If your kiddo is showing signs of boredom with all their toys, then consider toy rotation! Toy rotation involves de-cluttering your home’s play area and by sorting toys into similar piles and putting similar toys away for a week or up to a month at a time before bringing them out again. This can work forContinue reading “Boredom Buster – Toy Rotation”
Author Archives: Mariana Sanford-Maynard, LICSW
Welcoming Winter
Hi There Everyone! It’s been a minute or two since I last sent out a newsletter check in and sent out some virtual support. As “ Back to School” vibes and anxieties start to settle and we officially find ourselves in Fall 2022…there’s a new wave of anxiousness and UGH sweeping through the area. SoContinue reading “Welcoming Winter”
Release Valves & Daily Rhythms for Families during COVID-19
Hi there! How are you holding up? Remember back in March when we were told to stay home? Parents rushed to find ways and resources to keep their kids’ education and behavior “inline”? One popular graphic was a color-coded daily routine example for people to follow. Then the two weeks we were told to hunkerContinue reading “Release Valves & Daily Rhythms for Families during COVID-19”
Self Care for Service Providers
Right now, therapists, specialists, and providers of every field are being called on to be creative, extra present, resilient and vulnerable in both their personal and professional lives.Here are a few tips for rebalancing yourself
Parenting, Crying and Connection
“ We will practice courage in our family by showing up, letting ourselves be seen and honoring vulnerability.” -Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto, Brené Brown May was a tough month for me- I kept thinking how I wanted to write and post about it. Then May turned into June, then July and here I find myself almostContinue reading “Parenting, Crying and Connection”