THE LEGACY JOURNAL

Parenting tools and insights to build bonds that last and an emotional legacy of safety and trust.

What is emotional safety (and why your kids need it more than rules) emotional intelligence emotional safety nervous system restoration parenting through divorce somatic coaching somatic parenting Sep 02, 2025

We all want what’s best for our children. We want them to grow into kind, respectful, emotionally intelligent adults. And so, we teach them boundaries. We enforce rules. We correct behaviour. But here’s the truth that most parenting books forget to mention: Your child can’t learn until they feel safe.

Not just physically safe. Emotionally safe.

 

Emotional safety is the foundation of connection...

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Why I Changed My Book Cover (Just Three Months After Publishing It) book parenting through divorce self-trust Aug 22, 2025

This isn’t a story about design. It’s a story about alignment.

When I released Parenting Through Divorce: The 3 Keys to Building an Unshakable Bond With Your Children, I poured my heart into every page.

I shared conversations with my children during their most anxious moments. I wrote about the somatic practices that helped us come back to stability. I offered the tools I wish I’d had when I was...

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True Strength Isn’t What You’ve Been Taught burnout emotional resilience grief healing after divorce healing journey parenting through divorce redefining success self-trust success May 13, 2022

Maybe it’s time we redefine what success, stability, and strength really mean.

We’re taught a lot about what it means to be successful. To be stable. To be strong. But what if much of what we’ve been told… just doesn’t hold up in real life?

Through my own healing, I’ve had to unlearn the cultural definitions of strength and success: the ones that reward performance over presence, and pressure us...

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