by smaclaughlin | Aug 7, 2017 | anger, communication, discipline, limits, mindfulness, my life, self-regulation
I’m thinking about rebranding my entire website and business to be entitled Kind AF. This makes sense as you may have seen we’ve quite embraced swearing at our house. I’m also itching for a vanity plate (ORDERED!) and a wrist tattoo (that will need to wait). And why...
by smaclaughlin | Jul 5, 2015 | anger, communication, connection parenting, discipline, emotional intelligence, handling meltdowns
Feelings and emotions: What do they do? Why are they important? From a neurological perspective, emotions are messages. Feelings are essentially our brains and bodies in communication with each other. If we feel scared, our brains sends chemicals into our bodies that...
by smaclaughlin | May 3, 2015 | anger, communication, connection parenting, emotional intelligence, parenting
I’m honored and delighted to share this guest post excerpt from Parenting with Presence, by Susan Stiffleman with you. Susan’s voice and message are clear in this must-have book. I found myself reading things in her new book that I teach and say all the...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Jul 14, 2012 | anger, books, communication, motherhood, what not to say, what to say
Nicole is a fellow Portlander who is the writer of the zine Hausfrau author of the pee-your-pants funny book The Passion of the Hausfrau. Then she adapted her book into a one woman show performed by the talented Bess Welden. I read the book and saw the play twice and...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Jul 7, 2012 | anger, communication, emotional intelligence, mindful parenting, modeling, my life, trust
I have been practicing the Listening Tools from Hand in Hand Parenting for about two-and-a-half years. Setting Limits, PlayListening, Special Time, Listening Partnerships, and StayListening all work beautifully, complementing each other. I’ve written a post for...
