The beginning of the school year is filled with many conflicting emotions for both our kids and us as parents. In this episode we share favorite tips, ideas and traditions that will help you start the year off right and from a place of wholeness. 

Related Episodes

207 // We Are All Good Inside: Parenting Without Using Shame and Repairing When We Do, with Dr. Becky Kennedy Part 1 

210 // Navigating Tricky Transitions With Kids Ahead of Time and What to Do When Whining Feels Unbearable: Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy Part 2 

108 // Using Play to Diffuse Power Struggles and Connect With Your Child (based on Playful Parenting by Larence J. Cohen)

118 // Become a Child Whisperer / Parenting Your Kids True to Their Nature (based on the work of Carol Tuttle)

Links Mentioned

Weekly Clothes Organizer 

Fave Books back to school

Kissing hand by Audrey Pen

I Love You All Day Long  by Francesca Rusackas

Super Manny Stands up by Kelly DiPucchio 

Oh the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss

Time Stamps

12:25 - How to navigate the logistics of going back to school with systems

15:35 - Weekly Clothes Organizer

20:17 - Special back to school dinner with notes of encouragement from family

22:21 - Helping your kids emotionally return to school by addressing your own anxieties

25:21 - Emotional vaccination with your kids

27:24 - Visualizing mediation the night before

27:55 - Review the child whisperer to help your kids deal with the upcoming

31:42 - Reading a back to school book

34:19 - Making love bracelets

35:00 - First day special events

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