Angelic Mom : Five Lessons For My Kids

Angelic Mom : Five Lessons For My Kids: Work smarter, not harder Education saves lives! Life long learning, teaches you to navigate life more easily. Learn from others, pic...

Five Lessons For My Kids

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• Work smarter, not harder

Education saves lives! Life long learning, teaches you to navigate life more easily. Learn from others, pick the brains of those whom have already invented the future and apply their formulas while intelligently designing your own. Read books! Study people! Make the most of school! Embrace your gifts!

• Balance work with play

Nothing is more powerful than personal success. However, over intoxication of "work" will numb you to the greater graces of life. When you are at the end of your life, you will recall the joyful times and thrive on the deep relationships you have forged. Long days of "work" will fade, as the legacy and bond with others shine on for eternity. Take time to: play, laugh, sing, dance, love, create, and reflect.

• Think outside the box and beyond

Don't fear the impossible, instead study the various angles to the probable, especially when it requires diligence. If you can think it, it can be. Moral codes, integrity and honor are maps to the endless possibilities and contributions for the greater good of mankind.

• Manners matter! 

*Smile courteously at others, meet them eye to eye and soul to soul. 
      -Respect each other and give one another a chance, for life can be cruel.
      -Share your toys, and your ideas, we are all brothers and sisters.
      -Listen and reflect upon the wisdom of your elders.
      -Extend a hand, a smile or warm embrace in greeting.
      -Offer to serve, aid and support, as needed and within means.
*The trifecta of courtesy is: Please, thank you, and you are most welcome.

• Trust and believe in yourself

You are a blessing to this world. We enter into this contract of human existence with a consciousness of good. You will naturally know right from wrong, because "right" thinking and action will lift you up and make you feel balanced and whole, while "wrong" thinking and action will cast you down and create a mess. Success in every area of life will manifest as you walk the path of "right" thinking and action. Trust your gut! Call on intuition, emotional intelligence and the guidance of your soul, it's confidence and consciousness you need for a joyful journey of life.


Maria Gurney Peth PhD is a mother of two, a wife of 30+ years, an author, teacher, and life coach. She  has worked with thousands of satisfied clients in personal consulting sessions, life-affirming workshops, and retreats. E-mail her: angelove444@msn.com Website: http://www.MariaPeth.com 

Angelic Mom : The Day I Stopped Yelling at my Kids

Angelic Mom : The Day I Stopped Yelling at my Kids: The Day I Stopped Yelling at my Kids Yes, I curbed my thirst to yell in one day. That doesn’t mean my throat wasn’t ticklin...

The Day I Stopped Yelling at my Kids

The Day I Stopped Yelling at my Kids

Yes, I curbed my thirst to yell in one day. That doesn’t mean my throat wasn’t tickling with desire. We Moms are truly amazing. We are required to express tenderness, and firmness while juggling a laundry basket, a blender, the dishes and a squirming toddler; usually as the four year old is expressing his curiosity over a pile of dog poop.

Our maternal instincts are tested to the upper limit for many days and continuous hours multiplied by children. Ah, we love it! We are super mom, miracle worker, and champion for our babies. Until our precious little ones strike that hidden nerve with wild audacity.  One moment we are holding the chalice awarded for nurturing and in the next the iniquitous evil Witch. 

Civility lost with a feud between siblings, or a raucous tantrum, or perhaps you are simply overwhelmed. I have learned to hold my tongue, while all about are losing theirs and retreat within. As I maintain a calm exterior, I boil within, all the while reciting a prayer, counting to 100, even humming the alphabet; all to keep from shouting, yelling or cursing out.

My first-born was four years old when I decided to give up yelling at a child “forever”. It was the Lenten season and so I tested my stamina for 40 days and then just kept going. My son is now 26 years old and his sister is 20.

My daughter claims I yelled at her once when she was in 8^th grade and she was so tortured by it she locked herself in her room in fear that I would kill her. She said that after a while I knocked on her door and apologized. Poor child.

Shedding the yelling Mother scene has been a surreptitious blessing for me. In not jumping to react, but rather distancing myself from the drama, admittedly checking out for a moment has helped me to be internally more peaceful, calm and intuitive. During the sibling dispute or the tantrum, I can stand back and sense more clearly what the antecedent may have been and how to move forward.

As I clutched to prayers not yelling, but truly calling on God’s help, I received miracle results. The bigger blessings include:  home is calmer, all learning to use inside voices, most of the time. We started to listen to one another and become mindful of underlining issues. The children have grown to value the art of discussing differences and problems and as a result find confidence in their problem solving skills. Most rewarding is realizing a model of good parenting will continue to future generations.  

I believe in you, the super mom, the marvelous amazing queen of calm. You can do it! Don’t do it all for them, do it for you, because you deserve peace. 

Mom's Pharmacy

Mom's Pharmacy

Over the years I have come to love and appreciate my modest pharmacy of 100% pure therapuetic Essential Oils. Essential oils have antiseptic, antiviral, antibacterial, anti fungal, and anti-parasitic properties. 

Essential oils: Rank as world’s most powerful anti-oxidants.

With ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) values from 2000 to 10 million. 

Below are ORAC scores for some of my favorite essential oils as compared to some of my favorite organic fruits, blueberry and raspberry. 

ORAC score of blueberries: 1200, Raspberry: 2400.

ORAC score of lavender oil: 3700

ORAC score of Lemon oil: 6000

ORAC score of Cinnamon bark oil: 100,000

ORAC score of Clove oil: 10 million

Essential oils are expressed from the petals of our plants, herbs, and flowers.  

Essential oils have the unique ability to use the oxygen molecules to help transfer nutrients across the cell walls, into cells, and even into the cell nuclei. Thus the oil mops up harmful free radicals while at the same time enabling cells to feed and become healthier and stronger to withstand any further damage as they go about their normal function.

Regular use of pure essential oils can help you heal, become healthier, and more resilient. 

I have a nice collection of both Young Living essential oils and DoTerra essential oils. Both companies sell 100% pure oils and have ethical harvesting and distributing methods. 

To stay healthy, I put a drop of Clove oil on the heel of my foot daily! The hubby has started to ask for the same, with excellent results. 

I love how essential oils are completely 100 percent natural, won't harm the environment and smell nice while killing germs and keeping me and my family happy. 

Some people do have sensitivity to some of the oils so it is always a good idea to test them before you put too much on you or those you love. 

Talk soon! 

Angelic Mom -Maria 

http://www.MariaPeth.com