Hi everyone! It’s been a bit quiet on the blog this year but I’m still around and slowly working away in the background on various projects. Looking back on 2018, this year went pretty much to plan. I published two books: Written with the same co-author of my storybook Mason’s Greatest Gems, Mining Your Inner Gems… {read more}
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Resource to Encourage your Daughters to Follow their Dreams
Are you looking for a way to encourage your daughters to live life to the fullest, follow their dreams, and feel confident in themselves? This post is an interview with Lily Dyu, author of Fantastic Female Adventurers: Truly amazing tales of women exploring the world. Fantastic Female Adventurers is a collection of fourteen exciting and inspirational… {read more}
10 (New) Ways to Make Mom Friends
This post is by Megan Hyche, author of Match Made in Motherhood. Maybe you and your best friends made a pregnancy pact and you all had kids together. Maybe you’re in a tight-knit community where the moms all stick together. If that’s you, then feel free to skip this article. For the rest of us, making mom… {read more}
Free Printables to Create a Calm Down Kit for Parents
This post shares tools to create your own calm down kit. Today I’m presenting a workshop at the Positive Discipline Conference in Seattle, USA (12 July, 2019) on helping parents create calm down kits. Here are the free printables I’m sharing in case you want to use them at home as well. Click on the… {read more}
5 Resources to Make Your Classroom Kinder
“Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” – Margaret Mead Just imagine if our children learned this quotation and took its meaning to heart. Wouldn’t that be amazing? I’m excited to have award-winning author, Maria Dismondy, with us today to share some of her… {read more}
5 Videos of Effective Calm Down Techniques for Kids
Learning calm down techniques is a useful tool no matter your age. Check out these five videos to learn different ways to calm the mind: The Mind Jar Exercise by FableFy This video shares an analogy for children to understand how thoughts can take over your mind, and reminds them to breathe “till the… {read more}
10 Awesome Kindness Quotes for Kids to Learn by Heart
I have always loved collecting inspirational quotes. I like to put them up around my house, read them in articles, write them in cards, use them in presentations, and the list goes on. Kindness is one of the foundational qualities I want to help my children develop. From being kind to the insects in the… {read more}
How to Talk to Children about Mental Illness
This is a guest post by Dr. Dawn Brown Psych MD. Even as an adult, conversations about mental illness are tough. For kids, mental illness can be completely bewildering, especially if they’re watching someone they love walk through it or experiencing it themselves. As a parent, your instinct may be to protect your child from… {read more}
