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What is Quality Time?

by on June 1, 2012

I recently attended a parenting session by Jim Skinner, the executive director of the Vancouver Adler Centre, where we discussed the important topic of quality time.  Initially Jim asked us to chat to the person next to us and share our own personal highlights of quality time that we spent with our parents throughout our [...]

Implementing Mindfulness with Yourself and Your Children

by on April 15, 2012

In last week’s article I wrote about Goldie Hawn’s MindUp program and how this is being implemented in schools to teach mindfulness and other positive behaviours.  This week I continue with the benefits of Mindfulness and how you can incorporate Mindfulness into your life and your family life.  To review, the definition of Mindfulness is [...]

Are you moving in the direction of growth or decay?

by on March 17, 2012

What are the factors that indicate growth? 1) Exercise, exercise, exercise! I’ve just finished reading Younger Next Year (for Women – there’s a Men’s version too) and am feeling inspired!  The basic premise of the book is that you have to keep your body moving to keep it growing, but a casual walk doesn’t really [...]

Filling Your Child’s “Attention Cup”!

by on February 10, 2012

  The Importance of Filling Yourself and Your Child with Positive Attention Being a parent is rewarding and exhausting!  We all know that all areas of our lives are harder to handle when we are drained, particularly being a parent.  If you think of yourself as a big jug of juice and your child/children as [...]

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