Raise Children with Big Hearts and Strong Minds
When your child is born the nerve connection between their heart and their mind isn’t fully formed. As your child begins to experience emotions and stress, those nerves strengthen. As parents, we are part of that experience. Our task as parents is to nurture that inner world — their emotional intelligence, self-regulation, compassion, and growth mindset,Ā their hearts and minds. Give your children strong roots so that they will thrive.
Parenting Grounded in Science and Love
As a child psychologist and mother, I have found that nothing replaces your best instincts as a parent and yet, sometimes our instincts fail us — because parenting is hard.Ā That’s when we can turn to research-backed strategies as the tools to have in our back pocket for the moments when we need something a little more to guide our kids or help them develop life-skills so they will thrive.
How to Discipline Your Child in a Positive Way: A.C.T. (Acknowledge, Connect, Teach) instead of REact
Inside: Imagine having fewer power-struggles with your child, what is the secret? Positive Discipline. Instead of micromanaging or controlling, positive discipline focuses on the parent-child connection. Positive discipline separates feelings…
10 Emotion-Coaching Phrases to Use When Your Child is Upset
Inside: An introduction to emotion-coaching for parents. Our words can hurt or heal when our kids are upset. These 10 soul-building phrases will guide your child through their big emotions.…
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Five Steps to Calm and Centered Even When Your Child is Out of Control
Inside: Five-Steps to master your own emotions and know your triggers so you can remain calm even when your child is most definitely not calm. Let’s face it — when…
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Put Your Own Oxygen Mask On First
Learn how to mindfully PAUSE so you can respond instead of reacting to your child.
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Stay At Home Resources
Staying apart, but together. Our hearts go out to all affected by the corona virus
Here are some resources to help with parent’s stress and children’s anxiety. Play is a wonderful way for children to process and destress, so I have included some resources to help spark your child’s imagination.
Mindful and Sensory Activities To Help Children Break Free of Worry or Upset
Inside: 7 Mindful and Sensory Activities to Help Kids Regulate Emotions and Re-Center when they are worried, upset, or mad. Sensory activities help your child transition to a state of play. Perfect…
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Teach Your Child The Power of Self-Reflection
What to Do When You are Mad is a workbook to help kids learn how to:
Understand Anger
Identify Signs of Anger
Learn to Vent Anger in Healthy Ways
Refocus Their āMad Energyā to Problem-Solve
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