Mindfulness for Kids (and Parents)
In this post, we explore practical, culturally-affirming ways to bring mindfulness into your family’s daily routine. Discover how belly breathing, compassion practice, and even bubble-blowing can help regulate emotions and build resilience. I’m sharing my favorite bilingual resources, from “Sitting Still Like a Frog” to Sesame Street videos, porque our healing journey should reflect the richness of our cultures. Let’s explore how this ancient wisdom, rooted in many of our ancestral traditions, can help us and our little ones navigate life’s challenges with more ease and joy.
Intergenerational Trauma, PostPartum Anxiety and their after effects
There are many mothers dealing with intergenerational trauma and postpartum anxiety. There’s hope to heal and catch the warning signs early.
10 Important Parenting Tips to Help Children Comply
Parenting is both hard and rewarding at the same time. The hardest parts are when our children aren’t complying, we don’t know why and nothing we’ve tried works. In my last article, I identified different reasons children might not comply. As promised, I put together this list of the top 10 important parenting survival tips […]
10 Tips for Navigating the Pre-School Blues
Navigating the pre-school blues is a hot ticket topic at home currently. My little one (LO) just started pre-school and it’s triggered so many emotions and catastrophic thoughts for everyone in my family. My LO has been crying at drop off every day. “It was gutting” is what I said to my husband when he asked […]
15 Statements to Convince Yourself to Self-Care: A love letter to all parents
“What to say” Series: Last week I wrote a blog post on 20 easy 5-minute self-care ideas for parents. Today, I continue the conversation in the guest post, “15 Statements to Convince Yourself to Self-Care: A love letter to all Parents” on The Productive Parent website. I provide 15 statements and quotes that parents […]
How to be a better parent by being Self(care)ish: 20 easy 5-minute ideas to nourish yourself
How to be a better parent by being Self(care)ish: 20 easy 5-minute ideas to nourish yourself Sofia Mendoza, LCSW Have you ever felt guilty or even selfish for indulging in some down time while your littles are in daycare, with grandparents or friends? If you have, you’re not alone. Every time I ask a parent […]
“I’m not bad…”
Ever want to shout out at a child, “Stop it, you’re being BAD?” You are definitely not alone. Parenting, caregiving, teaching children requires lots of patience and skill especially when they are not complying. Growing up, I knew a lot of kids who heard this from teachers, siblings, and well-meaning neighbors. These kids didn’t listen, […]
