Are you raising an ungrateful child?
Expressing gratitude can be tricky … for kids and adults. It’s so easy to freak out when we think we are raising ungrateful and unappreciative…
Let’s Talk Anxiety and Parenting
As I always say, anxiety is a B@%#! Anxiety when you’re a parent? If you know, you know. 😟 As a lifelong anxiety struggler, I’ve…
Managing Meltdowns Like the Bomb Squad
When our kids melt down or have tantrums, we tend to, well, freak out ourselves. Angry thoughts pop into our head, our heart starts to…
Invisible Energy Zappers and Summer Colds
Summer colds are annoying. I’ve been home the last three weeks with a cold virus I can’t seem to kick. It’s frustrating to sit on…
The Pressures of a Perfect Summer
I recently wrote a blog about how we parents tend to put a lot of pressure on ourselves to create a “perfect” summer for our…
Surprise! I’m an Imperfect Parent
If I had a dollar for every time my kids snarkily asked me, “Aren’t you a parent coach?” I’d be sipping wine in Italy right…
Self-Regulation
Finger Breathing Trace around the thumb and fingers of your outstretched hand. From base of thumb to tip, inhale; from the tip of your thumb…
“This may not be a popular opinion, but…”
This is how I started my response in a local moms Facebook group, the second time in a week I was moved to respond to…