When counterwill serves your child’s unique self, it can arise in response to their secure relationship with you, when all is well. When...

If you’re running into a lot of counterwill, it could be a sign that your child generally needs to feel a more secure connection with you....

Remember our messy status update from last time? (Refer to “Journey to Stop 3” for an explanation of the alpha instinct.) “When both our...

You’re not alone. Read on… (Continuing from the last 2 blog posts exploring the human instinct of counterwill...) Here’s the thing. Have...

Journey to Stop 2: Counterwill keeps strangers out of the way while challenging us to love more. As I mentioned in “Journey to Stop 1,”...

Journey to Stop 1: You mean there’s a word for that?? Have your amazing, cherished children ever raged against some of your most...

One of my favorite sensory experiences is the sight of sunlight sparkling on dewdrops. I was in paradise the day after our recent storm....

By Lisa Allen While walking back to meet arriving parents, “Sky” was moving slower than the rest of the group, and not as directly toward...

By Lisa Allen A system is a set of interrelated elements that make a unified whole. Systems are everywhere. Our solar system is a...

By Lisa Allen My job with children is to weave together experiences that lead to richer experiences. I've been inspired by Experience and...

As I developed a different approach to teaching children, influenced by mindfulness, non-violent communication and organic intelligence,...

In my own nature exploration I started to clear the dead wood on my family's property and as I brought it together it began to take a...