For this week's kindness project, we focused on making #GivingTuesday a family affair and decided to give back to our community in two ways.
First, over Thanksgiving weekend,...
Two Little Turkeys Say Thanks
In the past during Thanksgiving dinner with our families, we have expressed why we are grateful for each other, but it hasn't always been consistent. So for this week's kindness project, we...
#WeeklyKindnessProject: Different Hearts, United As One
No matter what your political position is, it's probably fair to say that Hillary Clinton may be feeling a bit despondent about the results of the election. In fact, she explicitly shared...
Puppet Show: The Lion & the Mouse
For this week's kindness project, we focused our activity on a well-known Aesop's fable: "The Lion and the Mouse."
Reading the story
We first started off by reading the story...
Thanking Local Firefighters for Being Heroes
For this week's kindness project, we decided to thank our local firefighters for their service. Like our other activities, we kept this project pretty simple. I wanted my girls to know...
A Heartfelt Kindness Card for Great-Grandma
During our recent Mindful Compassion Picnic, my 5-year-old wanted to send "kind thoughts" to her great-grandmother Lainie who lives by herself in Florida. So this morning we decided to put...
Mindfulness for Itty Bitty Kids
I've learned from both girls that parents can introduce children to mindfulness as young as infants. Â While these itty bitty children may not fully understand how to use it in practice, the...
A Mindful Hygiene Kit Drive with Youth Homes
My close friend, Mary Patel, and I piloted our first community seva event last weekend in my backyard. Â We invited 15 neighborhood families (one parent with children 3 years or older)....
A Mindful Compassion Picnic
Impromptu picnics with my girls are wonderful opportunities to connect, get some fresh air and practice a little mindfulness.Â
Recently my older daughter and I had an after-school...
