Mindfulness and yoga for kids

This book offers simple mindfulness practices to help your child (ages 5-12) deal with anxiety, improve concentration, and handle difficult emotions: http://www.amazon.com/Sitting-Still-Like-Frog-Mindfulness/dp/1611800587/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8  

  “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Elliot   * * * *   A helpful metaphor to think of in accepting the process of change is to imagine you’re helping yourself like you would a sick plant. Now, in truth, what I don’t know about plant […]

Some simple statements that can have a powerful effect on your kids: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sherrie-campbell-phd/7-things-every-child-needs-to-hear_b_9400088.html  

A new study out of University of Toronto Mississauga found that parents that hide feelings like anger, frustration and sadness, and project only positive emotions, can actually hurt their own emotional health and weaken the bond with their children. http://www.fox23.com/news/parents-its-ok-to-let-your-kids-see-you-upset-show-emotions/147744283 http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/parents-don-t-turn-frown-upside-down  

Relationships are like playing a sport with a teammate who is following a different playbook of rules. Furthermore, you are each constantly editing and changing your own playbook, and you don’t always act in accordance with your book. That leaves a lot of room for inconsistency and misunderstanding. You may be making a legal move […]

One day, while I was watching TV, the phone rang. I pressed mute on the TV and talked to my friend on the phone. At one point, the TV distracted me. A character was having a considerable temper tantrum that grabbed my attention. The other characters around him seemed truly affected by the tantrum. However, […]

This article discusses the importance of validation and empathy in parenting, and how to provide that as a parent, even if you did not get that as a child:   http://goop.com/the-legacy-of-a-narcissistic-parent/

Parenting in the Present Moment: How to Stay Focused on What Really Matters is a new book written by a parent in the trenches who gets how hard it is to parent (and how hard it is to add anything to the to-do list) and offers some gentle and immediately impactful suggestions on how you […]