Mindful Growth

02/01/2025

10/12/2024

This time of year I like to collect “decay bouquets”. They help me mark the passage of the seasons and celebrate the nature of impermanence. 🍂

09/20/2024

A couple of years ago, I led some mindfulness exercises with third and fourth graders at my kids school. This is a picture of the brainstorm we created together. After going through an exercise of mindfully eating a raisin, we talked about what you can see when you look deeply at a raisin. I love this exercise and it can be applied to everything we see, touch, and interact with in our daily lives.

08/19/2024

This is a great parenting course starting this week.

08/19/2024

This is a great parenting course starting this week!

08/14/2024

Returning to school can be exciting and challenging for children and teens. Check out these informative and evidence based tips sheets from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) digital back to school toolkit.

05/31/2024

This month's blog post is about the Growth Mindset an my reluctant journey to becoming a swimmer. https://wix.to/IQD3cik

Read about the growth mindset and my reluctant journey to becoming a swimmer.

04/29/2024

Reposting with corrected Monday time. All groups will meet in person at Mindful Growth, 4141 B St. Suite 308, Anchorage AK 99503.

04/19/2024

A new blog post is up. This one is all about parenting in the screen age. Scrolll to the end to learn tips for making a family media plan and see my phone use agreement.

https://www.mindfulgrowthak.com/post/forging-ahead-in-the-screen-age

Parenting in the Screen Age is hard. This post is a guide to navigating the Screen Age together.

04/02/2024

Mindful Growth April Newsletter https://wix.to/u7m8cp6

02/27/2024

A new Mindful Matters blog post is up. This one is an Ode to the Good Enough Parent. By embracing our parenting imperfections, our children gain valuable skills such as resilience and grit.
https://www.mindfulgrowthak.com/post/ode-to-the-good-enough-parent

More than anything else I can think of, parenting showcases our greatest hopes and our rawest vulnerabilities. Most of us are thrown into the role without much experience or preparation. But in contrast to other roles we are thrust into, the stakes of our parenting success are sky high. Or at least....