When should I get a girlfriend says my 9 year old; identifying & escaping boxed in thinking
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change, Communication, Parenting
I was looking forward to this past weekend. Really looking forward to it. Both my husband and oldest kid were out of town, leaving some precious 1:1 time with my youngest. After dropping off my oldest at the ferry terminal to visit his grandparents my youngest and I headed back to the van, hand in [...]
Tags: change management, Creativity, learning, lee-anne ragan, rock.paper.scissors
Christmas in Brazil in March & the road most taken
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change, Parenting, Travel
I recently did a marathon. I drove 17 hours, from Rio Quente to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to present a cultural intelligence workshop at the United Nations World Urban Forum.
When the impossibly white fat and fluffy clouds, which have floated in an endless sea of sky, have given way to an inky darkness great tunes [...]
Tags: brazil, Christmas, learning, lee-anne ragan, matt andersen, rio de janeiro, rio quente, rock.paper.scissors, stuart mclean, teenage, united nations, vinyl cafe, world urban forum
Curious definition of stress
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change, Conflict, Parenting, Wellness
I went to a talk at my kids’ school the other night about drug abuse prevention. Interesting material and great presenter.
One of the things that caught my attention was the presenter’s definition of stress.
Before I tell you what it was, what’s yours? Definition of stress that is.
The dictionary calls it “a state of mental or [...]
Tags: change management, drug abuse, emotion, learning, lee-anne ragan, rock.paper.scissors, strain, stress, tension
Cookie dough & the delicate balance of today & tomorrow
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Conflict, Humour, Parenting
Before I can blink, with a shake of his shaggy head, my teen inhales food. All the food. All the time.
Hence I hoard.
(Much to his shock, horror and dismay.)
“Moooooooooooooooom!” (drawing out the vowel as only a kid can do) “Where is the cookie dough?”
(Confession time; I love to make cookies however they rarely make [...]
Tags: cookie, cookie dough, future, present, teenage, teens
The Jungle Called ‘Teenagedom’
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change, Humour, Parenting
How did I get to the middle without realizing I was on the edge?
How did I enter this quagmire of parenting a teen without realizing what I was headed towards? Did I miss the signs? Is it like the odd time I missed using a box of hand me down clothes because my kid had [...]
Tags: change management, edge, jungle, learning, lee-anne ragan, parenting, questions, rock.paper.scissors, teen, teenage, time, youth
Fall on my knees
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change, Parenting, Wellness
It’s late at night now. I’ve gone to bed once but got up as the words to this post were calling.
I was supposed to spend this weekend on my own. Blissfully alone. Quietly alone.
Then I got a call early this morning that one of my kids was sick and would I come and pick him [...]
Tags: allison russell, change management, gay rights, harvey milk, lee-anne ragan, milk, o holy night, rock.paper.scissors, scouts, sean penn, stuart mclean, vinyl cafe