Tag: gratitude
Psychology – Abundance is a State of Mind
I come across clients all the time who have self-defeating and negative thoughts. Its amazing how early it starts. I am always inspired by the courage that I have seen when people dig in and take a good hard look at those thoughts and choose to let them go. We all have these thoughts, whether [...]
Education – Christmas is for Giving! Not Getting!
It’s very hard to teach children the true meaning of the holiday season when my brain is bombarded with shopping frenzies, such as desirable gifts, décor and the newest toys. I look around me and it’s seems I am not the only one; we all want more! In the classroom I’ve used the book, The [...]
Compass – 5 Tips for Grateful Living
Here at Family Guiding, we believe that gratitude is not something to be expressed just once a year, but every day, in the smallest of moments. Being grateful is more than just positive thinking; it is a true understanding of what is important in your life. Living in gratitude helps to change your perspective…
Parenting – From Greedy to Grateful: Teaching Kids Gratitude
As the parents of two adolescent boys, my husband, Gordon, and I generally alternate between pride and dismay at their behavior. Mostly we get to see the good stuff, I’m glad to say. But lately the scales have begun to tip toward disappointment in one area. Will, 13, and Griffin, 11, seem to appreciate the [...]
Arts – The Lost Art of the Thank You Note
Letter writing, in our age of instant communication, is a dying art. Why write letters when we have e-mail, text messaging, Google chat, Facebook, and Skype? I have family in Iran, Sweden, and Canada, and a boyfriend in Prague, so I appreciate and rely on the many quick and easy ways that we can all [...]
Psychology – Thanksgiving…Don’t be a Turkey!
I must have been about thirteen or fourteen years old watching TV as some “futurist” was telling us viewers how we were all going to be having all our meals in pill form, and that we would all have so much leisure time we would only work if we chose to. Boy, was that expert [...]
Education – Gratitude Works Every Time
Gratitude in the classroom is the key to a successful student management system. Appreciation of student’s good behavior creates a positive safe learning environment, encouraging a sense of connectedness among students and their teachers.
Community – Working Together to Create Change in the Juvenile Justice System
Gratitude is hopefully on the minds of many as we move closer toward Thanksgiving. I am grateful for brave community members who are willing to step out and tell their stories even if it means being vulnerable and allowing others to witness where life has been a treacherous road…
Nutrition – Delicious Memories
I’m grateful for green beans, but give them to me raw, straight out of the bag. This is a habit that I got from my grandmothers. Grandma R grew green beans and we would drive them across town to Grandma L’s house, freshly picked from the garden. We would sit around the table in her [...]
Parenting – When Resentment Turns Into Gratitude
As a new Dad of a beautiful, healthy girl all I kept hearing was how great fatherhood was going to be. How in love with my newborn I was going to fall. Immediately and without exception she would have me wrapped around her finger. I heard this from A LOT of people. My reality was quite [...]
Arts – Grateful for a Change in Perspective
My first job out of college was teaching in a grade school. Before anyone congratulates me on actually landing a job right out of college in this economy, I’d like to clarify that this was three whole years after college, with a so-so salary in a not-so-nice neighborhood. Even so, I was thrilled to have [...]
Cause – Why Teenagers Can’t Say Thank You
Through my own adolescent experience and in my work with teenagers, I learned that if I were waiting for an adolescent to say “thank you,” I would have to wait a few years. After studying the important developmental milestones a teenager must successfully overcome, I realized that saying thank you pleased my mother so much [...]
