Growing with Your Kids
Start a butterfly garden with your children.. what an idea, right? It might be already cold where you live, and you might just dream of staying cozy inside. But this is also the perfect season to plan and.. plant some varieties for next spring, and find interesting ideas to keep your children away from the […]
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Can a dog really make a difference in your child’s life? I personally grew up highly desiring a dog, but was never able to get one. I ended up with a cat, and wondering whether a dog could really improve our life. I’m happy to share with you this super interesting guest post by Paul
9 Reasons a Dog Can Make a Big Difference in Your Child’s Life Read More »
I’m very happy to share with you a guest post from our friends . Potty training is an important developmental phase, and the suggestions you’ll find here below are not only fun, but also.. not your average, already heard of 100 times kind of advice. Enjoy! The first few years of parenthood come with many
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Don’t be scared! You should do it in spite of fear! Brave men don’t listen to their fears. What if we should, on the contrary, learn to acknowledge fear in our lives, through our bodily feelings, and then use this information to take conscious action? Instead of just labeling fear as the bad guy? And
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Here we come to the last episode of this series about stress. As a new parent, you might have felt overwhelmed with emotion.. marveled at your emotional reactions, and maybe, you even felt bad about it. Because feeling sad is not very sexy in a world that wants us smiling and full of energy all
Why should we talk about stress for newborns? Even if you’re not pregnant and maybe your kid is now a teen? For the third episode of this series about stress, I’m particularly keen to start from the beginning. Because even babies get stressed (and a lot); and the way we support them determines the formation
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“You can’t afford to make mistakes”; “If you don’t put a lot of effort, you’ll never be able to do anything” and also “Stop wasting your time!” What do these sentences have in common? And what does they have to do with toxic stress and high cortisol? We might be living with these recorded messages
5 sentences you must stop repeating yourself to fight toxic stress! Read More »
We might be living with a stranger. We talk about it all the time. We fight it, we shun it, but unconsciously seek it; and yet, it shapes us, it makes us succeed, sometimes it makes us sick. Do we really know what stress is? And how does it affect our brain and the rest
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We are born women, but moms, we may become.. How can we build this role, while keeping intact our other many identities? Career, love, friendship, sisterhood, sport, volunteering.. Women, can we find a balance? Does this balance even exist? Analysis of an apparent contradiction. “You can’t have it all” Growing up, we find ourselves all
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You’ve always wanted to work on yourself and increase your self-esteem. And probably, you also aim at raising confident children. Because, especially if you’ve been suffering from your low self-esteem and the continuous self-criticism, you want to stop this negative cycle; and grow strong and self-assured kids. I have good news: you can increase your
Why should you increase your self-esteem? It’ll help your kids to thrive Read More »