The Motivational Video – Bamboo Tree
This is a very powerful motivational video. You will be moved and inspired. Slow and steady, patience and consistent efforts. The message is this. Growth takes time and often we don’t see the fruits of our...
Overprotecting your kids is hurting them!
The number one mental health diagnosis in children right now is anxiety. 99% of the kids I see in my office have anxiety. What's gone wrong? Has self reliance gone astray? What's wrong with these kids? Well, actually, nothing's wrong with them, what is out of...
Healthy Banana Bread
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar or less (or alternate sweetener such as Agave but adjust the quantity to less) 2 eggs, beaten 4 bananas, finely crushed 1 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon aluminum free baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Add these...
DIY Relaxation Bath Salts
I have used this simple recipe for years in my bath or my daughter's bath. We both enjoy the scent and it's quite relaxing. In a mason jar, or any glass jar that can be sealed shut, add the following ingredients. Quantities will need to be...
Home Made Organic Playdough
Mix the following organic ingredients: 1 cup flour 1 cup water 1/2 cup of sea salt 1 Tbsp of oil 2 Tbsp of Cream of Tartar Food coloring or use natural spices for color (e.g. turmeric for yellow) A few drops of an essential...
A Moment of Gratitude
The Holiday Season is fast approaching. Already, snow flakes are starting to dance in the wind. It is simply beautiful. Have you ever really taken the time to carefully look at a snow flake? It is simply beautiful. We live in a world of plenty, even excess. We take...
Out of Control : A Book on Discipline
I am only a third of the way through Dr. Shefali's second book "Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn't Work... and What Will". I am quite pleased with the content, just as I was with her other book 'The Conscious Parent". Just to give you a taste of the...
Young kids with cell phones: Really? Is it necessary?
Let's put aside the debate on the impact of too much screen time on children. You've decided you were going to buy your child a cell phone. She /he's. 9? 10? Hidden under the guise that it will be useful in case of an emergency. What happened to regular phones? Using...
Be present for your child
Your children are wonderful gifts, precious gifts. You need to cherish them as such. SEE them for who they are, not for what you want them to be! Watch, listen, observe. Hear what they are trying to tell you. Don't assume, ask. When a child has a tantrum, let go of...
Who are you?
“Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
Is technology really bringing us closer?
As I walked out of my office into the waiting room to get my next client, I noticed it was full of clients. A few years back I would have seen parents interacting with their kids, talking or playing quietly in their own little space, touching, hugging, arguing, or at...
Fear of failure: a limiting belief.
Failure's pain subsides faster than the ache of regret." - Anon "The fastest way to succeed is to double your rate of failure." - Thomas Watson "We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of...
Watch your thoughts!
"Fears are nothing more than a state of mind. Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure." - Napoleon Hill "You cannot hate, argue, reason, fight, complain or yell at a dark room enough to illuminate it - only by...
A thought… Or two.
“Whatever the present moment contains, accept is as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.” - Eckhart Tolle “Friends can help each other. A true friend...
Personal Power
"It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually." - Abraham Maslow "Be not the slave of your own past- plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep,...
Just a thought…
Failure is not making mistakes. Failure is making mistakes and not getting back up again….
In memoriam: Nelson Mandela
"It always seems impossible until it’s done." "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." "When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to...
Don’t be afraid to ask!
"People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you've figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence." - Jack Canfield "He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not...
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