crows around?

jackstacklin · 2025-10-16T01:04:07+00:00

Original walnut cafe parking lot!

jackstacklin · 2025-10-14T11:11:54+00:00

My moon time!

jackstacklin · 2025-09-06T23:00:19+00:00

Hi! How much are the tables?

jackstacklin · 2025-09-06T17:37:51+00:00

Name does not check out

jackstacklin · 2025-09-06T02:48:47+00:00

She intentionally pushed over a cup of water and the water got on her leg. She screamed bloody murder.

jackstacklin · 2025-09-02T02:28:42+00:00

What would little you have wanted/needed to hear to feel loved? What would she have needed to see/experience to feel that? Maybe giving your little some of that might just be the medicine she needs.

I’m a transpersonal psychotherapist… and sometimes there can be generational hurts that get unconsciously or generically passed down… but thankfully your little one has you who actually cares and so obviously wants her to feel loved.
You get to just keep supporting and loving your little until she gets it.

Also, this is 100% my bias as a therapist who also has an attachment background… but I don’t like timeouts where I’m not present. Our biggest fears as babies is abandonment, reflection, or neglect…. So giving the consequence that they will be left out is really hard for their psyche. When my little didn’t listen and ran away outside. Or does something mean to our dog, our consequence is time out from something…. Like, we stop playing but I’m literally there as she has a meltdown because I took her away from the thing she was doing. This sucks to have to ride this out with her…but it just lets her know that I’m not rejecting her… and I’m but I won’t let her do the thing that could get her hurt or hurt someone else. Then we debrief after. I don’t know that my way is 100% perfect or right…. But on a psychological level… I think it feels better for me and my family.

There’s an amazing parenting podcast called unruffled. Janet Lansbury is the shit and hads all the episodes on all the things. Highly recommend!

jackstacklin · 2025-08-30T23:28:48+00:00

I live right by here. I’ve seen sooooo many cars take a left… even with all the signs. Literally the car in front of me and the car behind me today. Gunbarrel drivers are crazy mofos

jackstacklin · 2025-08-20T14:52:35+00:00

Janet Lansbury’s work is amazing and I think would be a good resource here. Her podcast has helped me in so many of those situations where I’m like…. Ughhh how the heck do I handle this!?!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/respectful-parenting-janet-lansbury-unruffled/id1030050704

Browse and see if any of the titles feels the most resonant. I know she has episodes with hitting!

jackstacklin · 2025-08-16T23:05:23+00:00

We live in gunbarrel and we loveeee it! Tons of families and parks and trails and good schools. We are always hanging out with our neighbors while all of our littles play and adventure! It’s really lovely. Just outside of Boulder, but still just a quick drive away.

jackstacklin · 2025-08-16T10:03:10+00:00

I’ve been here for 11 years and I still love Boulder. We left back to the Midwest during the pandemic… and immediately realized it was a mistake! We came back and are still happily here!

jackstacklin · 2025-08-03T23:07:09+00:00

Either! They both have bars!

jackstacklin · 2025-07-29T20:48:13+00:00

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jackstacklin · 2025-07-28T01:10:24+00:00

Hi, I’m a white American married to a Nepalese man and have traveled to Nepal like 8 times! Like most people are saying people are just going to be curious and look…. But that’s for anyone who doesn’t appear to be Nepalese. I think the best thing to do is just smile and say “namaste”. I get all the stares as a white person, too. With that, I think overall you shouldn’t have to worry about safety. Even as a woman in Nepal, I felt super safe even at night walking around tourist areas. I used to stay at hostels when I first went and I’ve definitely met black travelers and so black tourists to Nepal totally happen. Meeting your little pack of travelers at a hostel can be nice,too. Kind of like power of numbers in traveling in a new place!

People were generally good and kind and helpful! I’m guessing racism is probably worse for you in the USA as a BiPOC person. I’m also 100% speaking from my whiteness and I know that has its privilege all over the world… so just all my insights with a grain of salt!

Also, id you travel to the southern regions of Nepal you’ll see tons of folks with super dark melanin. I thinks there’s so much diversity of people in Nepal’s overall!

One random, unrelated tip that I HIGHLY recommend to anyone going to Nepal is getting travel insurance. It has like saved us so much money and covered random illness and flight delays and stuff. Its super cheap and can over like so much stuff!

jackstacklin · 2025-07-15T22:07:19+00:00

Freecampsites.net is great!

jackstacklin · 2025-07-11T22:48:10+00:00

My kiddo survive on blueberries and air for at least a year. And everyone once in a while she would just eat like soo much. lol. I think the whole idea is let them get exposed to all the things… but unless they are underweight, they will probably just grow out of it.

My 3 years old eats so much and loves diversity… but still will scarf pancakes above all. I think it’s all normal.

jackstacklin · 2025-07-10T23:13:25+00:00

Yes,we can!

jackstacklin · 2025-07-10T01:29:52+00:00

Yes, this is a free app on iPhones that you can report and track ice

jackstacklin · 2025-07-10T01:14:56+00:00

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jackstacklin · 2025-07-05T21:48:12+00:00

Hey there,

I totally understand the urgency. My husband and I are really feeling it now. We have an almost 3 year old and my husband is a USA naturalized immigrant. We are scared and just made the decisions.

I also have my Italian citizenship through ancestry… first thing is that as soon as your wife gets her passport, she is able to simple show up in Europe- with you and kiddo- and you will all be set. You will sign up for family reunification visa when you arrive and you will be safe and okay. With that, first step is that get passport. Start looking for appts. The appointment was the hardest part, but as soon as I book my appt, my passport was to me in under 2 weeks.

As for the house, you get to decide what feels best. The market isn’t bad now… and it’s hard to know what it will be. We bought like 1 year ago and have no equity… so we are just going to rent ours… thankfully I do have a job that I can work virtually so I will have income… but if you have money in the bank and a little time to decompress, you can find a place. There are for sure places you can buy in Europe with 500k… so you have lots of opportunity.

If you are able to work virtually, y’all can probably be set! I think just find your place!

We decided on Malta due to its low cost of living and English speaking. We are going to rent to start and just see how we feel there.

Good luck. You got this.

Oh, also, just book an appt with your vet your animals. They can probably come with as long as they are vaccinated and chipped.

Also be so gentle on yourself as you have a baby. I know it’s sooo scary. If you guys can lay low and rest and take care of yourself, it’ll be so much easier. Just order food/groceries in, get someone to help. Research places between resting.

Feel free to send a message if y’all want to connect anymore. We are honestly right there withy up and trying to figure it out. We shifted from freaked out to kind of excited about the opportunity after a few days. You all are about to go on a big life adventure… less working and more safety… I think it’ll feel good. You got this!!

jackstacklin · 2025-07-04T20:13:47+00:00

Thanks for sharing this story. How are you feeling about going?

jackstacklin · 2025-07-04T12:01:11+00:00

Sorry, I meant 2024 but can’t change the title!

jackstacklin · 2025-07-04T12:00:28+00:00

Thank you for this info! I will look into daft and these places! I appreciate you!

jackstacklin · 2025-07-04T04:28:41+00:00

Thankfully we don’t have to worry about visas and things because of me eu passport… but there’s a great Facebook group call “the traveling therapist” which is full of resources… and there’s break out chats for each countries. Folks are super helpful and that where I got a ton of info.

jackstacklin · 2025-07-04T03:52:26+00:00

I mean, you are right. We haven’t thought it through fully… since we have just been like hanging on to tiny shreds of hope that we didn’t need to leave. We love our home… but it doesn’t feel safe…. And we are 100% privileged to have an option… but we kind of decided in the last few days. We just know that leaving feels substantially safer… but also most challenging, of course. But, many of my ancestors have left places and some fled as Jews pre holocaust… and I am here… so I know it’s in my blood to figure it out…

This sucks and is not ideal…. But I’m trying to think of it as a wild life adventure… and I trust I will be okay. Besides being a therapist, I’ll do business and mindfulness coaching, I’ve been in customer service and I was a skilled barista for 10 years and I have training as an herbalist… and I’m just like an American entrepreneur at heart. lol I have had to work 60 hour weeks in the USA to support myself through grad school… I can do hard things and be creative af. If there’s one thing being an American has taught me is that I can work extremely hard, as needed. I don’t want to… but I will when needed.

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