“We’re Poor,” Shame Sensors, and a Missed Opportunity

by Jenn Pipe | Sep 25, 2013 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life

I was relaxing in the living room with my daughters a few days ago. It was the tail end of a monster week and we were all kind of needing to recharge our batteries and just veg out for a while. My husband wasn’t home, so I had control of the remote (bonus) and...

The Trouble With Feelings + Speaking Your Mind

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...

Did Summer Make My Kids Dumber?

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...

A Brutally Honest Look At Why I Loathe This Time of Year

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...

Teaching Kids to Attract More of What They Want and Less of What They Don’t

by Jenn Pipe | Jul 11, 2013 | Coaching, Effective Parenting, Entrepreneurial, Kids, Life, self esteem through art

I am a big believer that you are constantly attracting things to your life — both good and bad. It is scientifically proven that you are a magnet for what comes your way, and mindset is a key factor. My parents used to tell me when I was a teenager that I was...

How They Talk to Themselves

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...