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 | Jan 21, 2020 | Children
There are many things that can scare a child: a loud noise, an angry parent, a barking dog, a hospitalization, witnessing violence. Sometimes we know children are afraid because they tell us so, but at other times, it comes out in their behavior. They act out, they...
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 | Oct 1, 2019 | Children, Coaching, 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 | Sep 24, 2019 | Children, Coaching, Toddlers
Although we parents might feel like we spend every moment with a new baby, our days are also filled with the work it takes to run a family. There is laundry to be done, meals to prepare, diapers to change, showers to slip into when we have a moment, and errands to run...