Mindful Family
Tips for Family Entrepreneurship
Starting a company with family members can be a fulfilling experience or a devastating challenge. Taking Mindful steps early on in the process will help ensure that your business is successful and your family relationships stay strong. While some entrepreneurs seek support and assistance from family members, more of them opt to create a business [...]
Mini Vacations This Summer
At the end of this month sit down with your spouse or your family. Get everyone’s schedule on the calendar. Then look for a day or two or open evenings that you can plan to have a “mini vacation.” This is really fun for the kids and family. As you write your mini vacation down on the calendar [...]
Get a Head Start on Mother’s Day Gifts
By: Brittani Banks, contributing writer for Mindful Living Network Since 1914, American children have taken one special day out of the year to honor their mothers. This May 14th millions of flowers and cards will be delivered to over 85 million mothers in the U.S. If you’re thinking about going above and beyond a bouquet [...]
Enjoy the Thrill of Spring
It’s time to put the gray energy of Winter behind us and accept Spring’s invitation to new life. Below are some simple tips to transform and energize your life this month. Paint! Paint something. Anything! Putting some new happy colors on your walls or a beloved piece of furniture will change everything. Warm luscious yellow, [...]
Organic Ways to Decorate Festive Eggs for Easter
Decorating eggs to give to friends and families is a symbol of friendship, love and good health. In addition, it has evolved to be a prized art form in Orthodox traditions. Instead of using chemical food coloring this Easter, do something different and experiment using more natural color solutions! Colors: Orange: yellow onion skins, carrot [...]
Stop Multitasking and Play!
Playing isn’t just for kids anymore. Emerging research tells us that play can rewire the brain, help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and memory loss and even decreases chronic pain. When you play and laugh, it can boost your immune system, lower blood pressure and reduce stress hormones. Play is the fountain of youth. 5 [...]
Family that Plays Together, Stays Together
Busy schedules can make everyone in a family feel overbooked, overworked and overwhelmed. Research shows too much stress, intense studying and overwhelming schedules are destructive. It puts dangerous pressure on families, and damages their relationships. You must find time to play – for your health and the health of your children. “What we know is [...]
Community Get-Togethers for Parents and Children
As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. Surrounding a kid with love and support can make all the difference; however, it’s not just the kids that can benefit from the extra encouragement. Play dates and get-togethers can help both parents and kids. Many experts agree that such play dates are [...]
40 Days of Mindful Living
Lent begins this month. Lent is the 40 days before Easter that is designated for fasting or changing a habit. Lent can be a life changing experience. Each Lent our family met on Ash Wednesday and each of us chose what we were going to practice for the 40 days of Lent. I invite you [...]
How “Fun” Can be Your Best Discipline Technique
By: Erin Kurt, B.Ed., author, renowned parenting expert, and founder of Erinparenting.com Show me any two people who have fun together frequently and I’ll show you a good relationship. People who have regular fun together like each other and most often respect one another. This is a winning combination when it comes to the parent/child relationship. [...]
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