by Carolyn Burke | Oct 3, 2025 | Support
One of my dear friends is dealing with one crisis after another right now in her family. We were talking the other day and I needed to say the word “light”. I wasn’t trying to avoid the heaviness she was feeling. Taking the “love and light” approach can sometimes...
by Carolyn Burke | Feb 10, 2025 | Support
I walk by this sign in my kitchen at least 50 times a day. This sign, gifted to me years ago by our former Program Coordinator, Lindsay Parr, has become a fixture in my home. It sits underneath the family calendar and is surrounded by memories captured in my...
by Carolyn Burke | Sep 24, 2024 | Support, Change, Milestones and Rites of Passage
Hello my friends, How have you been? I hope September has brought some unexpected joys your way. It’s been a few weeks since I launched my youngest into her first year of university and I’m still sorting myself out. Last weekend, for the first time without my kids, I...
by Carolyn Burke | Apr 30, 2020 | Support
I can’t tell you to stop feeling it. It’s universal. Every mom has guilt creeping into her awareness. And sometimes she even feels guilty about feeling guilty! And even when we don’t notice our mom guilt, it’s actually still there, running silently in the background...
by Carolyn Burke | Apr 15, 2020 | Support
I love parenting (most of the time). Lots of days it feels good to guide my children and help them be their best selves. It makes me feel useful and needed. It adds to my sense of purpose in the world. But what happens when I exchange mothering for smothering? Is it...
