Tag: routines
Supporting Function in the Anxious Child
Anxiety tends to stink, for the most part. There are times when being anxious can be useful, such as when you’re in fight-or-flight mode...
Hold On
Do you ever feel as if the world is spinning around you and you can’t quite grasp the wheel long enough to hold on?...
The Productivity Trap
Hustle culture tells us that we should be running, sprinting even, at an all-out pace…all day, every day. It tells us that if we...
What’s the Most Important Minute of Your Life?
I watched a TED talk on YouTube recently (I love TED talks and YouTube). Dr. Rick Hanson reminded me of a very important lesson...
Night Owl or Early Riser?
It’s always been the same for me, from my earliest memory as a child. I always detested waking up in the morning. I did...
The Other Side
My stomach sank with an unfamiliar panic as I read that my kids would be home from school for THREE WEEKS. 2021 me says...
Things I Could Never Go Back To
My 2019 life was so fabulous - fancy Broadway shows followed by drinks at a rooftop bar, vacations in far-away places, traveling to weekend...
Hey, Mamas, We Are Enough and So Are Our Kids!
Sometimes motherhood feels like juggling flaming torches while riding a unicycle on a tightrope. And that was before the pandemic began.
It is beautiful, magical, precious,...
Keeping up With the New Normal
This past month has been crazy. I love being busy; it energizes me and makes me happy. I also need periods of rest and...
Handwashing, Mindfulness, and the Rhythm of Our Lives
For the past several months, running a childcare center that has remained open throughout the pandemic, one simple action has kept me grounded: washing...