These Lego brownies have nothing to do with nutrition. Just fun. We planned a great Lego Masters night with these Lego brownies and building. The other night, Noah and I stayed up way late and watched 3 Lego Masters episodes. We talked and ate snacks. It was so fun and a really relaxing, special connecting time that we don’t typically do. It was nice to just BE. Normally, bedtimes are kept more on schedule, and he gets pretty minimal screentime….
While many are looking for things to do, journaling can be a great self-care practice to start. It is so good for positivity, focusing on gratitude, grounding, and mental health. Observing our thoughts and becoming aware of our deep, subconscious feelings is so powerful, especially through the fear and anxiety many are facing. These tools are so empowering to teach kids as well, especially during a time when they miss socializing. Even young kids can take 20 minutes to draw 3…
Giving kids permission to feel their feelings instills a sense of self-worth, trusting their perceptions, and self-love. When we deflect their feelings or anyone’s, we.make them feel unimportant and defensive. In adults, many times there is different perceptions and deflections of feelings because we are all operating as our little girl or boy who still wants our own feelings validated because they weren’t when we were young. So, we bottle the feelings and store the trauma. Even an angry child…
Imagine if every time we went to say, “we have to”, we instead said “we get to”… We all do it. We all have those automatic sayings of “You have to go to school”, “I have to go to work”, “We have to go to the grocery store”, or “We have to go to the appointment”. In what we say and how we say it, it reaffirms in us and to our family that life is happening to us not…
Many kids struggle with big emotions. However, many have great empathy and compassion without knowing how to handle their feelings and big hearts day to day. That’s why I am a big fan of giving kids a form of creative meditation or therapy that fits them and is fun…one that doesn’t seem forced. This is a way to help them ground into their bodies and the present moment instead of getting so scattered, distracted, and impulsive with everything they react…
How can improving your marriage help your kids? Do you have regular “quality time” with your spouse? I see many ways that couples do this. Some have set dates, and some don’t. For Brendon and I, we tend to have time together in the evenings at home and go out about once a month when we just have the boys and my parents can watch them. No way is right or wrong, it is just what works for you, your…