This book is written for those who are interested in healing the root cause of feeling stressed, angry, frustrated, disappointed, irritated or afraid as a parent or as a caretaker to children. It’s also for those who are having spiritual awakenings whilst in the role of parent, and for those seeking enlightenment.

This book offers an entirely different approach to what humans heretofore have named, ‘Parenting’. It’s aimed at dispelling conditioned beliefs around parenting, bringing the shared purpose of parent and child to awareness, deepening the connection between parents and children, and awakening the conditioned mind from its attraction to suffering.

The title, Unschooling for Parents, was inspired by the author’s study of Unschooling as an alternative form of education for her children. Once she began applying unschooling principals to the anxiety she felt over what would become of her children, the author began to experience glimpses into what really causes upset feelings and how they can be resolved.

Thereafter, the author was motivated to study the teachings of Jesus (from A Course In Miracles), Buddha, The Bhagavad Gita, yogic philosophy, quantum physics and others, which allowed her inner wisdom to be unveiled and which inspires her writing. This book offers an in-depth view at how the author applied spiritual wisdom, which led to total harmony in her mind and in her relationships, also known as enlightenment.

Beginning with the first chapter, aptly named Choiceless Parenting, the reader is exposed to the fact that the world is a dream-like mental hallucination, and that no one is capable of making worldly choices. But the reader isn’t just presented with lofty concepts as if holding a conceptual version of the truth is enough to heal deeply embedded patterns of pain.

The author draws on her personal experiences and her access to existential wisdom to lovingly guide the reader through the process of undoing their conditioning around education, chores, annoyance, violence, bullying, complaining, responsibility and more. Throughout this book, the reader is presented with important guidance which, if applied, can help resolve their mind’s attraction to suffering and allow their relationships to be healed completely. Moreover, the author dispels the myth that one has to travel to a secluded place far away from their family to attain enlightenment.

To the contrary, her book encourages and inspires the reader to go through their sufferings with their children, instead of temporarily diminishing the feeling of suffering by avoiding or controlling their children.In short, the author handily demystifies lofty and esoteric teachings by demonstrating how they can be applied to the mundane arena of parenting. Her book is presented in easily digestible chapters which the reader can use to invoke their inner own wisdom and awaken to the greater purpose and joy of parenting.

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About Hope:

For approximately the first four decades of her life, Hope handled discontent in the manner most people consider “normal.” Specifically, she taught herself early on that blaming and condemning was the way to preserve her innocence. Ultimately looking avoid the threat of punishment, sickness, and death.

Hope made her personality, body, other people, places, things, and circumstances responsible for her unhappy feelings. She felt herself to be trapped in a world of projected guilt and blame.

Her roles as a mother to three children, wife, and business partner constantly triggered unhappy feelings. Hope no longer felt like the joyful, carefree person she once knew herself to be. Instead, she was overwhelmed with confusion, desperation, and many different flavors of depression and sickness.

In 2009, it occurred to Hope that “there must be a better way.” Her mind was now set on finding that way. Inspired to share her discoveries with others, she created a website called The Way to The Way.

Five years of research, writing, crying, praying, practicing yoga, meditating, and experimenting with many different healing methods until she had a significant breakthrough in the summer of 2014. Instantly, the underlying cause of feeling unhappy was revealed, along with understanding how to resolve what causes unhappy feelings to express themselves.

Hope finally understood what Jesus meant when he said, “You have dominion over the world,” and she was eager to apply that understanding to her worldly perceptions.

Over time, Hope’s painful triggers arose in their full intensity; as an opportunity to be resolved through the application of her new understanding. For every resolved trigger, she could feel her childlike sense of wonder and joy returning, while watching the miracle of her relationships begin to heal and bloom.

In 2018, when the Kilauea lava flow wiped out her family home, gardens, and business facility – all of which were uninsured – Hope realized that she had attained the quality of happiness that could not be shaken by worldly circumstances.

To this day, she continues to use any sense of unhappiness for healing its cause; which is what brings Hope the highest sense of happiness on her journey. The world reciprocates this happiness with a reflection of kindness, gentleness, and gratitude.

Along her path, Hope discovered a love for the healing power of plant based medicines and pure essential oils.  In the same manner that she was led to share wisdom, she was equally inspired to share her love for essential oils.

Today, Hope and her family have a created a worldwide offering, called “Miracle Botanicals;” which they consider to be the absolute best collection of pure essential oils.  With thousands of customers, Hope and her family consider it a great honor and joy to be able to serve the heart’s, minds, and bodies of fellow human beings in this way.

In addition to running a family-based Essential Oil business, Hope is also focused on regularly sharing wisdom with others, both in-person and online.  She has regular group meetings on the Big Island of Hawaii, offers retreats, and shares a live video broadcast once per week called “Wisdom Dialogues.”  

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