BOYS. How we love them.  

And. 

“It's much more difficult for boys to pay attention since so much of their brain is devoted to movement.…because the motor centers in boys’ brains are larger, those areas are active even when other…

I’m offering a FREE kids’ mindfulness kit to all! It’s the perfect way to get started with bringing mindfulness to the children in your life. Here’s what’s included: 

☆ 11 pages of printable, beautifully designed, mindfulness activity sheets  based…

Art by Anni Betts

The ability to “roll with” things—to adapt quickly to changing circumstances—is a very important social skill for children to learn. 

It’s what the experts call “cognitive flexibility,” and it helps children get along with…

It’s so important to help children develop a healthy body image from a young age. When they’re really little, we can encourage body awareness with songs and games about parts of the body, in addition to modeling gratitude for our…

“I am smart!” “I am kind.” “I am loved.” 

Imagine if your students truly, deeply believed these statements about themselves? How would it change their behaviors? Relieve their anxiety? Improve their self-image? 

I’ll be honest, affirmations always sounded like kind…

ONE in SIX—it’s a staggering number of children and young people with a diagnosable mental health issue.  

It’s Children’s Mental Health Week, and the theme this year is Express Yourself. It’s all about using creativity as a healing tool, and…

Young children’s brains work incredibly hard every day to absorb information, adapt to social situations, and observe the world around them. We adults (typically) know when we need a break from the constant input of stimulation, but children are still…

Photo by Hilary Murphy

Anyone else ever finish a child’s sentence for them?  

Or otherwise have a hard time waiting patiently to let them get all their words out?  

Or ask “leading questions,” like “How was school today, good?”  

(Kids…

We frequently ask children to calm down. But are we teaching them how? 

We ask children to pay attention. But are we having them practice paying attention, so they can improve?  

We ask them to focus. Are we helping them…

We all want to “fix it” when someone close to us is upset or suffering in some way. It’s hard to just be with someone in their discomfort without doing something. But empathy, simply defined as "the ability to understand…

A fresh start, a clean slate—the quickly approaching new year holds possibility. 

What if this is the year you established a CONSISTENT mindfulness practice—even the tiniest regular mindful activity, a minute of deep breathing at the same time each day…

The holidays are upon us! With all the excitement in the air, it can be hard to settle little ones down at bedtime. Here’s a sweet and simple exercise to try, which combines mindfulness and movement for a calming, grounding…