Mindfully balancing freedom and boundaries to nurture our children
I am in a quest for freedom. I have a confession to make: I'm a total hippie at heart. If you asked me in my teens and early 20s what it was I desired most, I would probably have told you it’s this easygoing feeling of freedom, of lightheartedness, of non-restrictedness. Freedom to go wherever I want to, to move around freely, to do, say, think, and feel whatever I want to… I never liked being told what to do. Rules? Boundaries? Structure? The less, the better -- so I thought. Mindfulness instructor Inga Bohnekamp shares her insights on balancing freedom and boundareis on API's blog.
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