Kris Carr recounts the time in her life she found out she had stage 4 cancer at the age of 31. She discusses how she would eat to stay slim for her job. This intention led her to develop an unhealthy relationship to food, as she was constantly trying to “shrink” herself. She says her focus was about staying slim instead of eating to “nourish my body, nourish my mind, nourish my dreams”. This made me wonder, which areas of my life am I shrinking and nourishing?
Read MoreIs your emotional balance thrown way off where your children are concerned? Can the words kids and peace of mind even fall into the same sentence let alone exist in the same space of time?
It's so hard to separate our children’s emotions and their experience from ours. It almost makes us feel guilty to not share the same emotions - how can we have a good day when our child hasn't?
Read MoreIt’s important that when we are looking at living our best lives, that we try to make simple changes first. It is very hard to make big shifts straight away and even worse, they are hard to sustain. Small consistent changes have the best impacts on our daily moods and offer the best progression towards our ultimate goals.
Read MoreParental stress impacts children deeply.
Regardless of our environmental circumstances, this is true. And right now, we are ALL stressed to varying degrees. We are ALL panicking at various levels. So, just imagine our children.
Read MorePlay can be an essential way to assist us in maintaining a positive, peaceful and relaxing home environment, during these turbulent and uncertain times.
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