by Jenn Pipe | Sep 20, 2013 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life, Love
The Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz probably had it pretty easy. There, I said it. He just clanked along, oblivious to love and hurt and pain and joy. There were no emotive highs followed by crushing lows. No heart = no feelings. There was just a body, in a suit of...
by Jenn Pipe | Aug 29, 2013 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Entrepreneurial, Life, Scrapbooking, self esteem through art
Ever sit down and just take stock? Evaluate? Reevaluate? Assess? Tweak? Think about work? Worth? Contemplate life? I do. I am actually in the midst of a MASSIVE “twessaluation” (yes, I made that word up) right now. My recent findings have me admitting that...
by Jenn Pipe | Aug 27, 2013 | Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life, Love, self esteem through art
Since much of our summer looked like this, many would argue that our kids didn’t learn anything at all and their brains went to mush. Knowing that I don’t believe in formal dining, formal dressing, formal learning, or pretty much formal anything in the...
by Jenn Pipe | Aug 24, 2013 | Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life
Quite candidly, if there was a time of year that makes me feel like I am going to lose my shit, it is the time between *right now* and Columbus Day. Summer is my absolute favorite time of year and my 2013 summer hourglass is very quickly running out of sand. This...
by Jenn Pipe | May 20, 2013 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life, self esteem through art
Do you know what your kids are saying to themselves when you aren’t listening? Do you know that the thoughts they think about themselves are tremendously powerful and will shape their future in a positive or a negative way? I taught at the Benjamin Franklin...
by Jenn Pipe | May 1, 2013 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life, self esteem through art
I recently read a letter that was given to my 12 year-old daughter from a friend of hers. It was meant to celebrate my daughter’s character and applaud her for being a good friend. That message was definitely not lost on me. But, I couldn’t help but take...