Embracing Mental Wellness Through Outdoor Activities
Boost your mental wellness this summer with some fun family activities! Explore the wonders of nature walks and unleash your creativity through painting.
Building Emotional Wellness: How to Support Your Family’s Well-Being
Emotional wellness is crucial for a healthy and happy life. To ensure your family is living up to its maximum potential, follow these steps to well-being.
Yoga for Back-to-School Anxiety [PLUS 25 Positive Affirmations for Back-to-School]
Incorporate yoga and mindfulness into your back-to-school routine to help calm your child’s anxiety. Back-to-school is a time of change, new routines, and …
How to Prepare Your Toddler For a New Sibling
Wondering how to introduce your child to the new baby you’re expecting? Here are 5 tips on how to prepare your toddler for their new sibling. If you’re loo…
Helping Your Child Develop Emotional Literacy
The first week of May is Mental Health Week so we sat down with our psychologist, Bobbi Jo Gaetz to outline ways in which families can help children develo…
50 Positive Affirmations For Kids
Learn the importance of positive affirmations and start incorporating them into your family’s daily routine. To help get you started, we’ve created a list …
5 Powerful Ways To Create A Growth Mindset In Your Child
As parents, we are constantly walking a fine line. On one hand we want to use our words to build our children up and empower them to grow into a confident …
Help Your Kids Develop Emotional Skills
By Bobbi Jo Gaetz, B.Ed, M.Ed, R.Psych The new buzzword in psychology and child development is “emotional regulation”. What that really means is the abilit…
Help Your Child Cope With Their Fears
Fears are a normal part of being human and necessary for our survival as a species. Fears help us determine what dangers we should avoid for our safety. In…
How to Motivate Your Child Without Rewards
Rewards can be great, but we don’t want to have to use them all the time to motivate kids to do the things we ask of them. Research has shown that a group …
A Difficult Time To Say Goodbye – Dealing With Separation Anxiety
Separation anxiety in children makes drop-off at daycare or going on a date night much “fun” for parents. I remember crying in the car after dropping my so…
What’s The Deal With Helicopter Parenting?
We have heard it all before, nothing we do is considered “right” when it comes to the type of parent we are. That’s right, TYPE of parent. Remember when …
