Sep 29, 2020 | Family Relaxation, kids relaxation videos, Mindfulness Practice, Parenting Resources, Relaxation Practice, teaching kids relaxation, Uncategorized No Hurry = No Worry Sloths are masterful teachers in how to slow down and relax. We can learn a lot from the sloths. Watch this video to learn three ways that you can begin to […]
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The first step to a good education for your kids is to ensure they are enrolled in a good school. I took them to a private school that was recommended to me by a friend, you can check it out, their kids seem to be doing great so I went for it. Their site is
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Design a RELAX Box with your child for your family. Have your child decorate a box with relaxing words or pictures. Create a series of index cards that include instructions for your favorite relaxation activities, short “feel good” stories, pictures of things you love, pictures of people you love, pictures of fun memories, and words
Mind Coach: How to Teach Kids and Teenagers to Think Positive and Feel Good by Daniel G. Amen, M.D. From the introduction, “How your mind works determines how happy you are, how successful you feel and how well you interact with other people.” The Mind Coach book offers a brilliant explanation of the connection between
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When we remember to follow our hearts, we become more authentic, more joyful and sometimes spontaneously creative and energetic. Research from Heartmath, (www.heartmath.org), shows that our hearts are in fact a lot like a broadcast station. When electrodes are placed on the body to measure heart rhythms, the electrical voltage measured is about 60 times
Heart Broadcasting Station: Listen To Your Love Song and Send It Out For Others To Hear! Read More »
Knowing how to support your child with his anger can be challenging at times. Even as adults it’s hard to tame our anger dragons. Helping our kids learn how to deal with anger to transform it into healthy expression and to avoid violence or manipulation is a tool that will benefit them their entire life.
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I don’t know how to slow it down, my mind’s racing from chasing pirates. . . the silliest things flap around in my brain, impossible schemes swim around. –Nora Jones song, Chasing Pirates I can so identify with Nora Jones as she belts out….”and I don’t know how to slow it down.” In fact I
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So last night my daughter was struggling with a pretty icky headache. As we were trying many remedies to help her lessen the pain, my partner’s son, who is 13, offered this visualization. He said, “You know, when I get a headache, I imagine all these little miners in my head carrying out buckets of
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Recently, I shared some key messages and activities inspired by the Pixar movie Inside Out! Here are some more activities and messages I gleaned from the movie. I have the figurines promptly displayed in my school psych office and let me tell you… they are VERY popular with my students. Sometimes they are so popular
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My friend, Lisa Wimberger, (founder of the Neurosculpting Institute), attended tracker training. Recently she shared that she learned to “fox walk” as part of the program. As part of the training, (for adults), participants would be led a half mile out into the wilderness on a dark, moon-less night, and would be blindfolded. A drummer
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