After working with San Luis Obispo families for over 20 years I am more strongly committed than ever to helping families find what feels ri...

All the time we are hearing that good communication is the key to relationships. For many of us this translates to if I can just find a wa...

“Breastfeeding and Work; Let’s Make It Work.” What comes to your mind when you hear the 2015 World Breastfeeding Week’s slogan? Most Amer...

Many years ago I met Leslie Kasanoff, mother and chiropractor, when she was planning the homebirth of her second child. Since that time I...

Yesterday I caught the tail end of Dave Congalton on the radio talking with a local pediatrician who has written a new e-book about baby...

Dear Doctor, You will not gain my trust by pigeon-holing me at an unrelated professional public event and in a loud confrontational to...

If I had my child to raise over again, I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less. I'd do less correcting, and mo...

This is an essay I wrote in answer to a question as part of my La Leche League leadership application process. It is an example of how I p...

The typical first time mother forgets that birth is about so much more than just her labor and birth experience. It is about her baby's ...

You are invited to join my "Whole"istic Mama and Papas parenting support and social group!  For the last twenty years I have b...

Occasionally I ask a guest to write a piece for my blog. For Attachment Parenting month I posted a simple question in my Holistic Mamas and ...