“As I forgive, so am I forgiven.” Thank you for the reminder Elli Richter 💫 No matter what – it always takes two to tango; you are always 50% responsible for the creation and maintenance of any dynamic you find yourself repeatedly stuck in. “Resenting others is essentially blaming them for crossing boundaries that we didn’t effectively
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5 Tips for Staying Cool, Calm and Collected
1.) Use technology! Establish a sense of normalcy and connection by planning daily morning virtual coffee meetings. Make yourself a grounding, warm beverage and FaceTime/Zoom/Skype someone you love and enjoy connecting with. Even just a 15-minute virtual coffee date can shift your mood. (Same goes for virtual happy hours if that’s up your alley) 2.)
Accepting What We Don’t Like…
Wherever there is light there is shadow. And where there is shadow is cast an amplified perspective, a deeper understanding, an extension of compassion. Accept both (light & shadow) to sanctify the ground on which you stand. Reject one or the other and be damned” • Learning to love and embrace that we are equal
Connecting with your purpose
Purpose: “the reason for which something is done or created.” My purpose as a health and wellness coach is to help people connect with and remember who they really are and why they are here – to step into their true power and live from that place – their place of PURPOSE. Facilitating growth, healing
Feeling Stressed or Negative? Your Baby Can Feel It Too
I am constantly stressing the importance of a healthy positive attitude with my clients who are sleep training. I’m sure at this point I sound like a broken record to many of them. But the fact remains that when it comes to not only sleep training but also any interaction you have with your child,
Tips on lengthening naps – under 4 months
The Question: Any tips on lengthening naps for an 11 week old who consistently wakes at the 45 minute mark and won’t continue nap? The Answer: Although it’s too early to start a rigorous form of sleep training and short naps are the norm for this age due to their sleep arousals or brief wakings
Giving your child a bottle in bed? You may be putting them at risk for tooth decay, ear infections, choking and poor sleep associations
There is nothing like the feeling of independence both parent and child feel when a baby is able to bottle feed themselves. It can be so convenient and easy to use the bottle to help your child self soothe to sleep. But when you let your baby bottle feed themselves to sleep, while laying down
Quick Facts- Can Proper Sleep Make Your Child Smarter?
The Quick Fact answer to whether or not sleep can make your child smarter is in fact, YES. Sleep is food for your child’s brain. (Weissbluth, 2003) Especially for young children- Sleep is to their brains what food is to their bodies. You would never deprive your child of food or postpone their meals
To swaddle or not to swaddle?
The swaddle debate has become akin to the tummy sleeping debate over the last decade, with research constantly changing and opinions on both sides of the fence divided and flip-flopping frequently. While the most recent research on tummy sleeping has most experts in agreement that infants need to be placed only on their stomachs for
Are there Specific times of day my child should be sleeping? YES!! Our Guide To Your Baby’s Sleep Schedule
Are there Specific times of day my child should be sleeping? Yes!! Here are your ideal sleep schedules for children ages 4 months – 5 years Yes! There are absolutely specific times of day that your child should be sleeping. While the frequency and relevance of these times will change as your child ages (and