by Alane Freund | Dec 21, 2021
Brainstorm: Clever and Creativity Stimulating Gifts for Sensitive Kids (and most kids) Think across gender norms as well. I picked up free “end runs” from a local newspaper when my daughter was young & used them for murals created by her birthday party guests....
by Alane Freund | Dec 13, 2021
What did self care look like for you yesterday? What would you like it to be in the next 24 hours? Go ahead and write it down now. Writing down our goals or intentions at least doubles the likelihood that we will realize them. For me in this next 24 hours: 1. I will...
by Alane Freund | Nov 26, 2021
Thanksgiving Ambivalence Sometimes I don’t know how I feel about Thanksgiving. I’ve been really focused on gratitude lately, and I think it’s so important that we take any opportunity or any excuse we can to focus on gratitude because it’s life changing. The science...
by Alane Freund | Aug 9, 2021
Full disclosure: my own therapist put me on this journey to explore, embrace, and hopefully one day implement self-compassion. I’m working on it, but it ain’t easy for me.I’m good at criticism (of myself and others). I’m great at perfectionism...
by Alane Freund | Jul 30, 2021
How do we “inoculate our neural pathways” to hang on to the good stuff we learned and experienced during the pandemic? Many people in the world are still immersed in “pandemic conditions” while some are moving through and out. Where are you right now? (My writing...