It was the 1950’s, The Netherlands and people didn’t know much about Autism. Born 18 months earlier than her, Carl’s sister was severely autistic. She never spoke a word. For the first 3 years of her life she cried a lot. It was very difficult for her parents in many ways. Sometimes they couldn’t even […]
Mindful Parenting in a Messy World
Mindfulness teacher Michelle Gale shares some practical, doable, parent-friendly practices that will truly make a difference in your life. It’s all about those simple steps that accumulate and yield to big shifts. meet conflict with compassion and curiosity use your family as a catalyst for personal growth spend time reacting less and connecting more grow […]
Screen Addiction: How to Stay Sane in a Digital Age
Technology has become an integral part of our life. We do everything with or on our smartphones (well, almost everything). Just think about how you use your phone daily? I had installed the Moment app to track my usage and the data was pretty surprising. In one day I had picked up my phone 154 […]
Year in Review
Year in Review This is the final episode of the 2017. I don’t know about you but I feel like the time is really flying by. It seems like it was just yesterday when I was recording the final episode of the 2016, which is by the way the least downloaded episode of the podcast:) […]
How To Set Limits Without Harshness, Fear & Shame
Setting limits with children can be hard for many parents. Often times parents find themselves conflicted as to when and how to set clear boundaries. They don’t want to be the “bad guy”, use threats and punishments, shame and fear but on the other hand, they don’t want their children to grow up without boundaries. […]
Why You Need To Slow Down
Slowing down, being present, enjoying doing nothing, letting kids have downtime and be bored…these are things that slipping away from our lived today. Are you caught up in the frenzy of day to day modern life? Do you find yourself being busy all the time and not having time? How much time do you spend with […]