I have had the opportunity to be a psychologist for over fifteen years, seeing thousands of clients throughout that time.
I’m also a mother and step-mother of seven, as well as a grandmother….so I’ve seen and experienced a wide variety of parenting struggles throughout the years!
I’ve had the additional opportunity of being able to blog about parenting, family, mental health, and moreover the last couple of years. The following are some of the best tips and tricks I’ve had to offer my readers in that time!
Parenting Tips and Tricks
The best tips I have been able to offer my clients and my readers are available in my book! How Many Times Do I Have To Repeat Myself is a culmination of the best tips I’ve offered to my clients and used with my own children throughout the years. These are practical tips to improve family relationships and make parenting easier and more enjoyable for all!
You can also join our Facebook Parenting Support group!
PLUS….Here’s a free download with AMAZING ideas for fun activities to do with your kids!
Books to Help You Take Better Care of Yourself
Books are always a great way to learn more –especially when it comes to learning more about how to make life easier and more enjoyable!
Check out these great books! There are a wide variety of topics, including depression, anxiety, parenting, and self-care!
Tips for Saving Money
One of the best ways to help make life less stressful is saving money!
This post has great tips, coupons, discount codes, and much more to help you save money on things you want to do and things you do every day!
Disney (and travel in general) is one of my favorite ways to take care of myself and one of my favorite ways to spend time with my family! Being able to make money stretch further allows me to do more of what I like to do more often!
Honey
Honey is a great way to save money when purchasing items online that you were already going to buy! It finds coupon codes for you with little or no effort!
Tips for Managing Stress
Parenting is hard work and stressful at times!
To be the best parents possible, we have to take care of ourselves! We can do this by keeping our stress as low as possible and making sure we focus on self-care! (Yes…YOU need to focus on self-care to take care of others!)
Check out this great self-care challenge! It’s a great way to take the first steps to take better care of yourself!
Other ways to help manage stress include….
Managing Stress Better
Continuing to spend time with your partner
Improving and using good communication skills is also a great way to decrease stress!
And finding fun, simple activities to do with your children and family!
Mental Health Information
Mental health is often an overlooked topic when it comes to parenting.
Adults and children can experience mental health symptoms that affect the entire family!
Check out this great information on depression and anxiety:
Attention disorders are very common in our culture and can impact our families at home and at school. Check out the following information about attention difficulties, especially since attention difficulties can be caused by more than just an attention disorder!
504 Plans and IEPs are ways we can help our children at school so they can show what they know. These plans are for children with all different types of struggles, from physical to emotional, they are ways to help our children better manage their struggles.
Plus…
Don’t forget to check out my parenting book! It’s available as an ebook on this website and on Amazon Kindle and in paperback!
And join our email list to keep up to date with all we have to offer!
Congratulations on your book! I love all the tips you have included in this post. The one that caught my eye today… Don’t forget to date your spouse! Its been a while… and we have not even noticed! COVID has definitely put a damper on our coffee and dinner dates!
Dating your spouse is often so hard to do for parents, but definitely worth the effort!
Wow congrats on your book! So awesome.
thank you!
Congratulations on your book – how exciting! My child-rearing days are far behind me, but I enjoy your thoughts.
Mine are coming to an end so…but I think the adult kids are even harder than little kids sometimes! Wow!
It’s great that you include things to help parents improve themselves too. It’s an often forgotten issue when talking about parenting.
Thanks! Parents often forget they need to take care of themselves so they have the energy to take care of their kids!
I’m loving this recap, so many beneficial resources. I can’t wait to read “Dating your Spouse” and checking out the book.
Thanks! I love being able to offer resources to people–both here and in my mental health practice!
A wonderful roundup of useful resources! Thank you for sharing it.
Great resource for lots of tips!
Parenting is definitely the hardest job I’ve had so far! This is great sound advice that will really help along the journey.
Congrats on your book! Looks like you have had a lot of good posts this year!
Thanks for all great parenting tips. Lots of good info to go through!
Thanks for all these great resources!
It’s good to know that there are resources like this available. It’s not easy raising kids.
Some great resources! Oh I wish I was back in this time – these teenage years are madness!
What a great resource.
I love that we can read and learn from others to help in all of our situations.
I love the title of your book–very catchy and one every parent can relate to, for sure!
Congratulations on your new book!! Sounds like a wealth of information all in one resource.
So many great posts to read to help the family with any situation! Good idea to have a group where people can ask questions and get support from others!
Lots of great info.
Great tips and tricks, I don’t have kiddos yet but I’ll pads this along to my sister.