40 Family Self-Care Ideas
Family self-care is powerful for two reasons. The first is that children learn more from our actions than from our words. The second is that it is not healthy to wait until you have time away from your kids to practice self-care, and me-time is not so easy to come by during certain stages of parenthood. Read for the complete list of family self-care ideas!
Using The 5 Love Languages for Valentine’s Day: 15 Gift Ideas that Will Speak to Your Partner’s Heart
The wonderful thing about the Love Languages is that there is no wrong answer! This goal is to help people better understand themselves and their partner. Once partners learn the love languages, they are less likely to miss the attempts of their significant other to show their appreciation. When you learn to speak one another’s love languages, it boosts connection and overall relationship satisfaction.
Be Kind to Your Mind Poster for Kids: 9 Growth Mindset, Self-Care + Mindfulness Affirmations
Help your kids build new neural pathways that are compassionate, kind and encouraging by using positive affirmations. This poster is Pop It themed because of how much the students I work with enjoy these fidget toys.
Family Gratitude Game
Infuse gratitude into the holidays with this FREE family game that you can play with things you already have at home!
An Introduction to Mindfulness for Busy Parents: Get Your FREE eBook
Get your 14-page eBook featuring mindfulness qualities, meditations, informal mindfulness activities, mindfulness books and resources + more!
Getting Out the Door with Fewer Battles: The Power of the Visual Schedule
Grab your FREE visual schedule for the morning routine to help your day get off to a smoother start with young children!
20 Products You Need to Create the Ultimate Self-Care Toolkit
I wanted to share some of my favorite self-care products that have helped me and my clients for the past decade. You do not need all of these products for your toolkit, but perhaps you might add a few to things you already have at home. Also, calming toys do lose their luster after some time, so I hope this will help you refresh your own or your child’s self-care toolkit for the years to come.
The Parent Self-Care Guide to Couples: 9 Ways to Boost Relationship Satisfaction
As parents we can get lost in putting our kids so high on the priority list that we neglect ourselves, our friends, and our romantic partner. Also, adding kids into the mix is a game-changer for the romantic relationship. If you are looking for a relationship recharge after a year of pandemic parenting (who isn’t?), here are my top nine recommendations for investing in your partnership.
The Anniversary of Pandemic Parenting: 6 Ways to Cope + Resource Guide
We are still living through this pandemic as we mark the anniversary of this ongoing traumatic experience. It can be helpful to be aware of the anniversary effect so that these waves of grief aren’t experienced as backtracking in the healing process. Symptoms of grief and trauma continue to pop up for various reasons even though time passes, you aren’t doing anything wrong, and it’s actually part of the healing process. Click to learn 6 coping tools + for a curated resource guide to help parents begin to heal from trauma and loss after a year of pandemic parenting.
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.
