Think About Each Day As If It’s Your Life In Miniature
Purpose is lived in the moments of your life, not the end results. Help your children understand that each day matters. Every day lived is a chance to love and feel loved, to work hard and play and to find balance. Teach your children this valuable lesson by modelling...
Help Your Child Identify Strengths to Build Purpose
Today's tip for building purpose is to help your child identify which of their umbrella skills are strong. Using your strongest umbrella skills, like kindness or empathy, shows other people in the world how to use these skills, too. Learn more with Dr. Jen by watching...
Ask Your Child ‘Why’ to Build Purpose
Today's tip for building purpose comes back to that familiar question that every child gets asked many times in their lives: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Follow along with Dr. Jen as she explains how and why it's important to delve into the reasons your...
10 Minutes a Day for Better Connection with your Kids
It's so easy to get caught up in our busy lives! Helping your child develop their sense of purpose requires you to know and connect with them on a deeper level. Schedule 10 minutes of one-on-one time every day to connect with each of your children. Download a PDF of...
Pay Attention: Today’s Purpose Building Tip with Dr. Jen
Kids are great at being in the moment. However, they may not always connect their actions to the bigger picture. Help your child make these connections and build purpose by paying attention. Learn more in today's video tip! Watch it above or on our Facebook page.
This Month, Let’s Talk About Purpose!
February is notorious for chilly weather and the 'blahs', so we thought it would be a great month to keep your eye on the big picture: your sense of purpose! Kids can start to develop feelings of purpose at a very young age. Although this will evolve throughout their...
Conversations with kids: Reframing anxiety
A big part of being authentic is becoming okay with all the parts of you, including feelings of worry and anxiety. Anxiety isn't bad. It's completely normal to worry, but sometimes we need to take control when it comes to worrying. Download a PDF copy of today's...
Can chores really build authenticity?
There are certain states that can help us feel more authentic, even if this is counter to our current personality. For example, in the research, authenticity increases when participants are being conscientious, even if they don’t self-identify as being a conscientious...
The top 2 ways to help your child embrace self-acceptance
“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” ― Brené Brown When you teach vulnerability as power and accept yourself as you are, you...
What you say matters! Today’s authenticity tip with Dr. Jen
What you say around your child matters - not just what you say to them directly. You could be influencing them with more inputs than you realize! Listen in and learn more in today's authenticity tip with Dr. Jen. Click the video above or watch it on our Facebook page...