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Touch Blue Sky Newsletter
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nurture, communicate, connect
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March, 2014
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Win Your Copy of
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
 I've been taking this book everywhere lately, sneaking reads in between clients, while waiting outside my son's classroom before he's released from school for the day, and whenever else I have a free moment. All Joy and No Fun is densely packed with research, stories, and thoughtful insight on the complexities of modern parenting. It's not a book on how to parent your children but rather a book that looks at why our children bring us such deep love and joy, and such incredible stress and frustration. Author Jennifer Senior describes how society and culture effect our expectations of ourselves as parents, how becoming a parent fundamentally changes who you are, how our children can make us better people and "give design and purpose to a life." Want this book?
Like Kathleen's life coaching page on Facebook to enter to win a free copy. The winner will be selected randomly from the list of new people who like my page between now and Friday, March 14th. If you're the lucky winner, I'll be in touch to say "Congratulations!" and get shipping details from you. |
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SingingTime!
Concert
South San Francisco
Signs of Support
Saturday, March 22
Show starts promptly at 10:30am
Bay Area friends, show your Signs of Support to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day!
Tickets are $21 for general admission, $100 for a VIP experience and FREE for lap kids 18 months or younger!
100% of the proceeds of this event will go to the
Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation.
Click for details and tickets
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Kathleen / Life Coaching
Bill / Sign Language
for Babies & Children
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Meet Me in the Middle
 I was a little late to Cardio Dance Aerobics class on Friday. I hit every red light getting there from my coffee date with Bill and then ugh ... I had to pee. When I finally arrived, put my bag and water bottle down along the wall, someone had claimed my regular spot where I usually dance. On the side, next to the wall. It's not my official spot but people in the class choose where they feel most comfortable and their place stays pretty much the same week to week. There was nowhere else to go but to the middle of the room.
I like being on the fringes. It's easier to blend in when I'm on the periphery. I feel most comfortable tucked ever so slightly out of sight.
On Friday I wasn't in my comfort zone. Having to dance right in the middle of everyone is a tough place for me. I had to be a lot more aware of what I was doing, of how much space there was around me, of where the other women were moving. I felt more obvious, every little mistake magnified. I couldn't disappear.
Read on for Kathleen's aerobics class epiphany
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Baby Sign Language
 | Teach your baby to sign
I LOVE YOU |
Six month to seven months old is a perfect time to join a six-day Playgroup Series. When your baby is 13 to 14 months old, take a refresher course to improve your skills and increase your baby's signing vocabulary.
Touch Blue Sky offers two different playgroup series - Playgroup Boom and Playgroup Zoom. No need to take them in order; you can start with either one. Both Playgroups include the essential basic starter signs but vary in the more advanced vocabulary. Visit our website for more details.
Read Our Testimonials
This Month's Hot Picks
Register Today ~ Space is Limited
Introductory Workshop
Healthy Horizons - Burlingame/San Mateo
Call 650-347-6455 to register
Saturday, March 22 12:00 - 1:30
Six-Day Playgroup BOOM! Series
Blossom Birth Services, Palo Alto
Host a class at your home
and earn a free registration!
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Bloom into Blossom!
Spring Open House
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Sunday, March 9
10:30am-4pm
Blossom Birth Services
299 S. California Ave, Suites 101-120, Palo Alto, CA 94306
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Spring is in the air- come check out all the new events, classes, products and happenings at Blossom!
We have a fun day planned- free demo classes, info sessions, register-today specials, an array of baby and pregnancy products and valuable prize giveaways.
Free Demo Sessions:
Please RSVP by clicking here or contact us for details: 650-321-2326 or email blossom@blossombirth.org.
- 10:30am: Intro To Slings, Wraps and Carriers
- 11:00am- noon: Restorative Yoga (pre and postpartum) with Naomi
- 11:00am- noon: Baby Sign Language with Bill White
- 12:00- 1:00pm: Family Yoga with Jenny
- 12:00-1:00pm: Tot Time with Janada Clark
- 1:00- 2:00pm: Prenatal Yoga with Mia
- 1:00- 2:00pm: Choosing your Childbirth Prep Class with Jeanna
- 2:00- 3:00pm: Postpartum Fitness with Sarah
- 2:00- 3:00pm: Meet the Midwives, Doulas and Lactation Consultants!
- 3:00- 4:00pm: Meet the Sitters, hosted by Urbansitter
Check out our Blossom Beanstalk Boutique for the best deals on baby and maternity gently loved clothes and gear, and a variety of retail items that moms love!
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Touch Blue Sky is the collaborative work of Certified Life Coach Kathleen Harper and Baby Sign Language Instructor Bill White.
We help parents live with more joy by illuminating new ways to nurture, communicate, and connect with themselves, each other, and their children. We love to share what excites us with families throughout the Bay Area and beyond, including life coaching for moms, baby sign language programs, and massage therapy, including prenatal and postnatal massage.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Take care,
Kathleen Harper
650-222-6538
Bill White
650-571-0337
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Wondering what is keeping you from
a life that truly nourishes your soul?
Life coaching has created lasting change for my clients. This is what you can look forward to ... more patience with your children - and husband, too. Overall feelings of being inherently content rather than often irritable. Pleasure in your experiences instead of feeling guilty. Deep knowing that you are enough, just as you are. Fall in love with whatever life throws your way. Start now.
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