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jenniferawilderhar
Jan 24, 20223 min read
Journey to Stop 6: Counterwill Clears the Way for your Child to Exist, Separate from You.
When counterwill serves your child’s unique self, it can arise in response to their secure relationship with you, when all is well. When...
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jenniferawilderhar
Jan 20, 20222 min read
The Purpose of Opposition in Children: Journey to Stop 5: Building Resilience
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....
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jenniferawilderhar
Jan 18, 20223 min read
The Purpose of Opposition in Children: Journey to Stop 4: The ‘M’ Word
Remember our messy status update from last time? (Refer to “Journey to Stop 3” for an explanation of the alpha instinct.) “When both our...
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jenniferawilderhar
Jan 13, 20222 min read
The Purpose of Opposition in Children: Journey to Stop 3: "But... It's Driving Me Crazy!!"
You’re not alone. Read on… (Continuing from the last 2 blog posts exploring the human instinct of counterwill...) Here’s the thing. Have...
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jenniferawilderhar
Jan 9, 20222 min read
The Purpose of Opposition in Children, and Our Response: Journey to Stop 2, by Lisa Allen
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,”...
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jenniferawilderhar
Jan 5, 20221 min read
The Purpose of Opposition in Children, and Our Response: A Journey In 6 Stops, by Lisa Allen
Journey to Stop 1: You mean there’s a word for that?? Have your amazing, cherished children ever raged against some of your most...
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jenniferawilderhar
Nov 12, 20213 min read
It’s Full of Stars!, by Lisa Allen
One of my favorite sensory experiences is the sight of sunlight sparkling on dewdrops. I was in paradise the day after our recent storm....
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jenniferawilderhar
Nov 5, 20214 min read
How can we teach children to be thankful?
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...
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jenniferawilderhar
Oct 11, 20214 min read
A Wilder Harmony of Systems Thinking, Mindfulness, and Non-Violent Communication
By Lisa Allen A system is a set of interrelated elements that make a unified whole. Systems are everywhere. Our solar system is a...
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jenniferawilderhar
Apr 21, 20211 min read
Humility and a Wilder Harmony
By Lisa Allen My job with children is to weave together experiences that lead to richer experiences. I've been inspired by Experience and...
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jenniferawilderhar
Mar 23, 20211 min read
The Origins of the name A Wilder Harmony by Lisa Allen
As I developed a different approach to teaching children, influenced by mindfulness, non-violent communication and organic intelligence,...
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jenniferawilderhar
Mar 23, 20211 min read
So I built a giant nest..
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...
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