look back and remember this time as a moment in history.
Wouldn't it be nice if they looked back with pride, that, in their home, they felt safe and made happy memories with their parents. Wouldn't it be a wonderful lesson for them that, even in the face of fear, worry and stress, their family stayed brave and sang through it all.
Circumstance doesn't create happiness. Focus and intention does.
​And sometimes, we just have to be brave and act gallantly. 
My kids are asking me to figure out some ways to create this as a special time. To cancel work and sit with treats to binge watch series, so that whenever that series comes up in history they will remember the time we shared.
To bake things that will spark memories of safety, security and home. (Baking is a great math lesson by the way… and science… and home economics… and life lesson.)
This is a time for the smells of home. For your child’s heart to swell because they know they are safe with their parents and family.
Look for the lessons within life, rather than imposing them into life. Connect with your kids, and create emotional balance first, above all else.

I'm putting a number of resources for parents in your position in place at the moment. Make sure you come over to the Spiritually Aware Parenting Facebook Group where I'll be sharing regularly. Also feel free to email me if you need to chat. Love and light.
Also, if you want to have some light, fun and flowing tools to help your children create inner connection, balance and awareness..
​I'm offering 50% off my course Spiritual Kids for the duration of this crisis, so you can have some spiritually inspired, crafts, exercises and experience prompts for your time at home. <3