4 Parental Wellness Tips for the New Year
The New Year is a natural time for people to reflect on the past year and think about what they want from the year ahead. I hope these four wellness ideas will leave you feeling supported and empowered for 2023. Click to access FREE self-care planners and resources.
Winter Wellness For Parents: 13 Self-Care Tips For The Holiday Season
Enjoy 13 self-care tips, broken out by category, to help parents cope with the unique stressors of the winter season. Download the FREE Winter Wellness Guide to help you nourish yourself all year round.
Growing Your Self-Care in 2022: Get Your Free Self-Care Worksheet
As we head into a new year, let’s take what worked from last year and create an even more nourishing 2022. Use these four questions to reflect on the past year, and grow your self-care.
Self-Care for the Senses Poster
In my job as a school-based mental health clinician I support families in coping with symptoms of anxiety. I created this self-care for the senses poster to help kids and parents come back to the present instead of focusing on the future. I hope these self-care ideas offer a soothing energy for your senses!
Using The Vitality Wheel to Enhance Your Self-Care: 8 Ways to Boost Vitality by Psychologist Suzy Reading
Suzy Reading is a psychologist and author that created The Vitality Wheel, which is central to her self-care work. The Vitality Wheel includes eight areas that help people live a life of zest and vitality. Also, grab your FREE Vitality Wheel Self-Care worksheet.
Black Mothers Matter: A Look into the Black Maternal Health Crisis, 8 Ways to Act in allyship + Culturally Competent Resources
There are things our country can and must do now to dismantle systemic racism, including making the medical system one that is safe and supportive for black mothers and other oppressed groups. The responsibility is on those with power to deepen their humanity and leverage their privilege in order to create systemic change. One way educators and activists are trying to increase awareness about this horrific injustice is by making April National Minority Health Month in the United States (this month stems from Booker T. Washington’s efforts in 1915 and received support from the U.S. Congress in 2002). The goal of this initiative is to improve health equity for all racial and enthnic minority groups. April 11th through the 17th specifically focuses on Black Maternal Mental Health.
New Year’s Inspiration + Guide for Parents
Grab your FREE 5-page download with affirmations, quotes + goal setting resources. You don’t need this download, and you don’t have to change a thing. But, if you are looking for a sprinkle of encouragement and inspiration, check it out.
Self-Care for Moms with Special Needs Children
Check out my interview with the wonderful Kabrena Williams of Scratch Made Consulting. She specializes in helping mothers with special needs children prioritize themselves. You will learn to expand your view of self-care, and how to motivate and reward yourself.
September is National Self-Care Awareness Month
Get your free downloadable self-care calendar to celebrate National Self-Care Awareness month!
Despite Increasing Levels of Burnout, Parents Report They Feel Closer to Their Children
Parent Self-Care recently conducted a survey of 123 U.S. parents to understand how they are coping during the Coronavirus. This is the first in a series of posts that explores some uplifting news: Despite increased levels of parental burnout, the majority of parents feel their relationship has improved with their children as a result of sheltering in place.
8 Ways to Not Hate Your Partner During COVID 19
While many couples are feeling more connected as they band together during these unprecedented times, let’s face it, we are in CLOSE quarters! I hope these tips help you and your partner deepen your bond and cope with the added pressures of a public health crisis.
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