Mindful Moments Blog

Your Child’s Happiness Isn’t Your Job

We cannot make our children happy, but we can teach them how to make themselves happy, because ultimately, happiness is an inside job. Here are five tools to help children find their own happiness.

Helping Kids Process Their Emotions Free From Shame

If you’ve ever caught yourself wanting to tell an emotional child to just stop, (so basically, if you are a human being) here are three things to keep in mind that will help you help kids process their emotions free from shame.

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.

The Importance Of An Apology To A Child's Self-Worth

When we choose image maintenance over connection, we actually hurt our relationship with our children. Here's why apologizing to our children is one of the most important things we can do.

My Divorce was Easy - But It’s Still Hard for My Kids

Sometimes showing up for children with our best selves means showing up separately. It is time to shed the shame of divorce.

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.

In 2022, Ditch The Parenting Goals. Set Intentions Instead.

Instead of setting goals for the New Year, set intentions. It will save your sanity, especially when parenting children. Here's how.

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.

Don’t Just Set Intentions, Rewire Your Brain. Here's How.

By the time we are 35 years old, 95% of who we are is a memorized set of behaviors, emotional reactions, unconscious habits, hardwired attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions that function similar to a computer program... but we can rewire our brains. Here’s how.

Helping Teens Cope with Holiday Stress

As our children grow up and the pure wonder and excitement of the holidays wane, adolescents often experience an uptick in stress and anxiety during the holiday season. What can parents do?

Together we are raising an emotionally healthy world.