Mindful Moments Blog

Is It Okay For Me To Cry In Front Of My Child?

How do we straddle the line of expressing emotion in front of our children while letting them know that they are not responsible for our feelings? The process can be vulnerable and uncomfortable, but this is often how it feels when we commit to breaking cycles of generational wounding.

5 Things To Do When Your Child Doesn't Want To Go To The Calming Corner

What do you do when your child is so deep into their meltdown that they do not want to go to their calm down space ... or even want you near them? Here is a parent's guide.

Feeling Emotions As An Adult When Taught Not To As A Child

When we learn to suppress unpleasant emotions as a child, we become adults whose conditioned self masquerades as our authentic self. This dampens our human experience (and affects our mental health and parenting). Here's how to break the cycle.

This is the One Thing All Children Need

Can you guess what it is?

6 Ways To Successfully Co-Parent With Your Ex

How do we co-parent with our ex when we have differing views and parenting philosophies, and how do we keep our kids from being in the middle?

Three Words Our Kids Need To Hear

Looking to decrease power struggles, meltdowns, and "defiance"? These are the three words that your child needs to hear.

I Am Not An Angry Mom. I'm An Overwhelmed Mom.

We aren’t angry parents. We are just parents with unmet needs, lagging skills, and lots of overwhelm - both sensorially and emotionally. Here is the one real solution.

3 Simple New Year’s Intentions for a Stronger Relationship with Your Child

Practice these three intentions in the new year to rebuild or strengthen your parent-child bond and enjoy the fruits of a healthy relationship.

Your Words Affect Your Child’s Brain

Are we collectively destroying the potential of a generation with our mouths? As parents, we hold many of the keys to our children’s futures. These keys are the words we speak to them.

Why Does My Teen Do That?!

The teenage years are a critical time period for brain growth. The physiological changes that take place in adolescence cause behaviors that are often misunderstood. We explain them here.

Why Do My Kids Trigger Me?

What is a trigger, why do we have them and why are we so dang triggered by our kids?!

Santa's 'Naughty List' Has Been Canceled This Holiday Season

The holiday season is meant to be a magical time, but often it is used as leverage to control a child’s behavior. We have a real opportunity to rewrite the narrative. Here's how.

Make Connection a Habit

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Is It Okay For Me To Cry In Front Of My Child?

5 Things To Do When Your Child Doesn't Want To Go To The Calming Corner

Feeling Emotions As An Adult When Taught Not To As A Child

This is the One Thing All Children Need

6 Ways To Successfully Co-Parent With Your Ex

Three Words Our Kids Need To Hear

I Am Not An Angry Mom. I'm An Overwhelmed Mom.

3 Simple New Year’s Intentions for a Stronger Relationship with Your Child

Your Words Affect Your Child’s Brain

Why Does My Teen Do That?!

Why Do My Kids Trigger Me?

Santa's 'Naughty List' Has Been Canceled This Holiday Season

Together we are raising an emotionally healthy world.