Parenting & Families Archive

Empowering Your Child: 100+ Positive Affirmations for Kids

Discover uplifting 100+ affirmations for kids designed to boost self-esteem and resilience. Explore our collection now and elevate their self-belief today!

A Comprehensive Guide on How to Teach Kids to Meditate

Explore proven strategies on how to teach kids to meditate. Foster mindfulness and emotional well-being in children with our comprehensive guide for parents.

A Pregnancy Meditation Script for Gratitude

Enhance your appreciation for the life growing inside of you with this pregnancy meditation script. May it nurture both you and your little one.

6 Guided Group Meditation Scripts

7 Mindfulness Exercises for Relaxation. Exploring a variety of mindfulness exercises for relaxation can help us to truly feel what it means to be at peace.

Assessing vs Judging Others

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What’s Your Weather Like (Kids)

What’s Your Weather Like (Kids). Our emotions are like the weather & this can be a great way to encourage kids to think about their emotions.

Guided Meditation Script on Sounds and Silence for Kids

Sounds and Silence (Kids). Mindfulness practices for children often use one or all of the five senses as a focus. This is great for kids.

Connecting with Your Baby

Connecting with Your Baby. It is very important to hold your baby often & as close as possible, to feel how the connection between you continues to thrive.

Focusing on Pregnancy and Motherhood

Focusing on Pregnancy and Motherhood. Visualize yourself handling everything beautifully. See yourself happy and overjoyed about motherhood.

Focusing On Your Happy Baby

Focusing On Your Happy Baby. Your greatest desire is for your baby to be happy and healthy, so you do everything that is needed for your little one.

Reflecting On What Connected You

Reflecting on What Connected You. This is a lengthy meditation script that helps you trace your connections and relationships with people near and far.

7 Meditation Scripts for Kids

7 Mindfulness Exercises for Relaxation. Exploring a variety of mindfulness exercises for relaxation can help us to truly feel what it means to be at peace.

7 Mindfulness Exercises for Kids and Families

The dynamics within family settings are always changing. The source of love that underlies each family unit remains the same as it has since the beginning of time. Even so, countless factors impact our relationships and the way this love is expressed. Due to the advent of the internet and the rise of social media […]

How To Mend Strained Relationships During The Holidays

The holidays can be a painful period for some people. If you’re ready to try and mend strained relationships, follow these steps to help you get started.

Mindfulness in Pregnancy & Labor: My Personal Journey

Mindfulness exercise can help relieve tension, anxiety & pain during pregnancy and labour. Janette Grant shares her experience and how she coped with both.

Hot Air Balloon Ride: Kids’ Guided Meditation, Sleep Visualization

Hot Air Balloon Ride is an all-ages guided meditation video that promotes peaceful and restful sleep in children through relaxing imagery.

• Sharon Salzberg

Blowing Bubbles

In this Street LovingKindness video series, Sharon Salzberg takes us on a guided mindfulness meditation, integrated into daily life, while blowing bubbles.

Meditation for Kids – The Butterfly – Kids’ Meditation

This guided meditation for kids is a playful visualization to help your child focus and relax each body part by imagining a butterfly floating in his mind.

Mindful Parenting – Mindfulness Worksheet

Download “Mindful Parenting” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW Download “Mindful Parenting” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW “We’re a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children.” – Brene Brown – Making Peace with the “Busyness” of Parenting Mothers tell me their number one challenge is being overwhelmed by […]

BEDTIME – GUIDED MEDITATIONS for Children

10 special bedtime guided meditations for children age 5 & upwards. Meditation at bedtime encourages children to release the day & aid a good nights sleep.

Bringing Mindfulness to Marriage Changes

Bring mindfulness to marriage changes with the practices of mindfulness exercises using this reflection worksheet to assess your heart, thoughts & body.

Mindfulness at Christmas

Christmas can be really tough for everyone, but by practicing mindfulness you can combat stress, change and transform the spirit of the holidays.

How To Get Over Rejection

One way to get over rejection is: don’t keep thinking of the end of the relationship as tragically sad. Also, don’t imagine anyone can love on command.

Gratitude Letter

In this mindfulness exercise, you will write a letter of gratitude to someone you appreciate, allowing you to experience the benefits of being grateful.

Gottman’s Marriage Tips

Maintaining a strong & happy marriage may well be one of life’s greatest challenges. Learn more about tips for keeping a marriage healthy for the long haul.

Clarifying Emotions

Clarifying Emotions encourages you to notice the body sensations associated with the emotion, it will build up a deep familiarity with your emotions.

Melting Into Love [Audio]

One of the most powerful to melt this frozen is love. There are different ways of Melting into love. There’re a hundred expressions of love.

Mindfulness for Kids – “Just Breathe”

“Just Breathe” is a short film featuring elementary school students who use mindfulness and meditation to cope with a range of difficult emotions.

Increasing the Power of Our Relationships

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Wise Speech [Audio]

Wise Speech by Shahara Godfrey: So, I am trying to keep this simple so it sounds ambitious, but it’s pretty simple. I am going to talk tonight as to why speech, and I want to use why speech as a frame for the way to awakening for being tender. Now, we’re there. There are different interpretations […]

Mindful Family: Practice These Fun Mindfulness Exercises Together

Having a mindful family isn’t easy. Thus we created some Fun Mindfulness Exercises to bring mindfulness into one of your most difficult roles. The Mindful Family: Practice These Fun Mindfulness Exercises Together Raising your kids to be mindful will only work if you, as parents, also participate in mindfulness exercises. The following fun mindfulness exercises from Renee […]

Mindfulness Exercises for Emotionally Disturbed Kids

Mindfulness exercises for emotionally disturbed kids isn’t easy. That’s why we created some useful tips and tools to bring mindfulness to you. Often times children, in general, are never taught to be mindful or present in the moment. Even adults struggle with this skill. Children who are labeled as having Emotional Disturbance struggle with mindfulness […]

Sex, Survival and Social Drives [Audio]

Sex, Survival and Social Drives is an essential aspect of the spiritual path. Free mindfulness meditations can increase one’s ability to feel and skillfully respond to suffering. A talk on sex, survival and social drives by Martin Aylward: I’m giving you a very consistent attention, or we’re endeavoring to give a consistent attention to this elusive […]

• Donald Rothberg

Mindfulness of Speech [Audio]

Mindfulness of Speech is an essential aspect of the spiritual path. Mindfulness techniques can increase ones ability to feel and respond to suffering. A talk on mindfulness of speech by Donald Rothberg: This evening is a theme that really continues from last night. And the theme for this evening is speech practice and mindfulness looking […]

Strategies for Mindful Parenting

Mindfulness is a state of consciousness that allows you to lead a happier life. It allows you to stay aware of your thought processes and make better decisions. Mindfulness is particularly valuable when parenting. This practice helps manage the day-to-day stresses of parenting and provides a beneficial environment for your children. However, what are some […]

Help Kids Develop Mindfulness

Individuals of all ages benefit greatly from developing mindfulness through introspective exercises. These activities train your mind to fully appreciate the sensations and sentiments around you. Mindfulness is a wonderful quality to evoke in children as well, and can reduce behavioral issues by teaching young ones how to be more considerate. However, given the active […]

Gratitude Games and Ideas for Kids

These gratitude games and ideas aim to help your kids develop an appreciation for the things they should be grateful for on a daily basis.

Mindful Connection

This Mindful Connection worksheet will help you assess & guide you in making strong foundations for connecting with other people around you.

Facilitating Your Listening

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Realizing How Others Respond to Me

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Mindfulness of Dating

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How Do People React To Me

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What Value Do You Have of People

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What Mood are You Generating in Others

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Timing Your Contributions to Conversations

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The impact of your emotions in relationships

Download “The Impact of Your Emotions in Relationships” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW Psychotherapy and “The Middle Way” When I hear the clients in my psychotherapy and grief counseling practice talk in black and white terms, or view their options in terms of extremes, I am reminded of the Buddhist concept of […]

Stepping up Your Support of Others

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Perceiving Pointlessness in Relationships

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Opening to Sprouting Relationships

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Noticing Your Patterns of Communication

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Mindfulness of Judging your Romantic Relationships

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Listening Deeply

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Keeping Score with Others

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Increasing Your Connection With Others

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How Are You Enlivening Others

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Having More Nourishing Conversations

This worksheet can help you assess deeply how you relate to people. How can you show compassion by listening and having more nourishing conversations?

Fostering Connection with Others

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Feeling Attraction to Others

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Experiencing Joy in Relationships

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Educating Others Effectively

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Daily Assessment of Relationship

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Closing Down in Relationships

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Being Honest in Romantic Relationships

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Are You Controlling Relationships

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Addressing Others’ Concerns

Download “Addressing Others’ Concerns” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW Addressing the concerns of others is an important (and often difficult) facet of compassionate communication. Why? Because listening to others is not always easy, particularly when we hold differences of opinion, when we’re distracted, and when we simply haven’t learned to listen well. […]

Reducing Holiday Stress

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Snow Globe Exercise for Kids

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Mindful Snack Preparation Exercise

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Pebble Bag Treasure Quest

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Parenting Happily

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Mother of All

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Mindfully Doing Schoolwork and Tests

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Mindful Family Calendar

Download “Mindful Family Calendar” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW Raising your kids to be mindful will only work if you, as parents, also participate in mindfulness exercises. The following fun mindfulness exercises from Renee Jain, MAPP, can be performed anywhere as a family. Performing these exercises together as a family will help your kids identify […]

Exploring Fear – Partner Exercise

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Food Contemplation for Kids

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Family Engagement

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Inspiring Trust Worksheet

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Adding and Subtracting Emotional Energy Within Others

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Mindfulness of Triggering Others

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Facing Challenges By Others

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Mindfulness Exercises for Parents

Here are helpful mindfulness exercises for parents to develop the skills needed for unexpected stressful situations and will help you become better parent. Parenting often provides daily challenging experiences. For example, everyone is buckled in the car ready to go and one child announces they need to go back inside to go potty. After getting […]

How To Enhance Mindful Relationships

Mindfulness with relationships and family take work, that’s why we offer free mindfulness techniques and resources to enhance mindful relationships.