What if doing nothing is exactly what your nervous system needs? In this episode, meditation teacher Jeff Warren joins the conversation to explore mindfulness, emotional regulation, and the power of presence. Learn why fewer thoughts can mean fewer problems and how simple grounding moments can shift the way you parent. This isn’t about fixing; it’s […]
Mornings in a mom’s world can feel like a whirlwind of chaos — waking up groggy, managing the kids, getting breakfast ready, and maybe even prepping for work. But with a little structure, your mornings can become calm, productive, and even enjoyable. In this blog post, I’m sharing simple morning routines for moms that help […]
I am an excellent starter. The trouble is I am not much of a finisher. In the nooks and crannies of my house you can find any number of creative projects I’ve begun with vim and vigor. I have a stack of unfinished books on my nightstand. My desk is filled with thank you notes […]
I firmly believe that parents want what is best for their children and, more importantly, know what’s best for their children; at least better than a bureaucrat does. This used to be a universally recognized principle — the idea that parents should have more say and more control over their children’s education. But in recent […]
Between 2018 and 2021, 13 public post-secondary institutions in BC added 1,003 early childhood student places. More than two-thirds of the additional places were earmarked for rural and remote communities to ensure early childhood education (ECE) students across the province had access to ECE training places. North: Northern Lights College: 74 additional ECE student placesCollege […]
Your teenage boy with ADHD is about to graduate from high school? Congratulations! It’s an exciting (and scary) time of change. You may initially feel overwhelmed and nervous about everything on your child’s plate, and this is normal as the demands on executive functions increase from middle to high school. Students are suddenly expected to […]
In these days in particular, it is downright scary for many children to prepare for the start of a new school year. According to a survey of 600 teenagers on kidshealth.org, only 10% of students had no particular concerns about going back to school in the fall in the days leading up to the pandemic. […]
Chrissie Render’s son Zac was diagnosed with autism and global developmental delay shortly before he turned three. Since then, and before, Chrissie has looked for things that could calm her son, enhance his educational experience, and stimulate him to communicate verbally. Now the family seems to have found a helpful tool to do this. A […]
