Happy New Year everyone and welcome to Book Club! This is a brand new monthly series here at Moments A Day for which I’m sharing books written on the topics of positive parenting and personal growth. All books can be found in hard copy as well as audio versions. I’m personally planning to create a pattern of… {read more}
Personal Growth
The Value of Seeing Self Care as a Way of Life
Last week I spent an afternoon on the beach with my family, away from the laundry and the groceries and any type of screen whatsoever. We got very little “done” that day but I realised afterwards how invigorated I felt, ready to take on my next tasks and not nearly as stressed or anxious as… {read more}
How Giving Back Paves the Way for Healing
February of 2013 and the months that followed was one of the darkest periods of my life. A miscarriage plummeted me into a deeply emotional place and I had never felt so low or lost in all my life. I had two amazing sons already, nearly 2 and 4 years old at the time, and… {read more}
How to Unlock Your Child’s Full Potential {Video Interview}
Last year I was interviewed for the Be The Best Parent You Can Be video summit, a series featuring 22 parenting experts hosted by Jeanne-Marie Paynel of Voila Montessori. The series aimed to share ideas about nurturing children’s full potential as well as support parents in their caregiving role. Here is my interview, I hope… {read more}
May I never forget… {A Poem for My Grown-Up Baby}
This is a letter to my daughter, my third born. I hope you will read it when and if you have your own children one day, and understand some of what I felt as a mother when you were growing up and be assured of just how much I loved (and love) you. Dear Daughter,… {read more}
How Can We Cultivate a Positive Attitude? A Workshop for Families
I wish I could say that I woke up every day like this… That just isn’t reality, though! You will know as well as I do that life is not always full of white sheets and sunshine. The never-ending laundry pile and a forecast of rain during school drop-off are only two of the inevitable challenges a… {read more}
How to Start Connecting with Your Kids ~ A Strategy Every Parent Should Know
In the moments after giving birth to my first son, I wasn’t thinking about what I should or should not do. I was simply loving my son. I was holding him, kissing him, telling him I loved him, soothing him, making sure he was warm, soaking in every little detail of his being. In my… {read more}
Help for Yellers: Learning to Manage Your Response {+ Printable Daily Reaction Journal}
I have read what feels like a zillion articles on yelling. I know yelling is bad. I know it hurts my kids and our relationship. But here’s a confession: I also haven’t totally stopped yet. Why is that? This is a perfect example of when knowledge and action are not in alignment. That means knowing a piece of… {read more}
