Mindful Moments Blog

Your Words Affect Your Child’s Brain

Are we collectively destroying the potential of a generation with our mouths? As parents, we hold many of the keys to our children’s futures. These keys are the words we speak to them.

Helping Teens Cope with Holiday Stress

As our children grow up and the pure wonder and excitement of the holidays wane, adolescents often experience an uptick in stress and anxiety during the holiday season. What can parents do?

De-escalation Strategies For Jingled Out Kids

December is a sensory-overload kind of month. It’s loud. It’s busy. It’s flashy. For a lot of kids, it can be so overwhelming that they may just jingle all the way to a meltdown. For this reason, it’s good to have a few de-escalation strategies in mind. Here are 5.

What Can I Do When I Feel Triggered By My Kids?

Why do we feel triggered when our kids do that thing they do, and what tools do we have to keep us from meeting their immaturity with our own? Here are 3 preventive tips and 4 tools for in the heat of the moment.

Why Do My Kids Trigger Me?

What is a trigger, why do we have them and why are we so dang triggered by our kids?!

3 Steps For Managing Parenting Stress This Holiday Season

Parenting during the holidays feels tough because it is tough. Here are 3 tips to get you through with less stress and more joy.

Santa's 'Naughty List' Has Been Canceled This Holiday Season

The holiday season is meant to be a magical time, but often it is used as leverage to control a child’s behavior. We have a real opportunity to rewrite the narrative. Here's how.

Holiday Survival Guide For Parents: Managing Your Child's Meltdowns

Here are some reasons why toddlers meltdown more during the holiday season followed by some easy tips to help regulate their environment and their moods.

Parenting In This Day And Age Is Hard As #*@%

Parenting will trigger parts of you that you didn’t even know could be triggered. Things that have been pushed down inside of you (consciously or subconsciously) will surface and leave you in the ultimate WTF moment! Nonetheless, we are all in the beautiful struggle of parenting together and I remind myself that...

I Didn't Make My Kids Sit On Santa's Lap And They Are Better For It

Children are wired to seek approval from their caregivers because it is how they are designed to survive. How we respond as parents to our children’s intuition and their bids to voice their consent greatly impacts their ability to speak their truth, set boundaries, and trust who they are. Read...

5 Winter-Themed Sensory Activities for Your Calming Corner

Could your Calming Corner use a little seasonal cheer? Here are 5 winter-themed sensory activities to add into your space!

Acts Of Service Boosts Emotional Intelligence. Here's How.

Toddlers and teens alike have brains that are going through major biological transformations and family rituals like volunteering can help nurture their social-emotional intelligence. Here are 10 acts of service to do as a family this holiday season.

Together we are raising an emotionally healthy world.