Gratitude is….Seeing the BEST in your kids
How y’all feeling?? How is the gratitude practice coming along? I know I get distracted ALL THE TIME and so I am trying to be more intentional this month…but even with that, I need reminded!…
Gratitude is….Loving people more than things
A couple of weeks ago, I was reading a devotional in the early morning hours of stillness and came across a lesson that was so profound for me as a mother and professional. I want…
Gratitude is… Being a gift to others
I have been practicing meditation with my kids and came across this gratitude meditation. I highly recommend it for elementary or middle school-aged kids! It isn’t super long and is a good model of easy,…
Gratitude is… Random acts of kindness
I love this type of gratitude practice. I love being randomly surprised by kindness from others – and I think that is probably a universal feeling. For the last few years, my kids and I…
Gratitude is….Acknowledging blessings
At the most basic level, I think this is what most people think about when they consider the idea of “gratitude”. But sometimes I think we use this in a way that doesn’t really capitalize…
Gratitude is… LOVING your body
So this is probably not what you were expecting to read about as we are beginning our journey into gratitude this month. And if I’m being honest…I wasn’t sure when I was planning this either!…
A month of gratitude
This month, as the kids go back to school, I want to spend the entire month of August blogging about gratitude. I have been studying and meditating about gratitude for a long time and have…
What your face and your body are saying
Researchers say approximately 90% of what other people “hear” from us is not what they hear, it is what they see. What they observe from our bodies and our faces when we talk with them…
The thing about waiting…
Two things. First. Waiting is hard. Can we all agree that waiting is hard?? And the unfortunate second part… Kids wait A LOT. I talk about this quite a bit when I do parenting workshops…
Become a noticer. In the best way!
“Noticer” is not a word. My computer continues to remind me that it is not a word, but it is absolutely a personality descriptor. This is my middle son, Adrian. He is 5 and he…