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 their feelings and to view mindfulness a regular part of their routine, which will reduce their stress levels and help them handle stressful situations more effectively
Mindful Family Calendar
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Sean FargoPublished January 11, 2015 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 1 min read
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Bringing mindfulness to mindful family calendar
Relationships keep changing, and they ask things of us we did not expect. “Mindful Family Calendar” invites you to notice the patterns you bring into connection, and which of them you would like to soften or strengthen.
How mindfulness can help
Mindfulness lets us notice our own reactions as they happen: the tightening in the chest, the story forming in the mind, the pull to defend or pull away. From that noticing, we have a little more room to choose a response instead of a reflex, and to offer the people we love a steadier presence.
Gentle steps to try
- Settle in the body. Before a hard conversation, you might rest a hand on your chest or belly and feel three breaths move under your palm.
- Notice your story. Catch the story you are telling yourself about the other person. Is this something you know, or an interpretation?
- Offer one moment of attention. Look at someone you love today as if you were meeting them for the first time. Notice what changes.
- Honor the boundary. Caring for the relationship and caring for yourself are not opposites. A boundary spoken kindly can deepen connection.
Every relationship has seasons of closeness and seasons of strain. Meeting both with curiosity rather than a verdict keeps the door open.
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