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Why Practice Gratitude?
This past week and as we head into the holiday season, it has been all about turkeys here in the US. I mean green bean casserole. It was all about the casserole. I mean giving thanks! It’s about being thankful! Whenever I talk about burnout, you hear me talking about...
Let’s Make Our Kids’ Holiday Season More About Joy
Do your holiday traditions align with your family values? The holidays should be about joy and magic for our kids. What if we flipped the script and instead of using threats such as: “Santa’s watching…” and “You’d better not cry…," we send a more positive and...
How to Prep Your Kids for Big Holiday Events? Practice!
When you think of all the chaos of your next big holiday event or family gathering, what worries jump to your mind? What are those worst case scenarios your brain is playing for you? Sometimes all the schedule and routine changes can be hard for our kids. Later...
The Holiday Season Is Upon Us
The holiday season is upon us once again. When you think of all the things that need to happen between now and January 2nd, does your heart start to pound a little? Mine does. We only get this holiday season with our kids the exact ages once-right now. When we...
Do Calming Strategies Always Have to Be Calm?
When our kids have the big feelings and big reactions, how do we help them calm back down? Deep breathing? Yoga poses? Quiet calming corner? Yes and no. Every single one of us has our own preferred method of emotional regulation. What helps you to calm your fired up...
What is One of My Absolute Favorite Parenting Tools?
What is one of my absolute favorite parenting tools? Special one-on-one time with each child. No, I’m not talking solo trips across the country or even one-on-one dates to a restaurant or movie theater. Those things are awesome, but not exactly doable on a regular...
Are You Ready for Increased Connection in your Home? Improved Communication? Who Isn’t?
When you are talking to your children, are you aware of what your body language is saying to them? This makes me think of Ursula in The Little Mermaid. Can you hear her voice? “Body language- HA!” Anywhoo, we see posts or hear advice all the time about WHAT to say to...
Self-Care Means Asking What I Need Right Now
When we hear about self-care for moms, we think about bubble baths and weekends at a spa. Those sound lovely but so far out of reach for most of us. So what does self-care even mean? The dictionary definition of self-care is this: the practice of taking an active role...
Are you familiar with the term “invisible workload”?
What is the invisible workload? It's all the extra work that women put on their shoulders to make sure the household runs smoothly, and other people are safe, nurtured, and comfortable. It is the stuff moms do without even realizing it- remembering where someone put...
For all the parents who are fresh out of giddy up…there’s hope for us!
Raise your hand if in the past few months you’ve used one of these terms to describe yourself: A Zombie A Robot A shell of a person A ghost of your former self Floating through life Just getting by No more exhausted than that. Emotionally exhausted. The kind of tired...
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