Inspiration by Jacynthe
Memory from 3 years ago
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Facebook sent me this photo that I took exactly 3 years ago when the two of us sent our first packages (we labeled, I wrote the addresses by hand, we wrapped as a family... unforgettable Sundays in...
Teaching differently, without performances.
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Ahhhhh! It's been a long time since I told you about it. You have to be immersed in it to want to communicate these ways, which are so good for children.
Intro: Louis was 3 years old when I wa...
Carry and give life wonderfully through self-hypnosis
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8 years ago I brought Charles to life.
I simply told my boyfriend that he couldn't not be a father in his life. Then, when he was ready (before, no, I so wanted to be whole with my first child), ...
Co-sleeping
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I've been co-sleeping for 13 years. I want to share, knowing how good it is not to feel alone, to come together around what we love. It was the female doctors at the hospital where I gave birth who...
Growing up happy, thinking about education differently
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This back-to-school period reminds me of the beginnings of our alternative school project in Delson. I started filming 7 years ago, when the school opened, and I continued for 5 years, intervi...
Tips of the day with the "specialists"
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My tips of the day with the "specialists" of the moment because they could help others!
Fatigue and stress in my case occasionally cause spots and styes to appear, yes! And as I was starting ...
Be different and do your trail
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My step by step... More of a reflection once again (and I think who am I to advise), but if I look back at myself 9-10 years ago, no joke, that was what it looked like as a moment in the journey/t...
Teen and baby soaps!
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Wow, what a beautiful arrival! Marie-Ève from Savonnerie des Diligences, Éric from Sans Cravate and I have been working on it for weeks: here are our two new soaps for teens and babies!
The...
Eczema, babies, children and sensitive skin
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For babies, for sensitive skin... for everyone in fact!
I just left our beautiful beauty workshop (thank you so much girls! What a lovely day we had chatting and pampering ourselves!) and a g...
Presentation of the film "Growing Up Happy"
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The documentary "Growing Happy" questions the conditions for children to thrive. I began filming 7 years ago, when "my" school opened, and I continued for 5 years, interviewing childhood spe...
Rise from the ashes
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RISING FROM THE ASHES©2017 Danièle Starenkyj
How can we bounce back, start again, get up, restart, raise our heads when misfortune hits us hard?
Nature rises from the ashes. The photo of a ...
Art of living: the game
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Art of living: approaching life through play and not taking yourself seriously
I read a very beautiful text about play in the wonderful French magazine "Flow": doing something for pleasure, art b...
My baby, I love you so much! Thank you for being there.
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My love, you are already one year old.
And you're so tall.
I've wanted to write about you ever since you started moving around and I noticed all the ways you have that amaze us. Without wai...
THE CHRISTMAS OF MY CHILDHOOD
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Mom particularly loved Christmas. She clearly put a lot of joy into it. The joy of making us, her children, happy. She never failed to remind us of her own Christmases, Christmases that, when she ...
Recycled Toys and Me
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I always spent this period trying to find gifts for my children, starting with my very young Louis, when I was living in involuntary simplicity. I tried to unearth treasures when December came arou...
When difference and giftedness are embraced equally
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When giftedness and difference are embraced, equally.
I just came from the alternative school. I was with my baby (10 months) in the class of my Charles (7 years old) who tells me every day tende...
Children, fountain pens, and expressions of appreciation
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Because you love it so much when I talk to you about it and because I love talking about it so much.
I'm back from my time at school. I have my little routine that begins by accompanying two chil...
Where are the children?
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What a blessing this meeting and this speech was.
I was invited to give a lecture at a conference on childhood ecology. I arrived just as Dr. Lévesque was finishing his. I was introduced. I fe...
How do I reconcile...
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Your question: "How do you balance pursuing your dreams with your family?"
I think there are as many scenarios as there are parents, but if you ask me, here's what I say.
I stay calm as much as ...
I love you so much
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My love, I love you, I love you, I love you.
Birthdays allow us to take a moment to appreciate.
Last night, I couldn't fall asleep because I was so happy to have you on me for the 181st ...
My boyfriend's simple happiness!
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My boyfriend exclaims his happiness: "I take my shower and I have all my things, my deodorant that I also spray on my feet, my floral water, my serum and even my purifier that I spray in my sandal...
Dad... thank you!
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My father was a man of few words. I don't remember hearing him laugh, and even thinking about it very, very hard, I don't remember seeing him smile. He was a man of his time. Raised with seven othe...
Philoteknos love
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When all you have is love...
LOVE PHILOTEKNOS Danièle Starenkyj©2016 www.publicationsorion.com
Greek was able to express love in several words – admittedly, I was stumped on the themes and versi...
