it’s important to consider your children’s gut problems. Gut health in children can contribute to how your child feels and experiences the world. It can influence how often they get sick, how they digest food and absorb nutrients, how prone they are to experiencing anxiety or depression, how tired they get, and much more.
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Back to School Tips for Your Pre-teen Girl
Follow me Being a girl mom is extremely reqarding. I am blessed to be mom to a beautiful, confident and self loving pre-teen girl. Preparing for back to school requires lots of planning and preparation. Gone are the days where I make back to school list, walk into Target and buy all that I planned for her to use for the new school year. Evolving As your Pre-Teen Evolves Evolution is the name of the game with children, especially pre-teen girls. Here are steps I take to build and maintain a strong relationship with my pre-teen daughter. Maintain Open Line of Communication with your Pre-teen Communication is like magic. A…
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Back to School Supplies for Middle Schoolers
Follow me It is back to school season. As I write this post, my kids have only been out of school for 4 days, but I am determined to prepare for back to school ahead of time. No procrastinating on my back to school organization or back to school shopping until the last 2 weeks of summer vacation. This back to school checklist, will provide you with a complete back to school guide for all that you and your kid needs ahead of the beginning of the school year. Organization Items: 3 ring heavy duty 2” white view front binder Dividers, 5 slot, colored tabs Plastic pocket folder, w/prong, assorted…
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Tools to help little girls understand their menstrual cycle and how to manage it.
Follow me I had the pleasure of chatting with Briana Villegas on a recent episode of What I Wish My Mother Taught Me. Briana is a Cycle-Syncing coach, and she helps women understand and leverage the different stages of their menstrual cycle. Helping women turn the cycle into something that works for them instead of something to push through or pretend isn’t there. Our cycle impacts every aspect of our life, communication, our motivation, our energy, our appetite, and how we relate to other people in our life. Tools to Help Young Girls Manage their Cycle Women should have basic knowledge of how our bodies work and how it should…
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Trauma and Healing Childhood Abandonment.
Follow me Healing and moving past childhood trauma may feel like an uphill battle. My purpose for hosting the What I Wish My Mother Taught Me Podcast is to build a community of men and women willing to speak transparently about their life experiences and how those experiences shape them as adults and parents. My guest this week, Karen, was transparent about childhood abandonment, the effects of divorce on children, and the importance of seeking help in the form of therapy to heal childhood trauma and abandonment. This episode is an excellent reminder that you are not alone and so many people are on a path to healing from some…
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Work-Life Balance: What Every Young Woman Should Know about the Many Hats Women Wear
Choosing to embark on a "mentorship" for other young women is no easy feet, begging the mentorship process by Identifying potnetial work-life balance conflicts and their consequences.
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How to Improve Your Child’s Communication Skills
Teaching kids this magic of communication and the power of words can open up many opportunities. If they know how to communicate, they can communicate well, collaborate, create, and advocate for themselves effectively.
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How to Teach Your Kids to Trust You: Become your Children’s Safety Net.
Follow me “I tell my kids that I am their safety net. They should come to me with anything. No matter what, I will not judge, but we will work it out together.”How should a parent build trust with their kids? On the What I Wish Podcast, my guest and I discuss building trust with your children. I learned so much from my guest this week. One of my favorite lessons from our conversations was that I should be my children’s safety net. Establishing yourself as your children’s safety net equates to building a relationship where your children trust you. How do you establish this trust? Listen Openly To effectively…
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Life as a Girl-Dads: What it feels like to raise a daughter from a Father’s perspective
Follow me Trevor Gabbidon, author of Daughters Grow Up So Fast: From A Father’s Perspective, joined me on the Podcast this week. We had such an exciting conversation about the intricacies of being a girl dad. I enjoyed listening to him talk about being a father and enjoying the ride and experiences of a girl dad. The Mind of a Girl Dad Ever wonder what goes on in the mind of a girl-dad? Trevor and I dive into what goes on in the mind of a dad as he watches his little girl grow up. Trevor and I also discussed how raising girls differs from raising boys and the essential…
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What Children Need the Most from their Parents.
Children have two basic needs. Children want love and attention. While I agree with Sandra, I think kids also need affirmations and consistency.
