Attitude of Gratitude
Some of us look at life as full of possibility. We expect the best to happen, and generally see the positive. Other people believe that bad news is...
Get Grounded
There are so many different ways to describe how it feels to be anxious. One I recently heard was particularly powerful: being anxious feels like y...
Time For A Change
Time is of the essence. Time is running out. Time flies. Timing is everything. As adults we are obsessed with time. There’s never enough of it, w...
Giving Back
When we feel worried, we get nearsighted. We only see what is right in front of us. When we feel worried, that small screen of vision is filled wit...
Listen and Follow…Part 2
In my last post I talked about how to respond when children show up in a heightened state of emotion (also known as: losing it/freaking out/spirali...
Listen and Follow…Part 1
We have all been there – your child walks in crying/frustrated/steam coming out of their ears/about to burst. You ask what’s going on and they star...
Press “Pause”
I love my DVR. Not only does it collect all the shows I don’t have time to see (and allow me to watch them all at once forwarding through the com...
Declutter Your Mind!
I have always thought that the state of my mind is like the state of my desk. There are times when the piles (on top of the other piles) are toppli...
Don’t Forget to Breathe…
So many of our responses are automatic. If we are driving and have to stop short, our arm flies out to protect whoever is in the passenger seat. I...
Fidgets and Popping and Slime, Oh My!
Why do children love to play with slime, putty, fidget spinners and push pop bubble toys? Well, it’s super fun of course, but did you know there ar...
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