Kara is an author and advocate for positive, grace-filled parenting. She is homeschooler to her 6 children living on a farm in New England. She believes in creative educational approaches to help kids dive deeper into a rich learning experience and has her degree in Secondary Education & Adolescent Childhood Development. She is passionate about connecting with and helping other parents on their journey to raise awesome kids!
Understanding how to adequately prepare for labor as a couple is crucial to prepare for the big day. From understanding how to time contractions to knowing the stages of labor and what they mean. Week 4 of the Natural Childbirth class digs deeper into the relationship that the mother and coach have and the open communication…
Preparing for a new baby can be a really big job. It can seem overwhelming and with pregnancy brain, it can seem like you are going to forget something… something important. So if you are wonder what you need or how to prepare for a new baby, I am working on and have compiled a…
I never met my grandmother. Before she ever reached her 50th birthday, she had breast cancer that had spread into her bones. So in 1969, my grandmother passed away leaving behind five kids that would have countless kids and grandkids of their own. And from a very early age, I mourned the fact that I…
After 5 weeks of visiting family, shuffling through airports with a toddler and an infant, and trying to keep my business alive, our little family of four packed up and squeezed into the van for a “do-nothing” trip to the White Mountains. For about a week or two before I had been having headaches and…
After two kids and taking each of them and/or both of them on an airplane numerous times. Then my third baby came along and at 9 months old, he had been to 11 states because he accompanied me on all of my business trips. So between the three kids, I have taken them on over…
It was 5 pm and Chris picked me up from the zoo where I had walked with Jenn in a desperate attempt to get out of the house with my newborn. “Eurgh, Kara! You smell awful. Jenn must need a new diaper” Chris said as I unwrapped the baby from the wrap (what seemed like…