Active listening is apparently NOT defined as listening to someone while actively doing something else. Although, that’s likely the only form of active listening I’d ever participated in, until this week. According to a course

It wasn’t until I began diving deep into my past that I came to realize exactly what happened in my childhood home regarding discipline and the expression of emotions. One theme that I noticed was

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. -Hellen Keller Emotions can be the most beautiful things— beneath the surface, working

Play is important to children. It is quite literally a child’s job to play, and here is why. Children use play to express feelings, make sense of their surroundings, connect with their loved ones, release

It had happened again like it does every week or two. The kids’ room had become a complete disaster area! Their toys, which I have neatly categorized, have been scattered across every surface, the main

So I woke up this morning with the intention of making Monday a FUN DAY in our home. I didn’t have any plans as to how I would make that happen, but I knew that