Why Mindfulness Matters to our Happiness
Mindfulness is an important skill because it helps us to stay in the present moment. Research says that mindfulness is a huge contributor to our happiness. Why is this? When we are mindful, we are more capable of experiencing what is happening right now. It means we...
February is Mindfulness Month at the Umbrella Project!
Each month, we focus on one piece of what makes a powerful umbrella of well-being skills. In February, we are adding Mindfulness to our umbrella of well-being. Does your child spend a lot of time ruminating on the past or worrying about the future? When we spend a lot...
Personal Narratives to Foster Resilience: Today’s Resilience Building Tip with Dr. Jen
Download a PDF copy of this infographic HERE. Our personal narrative - the story we tell about our lives - has a lot of power to improve our resilience. Everyone faces challenges along life's path. To build resilience, we need to recognize the meaning these different...
Put Challenges in Perspective: Today’s Resilience Building Tip with Dr. Jen
One way that we can build resilience in our children is to help them to put their challenges in perspective. You can do this by, for example, zooming out in time on the problem. This encourages your child to see challenges as small moments in time, that won't be that...
Nature, Risky Play, and Resilience: Today’s Resilience Building Tip with Dr. Jen
Getting outdoors does so much to improve our wellbeing! When kids get outdoors, they have an environment in which they can naturally take calculated risks. Risky play means that our child encounters something they feel a little bit afraid of, but the challenge is...
Embrace Your Own Failures: Today’s Resilience Building Tip with Dr. Jen
To help your child get through failure and rebound from these failures stronger than ever, embrace your own experiences with failure. As adults, we often try to cover up our failures or not talk about them. It might feel that doing so would threaten our jobs and...
To build resilience this week, teach thoughtful problem solving
DOWNLOAD A PDF COPY OF THIS INFOGRAPHIC HERE. This week, teach thoughtful problem solving to your child to boost their resilience skills. Good problem solving skills build our resilience and boost our confidence in getting through difficulties. Instructions Start by...
Resilience and Optimism are Connected
DOWNLOAD YOUR PDF COPY OF THIS INFOGRAPHIC HERE. Consider the way you talk about yourself to your child... Children are sponges and will pick up their primary parent’s way of thinking about the world. What does that mean? It means that if you are are an optimist, your...
Help Your Child Learn to Pivot: Today’s Resilience Building Tip with Dr. Jen
In the business world, the concept of 'pivoting' means adapting and modifying based on changes in the market. Pivoting is important for businesses to avoid being stuck in one direction when faced with a continually changing environment. It is also an important concept...
Help Your Child Build Confidence in All They Can Do: Today’s Resilience Building Tip with Dr. Jen
Today's resilience-building tip is to help your children develop confidence in all the things that they can do for themselves. It can be difficult to resist the urge to fix everything for your children. It is important, however, to allow your children to explore...