Every culture is unique and values emotional expression differently. Due to years of social conditioning in the West in particular, we tend to not value this. Unfortunately that has dire consequences on our holistic well-being. All animals need to express themselves. As animals ourselves, we are no different. We need to be able to express ourselves in a range of emotions to be healthy, optimally functioning human beings… or ‘we hold our our issues in our tissues’ (Tom Meyers). Read More
Interview with Mom’s Choice Award-Winner Melinda Gibbons
For this interview, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Melinda Gibbons, author of the charming and MCA award-winning children’s book, You are the Perfect You! You are the Perfect You is a story about a lovable little T-rex with a big heart named Tex. Read More
Essential Mom Tips to Overcome Anxiety
Anxiety can become a massive hurdle in your child’s enjoyment. Instead of dismissing their feelings, give them your time. Do not think these feelings will get better with time. Just like other illness requires treatments, anxiety too needs to be treated with useful tips. All your child need is your support and love. Once you apply these tips, observe the positive changes in your child. Be gentle and kind to them. Read More
Momspiration from Denise Roland: Emotional Intelligence & Success
MCA award-winning Author and Teacher, Denise Roland gives us a bit of Momspiration and this week her focus is Emotional Intelligence & Success! Read More
Tips to Become Warriors Against Bullying
Bullying can be stopped. There are several things that can help put an end to this problem. It’s a problem for adults too, so we all should do our part to be warriors against bullying. The hard work starts at home. Read More
Back-to-School: How to foster friendships for your children
While every child is different in terms of how much of a social connection they need to feel happy, we know that when our kids have a best friend they love to play with, life just seems more cheery. Read More
Comfortably Numb?…Where Has Our Empathy Gone?
Death SHOULD bother us…where has our empathy gone? Are we too desensitized and comfortably numb? And not the Pink Floyd type of numb…These are the questions I asked myself this weekend. Read More