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AUDACIOUS PARENTING – Part 06 of 06What next? My call to action!This week I launched a 5 part mini-series on my parenting experience since I moved back from Europe to my continent 7 years ago. Your responses were overwhelmingly positive, and some of you have been asking for more. There is much to sh…

AUDACIOUS PARENTING PART 05 OF 06The Audacity to self -renovationIn parts 01. 02, 03 and 04 of this mini-series marking 7 years of my radical move after 20 years from Austria/Europe back to the content we call home. I shared snippets of our journey so far. I celebrated the main characters who make t…

AUDACIOUS PARENTING PART 04ACKNOWLEDGING MY TRIBEAn African proverb says, “if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Another says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” If you have been following this mini-series, you have met the main characters of this journey of mine…

AUDACIOUS PARENTING - PART 03 of 06CELEBRATING MY KIDS’ DAD – MY CO-PARENTIt takes two to become a parent, whether living together in the same household or separately. I am also aware of many other ways to become a parent these days. In our case, it too, the two of us! After celebrating our kids, it…

AUDACIOUS PARENTING - PART 02 of 05CELEBRATING MY SONYesterday I posted part 01 of this mini-series, marking the seventh anniversary of my “letting go” parenting model, which came as a survival strategy at a time when so many things seemingly went wrong in our lives. Leaving my two minor kids in Eur…

I dedicate this post (which turned out to be very long) to all the mothers who fear putting themselves first! Audacious parenting Part 01 of 06 - Shit happens! I seldom post about my private life and even less about my kids, but this time my daughter (my big boss) gave me permission to do so. So I s…