Joy Multipliers & Fun Squashers

Fishful Thinking, kids, relationships

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Joy Multipliers & Fun Squashers

In our society’s ever-hungry quest for happiness, I wonder why it is that so many times we adults seem focused on killing other people’s happiness. In this month’s Fishful Thinking newsletter, Dr. Karen Reivich talks about Joy Multipliers and Joy Thieves, or, as I like to call them, Fun Squashers. Joy Thieves (or Joy Postponers) [...]

Letting Be

Fishful Thinking, kids, Style

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Letting Be

Grandparents Day was last Sunday, so my family and my brother’s family took my parents out for lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory, where they were offering their annual Grandparents Eat For Free weekend (great deal!). We usually don’t make a big to-do about Grandparents Day, except last year, I had my 6 year-old son [...]

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Fishful Thinking, kids, Maternity2Madness

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The “Shy” Kid is Ready for the Big School

When my son started preschool, he cried almost every day, at some level, for several months. If the kids were in a different classroom when we arrived, his whole body would tense up, and he’d cling to me as he burst into tears. From the time he was born, anything that changed his routine in [...]

Fishful Thinking, kids, Maternity2Madness

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How Mamahood Has Shaped Me… {Mother's Day Part 1}

Besides the obvious wider hips & thighs and crying-for-lipo mid-section, becoming a mother has shaped the person I have always been into the person I have wanted to be. I can honestly say that being a mom is what has forced me to be happy with me. Fifteen years ago, I would have laughed in [...]

Fishful Thinking, kids, Maternity2Madness

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Valentine's Day: all about fun, not perfection

The kids and I like to do a lot of crafts, and the biggest lesson for me is always to revel in the mess and let the kids’ creativity take them wherever it is they want to go. For Valentine’s Day, the kids helped me as I designed their cards and stickers. Done within the [...]

Fishful Thinking, kids, UBDesign

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Tuesday Tips: Back It Up

Today’s tip is an obvious one, but due to unfortunate recent events, we feel it is our duty to put out the reminder: constantly back up your files! This week our lovely daughter spilled water – no, that doesn’t do it justice – DUMPED an entire glass of water onto our Macbook. Keyboard, screen, my [...]