by Julie Johnson | Aug 17, 2020 | Adolescents, Children, Coaching, Parenting, Preteens, Toddlers
If you missed last week’s blog, which was part one of our two-part blog series focusing on how to keep your cool, we looked at how to identify the triggers that make your skin crawl and we also explored reframing those triggers to help you keep your calm. This...
by Julie Johnson | Aug 4, 2020 | Adolescents, Children, Coaching, Parenting, Preteens, Toddlers
Have you ever felt overwhelmed and frustrated, as all parents do, and before you know it, it’s turned into anger and you find yourself yelling at your kids for the smallest thing? If that sounds all too familiar, you are not alone and there are ways to combat...
by Julie Johnson | Nov 12, 2019 | Adolescents, Children, Coaching, Parenting, Preteens, Toddlers
Two days after my son was born, his five-year old sister carefully and quietly carried his bouncy chair to a room in the back of the house that wasn’t used much. When I walked back into the living room and found him gone, she said, “He has gone to the baby dungeon,...
by Julie Johnson | Jul 2, 2017 | Adolescents, Children, Toddlers
For kids, one of the best things about vacation is that they have more of their parents’ attention. We may be able to let go of some of the worries and distractions that consume us during the week and put more time and attention into our children when we’re away with...
by Julie Johnson | Apr 21, 2015 | Adolescents, Preteens
A mother recently told me that her eleven-year-old daughter is starting middle school in the fall. There was an open house for the school in the spring, and they decided to make it a family affair and take a warm evening walk there together.As they walked onto the...