Breathe in to the count of 5. Breathe out to the count of 5. Relax your body. How does that feel? That took about 10 seconds. Do you feel a little more calm? A bit more in the moment? A little more aware? That is what mindfulness is all about. A lot of people are talking about mindfulness these days.…
Month: December 2016
Raising Financially Conscious Kids: Q&A With New York Time’s Bestseller Ron Lieber
I first found Ron Lieber’s book about a year and a half ago while wandering through my local book store. At that time my children were 4 and 2 and I was just curious by the title of his book. What he articulates with practicality, wisdom, and humor, is that the teaching about money is fundamentally the teaching of values,…
Rethink Discipline: 3 Different Ways to Immediately Illicit Better Behavior
Behavior is always an expression of needs. Good behavior is simply needs being met and not-so-good behavior is a cry for help. But most young kids don’t have the emotional maturity to say “parents, I’m feeling really ‘x’ right now, I could use some love and to learn some strategies to use when this happens ”. Of course– that would be ridiculous—so instead they…