mindful parenting

The Simple 3 Step Plan for How to Stay Calm with Your Kids

March 27, 2019 by Angela Pruess Leave a Comment

Inside: Learn how to stay calm with kids on even the most chaotic days, and why it’s important to set a positive emotional tone for your family.

I’m excited to share a guest post from Rebecca Eanes, who is the founder of Positive-Parents.org, the author of Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide and her book ‘The Gift of a Happy Mother’.

You’ve heard the phrase, “If Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” It might be a bit exaggerated, but there is truth to it.

Mothers often set the emotional tone in the home.

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3 Powerful Ways to Find Peace as a Special Needs Parent

December 1, 2016 by Angela Pruess Leave a Comment

Inside: Being a special needs parent is stressful without a doubt, focusing on acceptance, self-compassion and gratitude can help parents seek out (and find) peace and joy amidst the daily struggles.

Out of nowhere, standing in the messy kitchen and holding a fresh poop diaper, I sat watching my kids run rampant with excitement playing nicely together (surely some small part of hell must be freezing over right?), and it dawned on me. [Read more…]

Want to Develop Resilience in Your Child? Don’t Let Fear Win

April 8, 2016 by Angela Pruess Leave a Comment

Inside: Learn four sneaky ways fear will interfere with being the great parent you want to be and interfere’s with developing resilience in your child.

Some parents are not intimately acquainted with their biggest fear. I am not one of those people.

I can tell you exactly what my greatest fear is: I am terrified to look back at my life, only to realize that I had wasted moments, especially the glorious and miraculous my heart is going to explode moments I am so blessed to experience as a parent. Especially seeing as I almost didn’t get to experience them. [Read more…]