by emmacodd | Apr 16, 2024 | Your Family
YOUR FAMILY Rainbow Gratitude Leaf Garland Gratitude is a wonderful mindset to cultivate in our children. Practising gratitude with our children lays the foundations for positive thinking as they learn to focus on the good. Making a Gratitude Leaf Garland is a simple...
by emmacodd | Nov 6, 2023 | Book Review, Your Family
Book Review Good Night, Body: Finding Calm from Head to Toe By Britney Winn Lee & Illustrated by Borghid Fallberg Good Night, Body, by Britney Winn Lee, a delightful and cosy book for you and your child to snuggle up with at bedtime. Within its pages lies a...
by emmacodd | May 31, 2023 | Mindfulness, Your Family
Your Family The Yin of Meltdowns Children experience big feelings, and meltdowns, to which they are often referred, epitomise their intensity. As difficult as those big feelings are for children to cope with, they can also be a lot for the adults that care for them....
by emmacodd | May 31, 2023 | Mindfulness, Your Family
Your Family Kind Hands, Kind Words, Kind Heart When I think of the kind of man I hope my son will grow up to be, compassionate is always the first adjective that comes to mind. So, when I came across the phrase ‘kind hands, kind words, kind heart,’ I snapped it up. At...
by emmacodd | May 5, 2023 | Book Review, Your Family
Book Review Good Morning Yoga, by Mariam Gates & Sarah Jane Hinder The story is simple but engaging, the sequence is energising and centering, and the pictures are vibrant and captivating for audiences of all ages. Good Morning Yoga, by Mariam Gates, is a...
by emmacodd | May 3, 2023 | Book Review, Mindfulness, Your Family, Your Practice
Book Review The Mindful Parent, by Shirley Pastiroff The subtitle is ‘How to stay sane, stay calm, and stay connected to your kids,’ and after only a few weeks of implementing some of Pastiroff’s ideas, I can honestly say I do feel saner, calmer, and more connected to...