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Pure, Unconditional Love Opportunity
2024 global events have highlighted the importance for humans to step up into pure, unconditional love. I have witnessed neighbors, friends, and family being sucked into the downward divisive, fearful, and negative trap...
The Win or Lose…We Still Booze Blog – It’s Not What You Think!
Win or Lose…We Still Booze* *I am not promoting drinking, excessive drinking, or hiding from what occurred. I am promoting positive, purposely-selected perspective. A few years ago, a college student told me this saying of her campus during football season: Win or...
The Rebellious Teen: Plenty of Parental Options
This blog could also be titled: The Rebellious, Demanding, And Extra Energetic Teen because... Whenever a child wants something more, different, or larger than you, the parent, are ready for, feel comfortable with, or deem is appropriate, the BIG question is,...
Blue Pumpkins!
Being the strange kid during the hour long elementary school bus ride looking for angels wasn’t new to me. After all, I was raised Presbyterian attending a Lutheran grade school, so I often heard about angels from the pulpits for years. While the other bus...
A Recent Concert-Goer’s Experience
I can't feel my toes. Blisters coming? Why didn't I wear more comfortable shoes? Wait. These are my comfortable shoes! Soooo many people here. All different kinds. That woman has tinsel in her hair. How do you get tinsel in one's hair? Spray it in? Throw it in...
My Old, Worn Out Yoga Mat
Today was a good day. It began with a morning yoga class. This particular class's structure was holding poses for three minutes each instead of moving from one pose to another in rapid fashion. Today was: follow the teacher's instructions, shift, adjust, and...
Re-Introducing Myself!
Lizabeth Jenkins-Dale, M.Ed., aka The Middle School Mom Mentor, writes, speaks, and consults to help parents navigate the sometimes nail-biting and nerve-wracking teen years. After nearly 30 years in education, which includes 10 years teaching in middle schools,...
How Much Joy Do You Expect From Parenting A Teen?
In my consulting parents business, I find that the expectation of parenting a teen varies a lot when it could be as simple as, "I expect to love each and every moment!" Not realistic, you say???? Most parents have built-in belief systems that are already...
Connecting To The Divine To Parent Your Kids
My Multi-Dimensional Parenting Program is all about utilizing your divine wisdom that is already in you (you were born with it) so that you can guide your children to utilizing their divine wisdoms that they already have as well. The issue I see in many...
Your Parenting Reality Is Negotiable
Feeling stuck like your parental feet are in cement with nowhere to go? Feeling overwhelmed like you can't even get a whiff of Life is good? Feeling anxious about your present and future parenting experience? Feeling like you made a mistake by becoming a...
My Child Is An Incredible…
EXCERPT FROM MY NEXT UP AND COMING BOOK! My child is an incredible, multi-dimensional Soul on a life journey in a borrowed body suit trying to have the best experience right now. I can choose at any time, and hopefully often, in my parenting experience...
Summer – A Very Good Time To Gain School Perspective
I love the dynamics, diversity, growth potential, and awkwardness of middle school. In three short years, young humans transform from grade school students to high school students. This is no small feat! It’s difficult, however, for middle school...
Prepping For The End of School Year
Got these: Senioritis? Summer-can't-come-fast-enough-school blues? I-don't-wanna-study-anymore comments? We've all experienced it as a student. Nothing will go in the brain anymore. The desperately needed break. The will-this-ever-end facial expression....
I Want A Tattoo!!!
Choosing to investigate curious events, comments, and requests before judgement will serve you well as in the case of hearing, “I want a tattoo!” or “I want to drop out of school!” from your child. When establishing an empowered home culture and environment, you may...
Romantic Relationships In Middle School
Romantic relationships commonly become highlighted during the teenage years, and I can choose to embrace these as an important, essential, and intricate part of my child's development. I can choose to be involved through discussions and sharing about the...
You’re An Ugly Pig! Two Steps To Addressing Negative Comments
Reaching the place when you and your child understand, “You’re an ugly pig! And, you smell like one, too!” and what is really going on with such statements is a wonderful level of empowerment. You will be amazed just how powerful this...
Got Gossiping Issues? Free Gossiping Presentation
This free talk was recorded on February 13, 2024. The recording can be heard: https://demmelearning.com/event/empowering-students-to-understand-the-difference-between-conversation-and-gossip/. Got gossiping issues? Who doesn’t? Gossiping is an ageless,...
Loving Weaknesses To Change Them
What is the easiest way to release from your child that which you do not desire to experience from or with your child: love or hate? What is the easiest way to release that which is unwanted in your life: love or hate? What is the easiest way to...
The Spiritual Goodness of Winter
Dormant trees. Flowerless gardens. Gray days. Colder weather. Wintertime can be tough. For some people, it is just a period of time to “get through” to reach the other seasons. But, is there a purpose for winter? What messages can it hold for all of us? I do...
Living With ‘What’s Next?’ Energy!
I’ve been through enough New Years transitions now to have a new perspective on them: no judgment. Just observation. What I mean by this is to keep it real, personal, and loving. Judgment doesn’t work well for any subject for any of the 365 days of the year so...