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Category: Reducing Stress

Must tears, shouts and snowsuits be synonymous? No, but the secret to happy cooperation is recognizing who you are working with. "Spirited" kids are active, sensitive and intense. To keep things moving along smoothly it is important to plan accordingly.

January 17, 2025

Do You Know What To Do When Your Child Calls You Names?

Your child is screaming, “You are stupid.” Or worse, “I hate you!” You feel yourself spiraling, every cell in your body triggered. Do you yell too? Flee? Burst into tears? Or do you somehow stay cool?

January 9, 2025

REBOUND After the Holidays

Late bedtimes, disrupted routines, unsolicited advice, too much sugar and CLUTTER from all the gifts bringing you down? Here are seven steps to help you REBOUND from the post-holiday blues.

January 2, 2025

Tips for Traveling with a Spirited Baby/Child

December 3, 2024

Tantrums: Understanding and Reducing Them

Look for the REAL Fuel Source

October 1, 2024

A Predictable Re-entry Ritual Can Benefit You and Your Children

October 1, 2024

Set Your Child Up for a Successful Start to School

July 27, 2024

Do You Want to be Happier? Get Outside

May 20, 2024

Taking Care of YOU is Caring for YOUR FAMILY

February 10, 2024

Ten Steps to a Peaceful Bedtime for Your Spirited Child

January 7, 2024

Keeping the 'happy' instead of the 'hollering' in the holidays: Getting things 'done' with the kids

Darkness falls at 5:00 PM here in Minneapolis. Long, cold nights make us want to curl up under a down comforter with a good book or to simply fall asleep. But like the snow piling up outside, the “to do” list of the holidays dumps more on our schedules already filled to the brim. So how do you keep the “happy” instead of the “hollering” in the holidays?

December 19, 2023

4 Strategies to Help You Reduce Stress and Frustration

The demands of being a parent can feel relentless. Frequent meltdowns wear you down, and leave you feeling powerless to stop them, but you are not. Today, Lynn and I offer you four effective strategies to lower stress by preventing some of the meltdowns from occurring in the first place.

November 26, 2023