Self Regulation

Parenting triggers are not really something we think too much about before we have children, right? f you’re anything like me, when you imagined becoming a parent, you saw trips to the [...]

In traditional parenting circles, time outs are often recommended as a gentle discipline strategy. An alternative to physical punishment or yelling. But if you’ve been following me for any [...]

If you have a school aged child, then you no doubt know all about after school meltdowns. They seem to come from nowhere, with no warning and no obvious trigger. Sometimes they start with an [...]

So often, when I ask parents what they struggle with most when it comes to mindful parenting, they tell me it’s controlling their own emotions. They say things like: “I lose it when [...]

One of the most frequent challenges parents tell me about is their inability to calm down in the moment. In the moment when your child is melting down over the colour of their cup. In the moment [...]

Earlier this week one of my lovely Mindful Little Mama members brought a post about calming tools and calm down corners to my attention. The post suggested that using calming tools for kids was [...]

If you’re a parent, then you have no doubt witnessed some BIG emotions in your children. And a lot of the time, those big emotions can really leave you feeling overwhelmed and unsure how to [...]

Christmas can be a tough time for kiddos. Especially for our more sensitive little people – toddlers and preschoolers, the kids who experience anxiety, the ones who struggle with emotion [...]

All children need to learn healthy self regulation skills. And it is our job, as their parents and teachers to help them develop these skills. We do this by modelling healthy self regulation [...]

Mindful breathing is a simple and effective way to introduce your child to mindfulness and help them learn how to calm their minds and bodies. Why? Because when the nervous system is under [...]