Our final gratitude practice is about remembering we get to teach in the good moments too. In my work with clients and families, I often need to remind myself that discipline is really about teaching. The word “discipline” means “to train.” And boy do I …
Related to the previous post about seeing the best in our kids, today’s practice is about seeing the best in others. You know, that one teacher who seems to pick on your child unnecessarily? Yep. Seeing the best in her. Or how about that cashier …
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! 🙂 Feel free to drop me a line to remind …
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 to share this lesson with you in the hopes that …
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, guided meditation. I purposefully didn’t listen to the entire meditation …
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 have had a random acts of kindness board for the …
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 on the best gratitude practice. For instance, I hear parents …
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! But here’s the truth: In all of my time talking …
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 come up with a few ideas that I think will …