I was just talking with my dear friend, Jennifer Walsh, the brilliant creator of www.TodderToddler.com, and she related that she has been practicing relaxing in the car by limiting her car time to only thoughts that feel good. When she enters the car, she closes the...
School has been in session for a couple of months now and we are just settling into a comfortable predictable routine. Teachers have begun to visit my office asking for ideas to help students “keep their hands to themselves.” It’s a request I often get about this...
Photo credit: © Tigatelu | Dreamstime.com It's very simple: "Pull your energy into your shell and go with the flow". That's it for the one-minute sea turtle relaxation. Ever need a quick relaxation tool in your pocket? Ever been in the car, in line at the grocery...
Continuing in the spirit of this summer's movies, here is a Spider-Man relaxation activity to practice mindful sense awareness with your child. The world is a beautiful noisy, sensational place, filled to overflowing with sensorial input. As I sit here writing, I am...
Feel good in your parenting life and expand your ability to enjoy your relationship with yourself and your child. I recently re-read The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks and became inspired to practice expanding my capacity to feel good in life. I love this book and...
Ever need a quick tool to help your child release energy to re-focus in the moment? This one-minute relaxer is fun, engaging and does the job to get that excess energy OUT while activating the imagination at the same time. I use it with my girls at home and in my...
What if we gave children the analogy of likening the mind to big hunk of playdough? Essentially that is the case. Brain research is exploding with tales of neuroplasticity and our awareness is expanding with the knowledge that our brains are continually developing...
When I was a kid, I used to love to play with my dad's kaleidoscope. As I peered inside, a whole new world, a whole new view of the world appeared. It didn't matter what I was looking at, in what direction I faced. There was always a surprise in the view. A slight...
Deep pressure touch has been found to be very calming to the nervous system. I work with many students who struggle with sensory integration and moderation and sometimes deep pressure touch works to help them focus and/or calm down. Please use this technique with...
