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You call out to your toddler who is scrambling up the jungle gym, “Be careful, honey! Watch out!” He decides it is too scary to climb and decides to go to the sandbox instead. You check your teen’s grades online and realize there is missing work, “Don’t you have math
Continue ReadingBalance. Such a nice peaceful word. Images of perfectly balanced scales or beautiful ballerinas en pointe come to mind. Balance is not a word that describes my life. My images are more like forgotten permission slips and dirty dishes in the sink. To parents, maybe mom’s especially, balance is
Continue ReadingTired of always yelling at your kids? Feel like you are calm one moment and then angry the next? Your first thought may be…” if only they would just listen the first time, I wouldn’t have to yell!” or “If he would just stop hitting his sister, I wouldn’t have
Continue ReadingAnxiety is a master at making us run away from our fears. It’s like the wrong side of a magnet, the closer we get, the more we try to push away. It’s no surprise, really. No one wants to feel uncomfortable. We don’t want to sweat or
Continue ReadingWhen we’re feeling good, we can usually handle minor bumps in our day without much trouble. Someone spills a glass of milk and we respond by saying, “Oops, let’s get that cleaned up” instead of yelling, “Why can’t you be more careful!?” Unfortunately, we don’t often sit back and
Continue ReadingBreathing is a powerful yet often underestimated part of staying calm. When we become anxious, worried, upset or frustrated, our breathing changes. Instead of deep, cleansing breaths, we begin to take short, quick breaths. These short breaths tell our brain that we’re in danger! It starts to ramp our
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