Your Mission: Find Unexpected Downtime. This article is an excerpt from my book Bounceback Parenting: A Field Guide for Creating Connection not Perfection. After getting used to the idea that we have to take care of ourselves in the most basic ways, finding unexpected opportunities for [...]Continue Reading
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You Know What Will Ruin My Kids?
Banishing the Should Mama This post is an excerpt from my book Bounceback Parenting: A Field Guide for Creating Connection not Perfection. This moment, which I originally wrote about in 2013, sparked a huge transformation for my parenting, reducing guilt and allowing me to enjoy my family [...]Continue Reading
A Mantra for the Most Overwhelming Days
For the month of March, Bounceback Texts are focusing on reducing overwhelm. One of the keys to reducing this terrible feeling is changing your mindset, and that's what the mantra in this post can help you do. Sometimes overwhelm creeps up on me. It happens most often when I get wrapped up in all [...]Continue Reading
Make Sure Your Family Feels the Love – it’s simpler than you may think
A friend of mine is grieving the loss of her mother this week. She sent out a simple, yet heartfelt message that said: "If it’s been a bit since you’ve talked to someone you love.... pick up the phone and say I love you." I’ve been thinking about that this week. Pick up the phone and say I [...]Continue Reading
A Good Enough Holiday
Why I’m aiming for a good enough holiday… By Lorien Van Ness I love the holidays: special foods, special friends, special projects. I love making the magic happen for my family, but I have a love-hate relationship with all the expectation. On the one hand the anticipation of the holidays is fun, [...]Continue Reading
The Connection Not Perfection Guide to “Kid Dates”
Easy Ways to Make One-on-One Time With Your Kids Possible Many people, when they think of having connection time with their kids, think of taking their kids on special outings. This can be a great way to connect; spending a longer period of time one on one with your child—having a kid date—can be [...]Continue Reading
