Guest blogger Kristin Louis joins us again for another information-packed blog about how your family can connect even during the chaos of school, work, sports, and more.
Category: Parenting
Practical Ways Parents Can Bring Calm to Family Life
Parenting can bring its own set of challenges, and stress often plays a role in shaping the home environment. It’s important to recognize how personal anxieties can impact children and the overall atmosphere of the family. Managing these concerns helps foster a healthier space where everyone can thrive emotionally. Strategies for handling stress include practicing coping skills and encouraging a supportive, balanced family dynamic.
Crafting Your Personal Self-Care Plan as an Introvert
Prioritizing self-care is essential, especially when you feel your energy depleting due to external pressures. As an introvert, establishing a balanced and comforting daily routine can revolutionize your well-being. These ideas from The Essential Creative guest blogger Kristin Louis introduce adaptable and methodical self-care strategies designed to enrich both your mental health and your personal environments.
Nurture Family Connections and Skills Through Home Projects
Creating an inviting home environment serves a dual purpose: elevating the aesthetics of your living spaces and nurturing deeper family connections. But why not take it a step further and undertake home enhancements that double as family activities? Try these ideas from The Essential Creative guest blogger Kristin Louis.
The Purpose in Pain – A Fireside Chat with Dr. Tamika Hall, Digital Media Mogul
Dr. Tamika Hall joined me to talk about how she became who she is today, the joy of using your gifts (even when they are plentiful), not caring about what others think, speaking affirmations over yourself, the importance of using your “nothing”, and so much more in this JAM PACKED fireside chat.
Tips and Advice for Talking to Your Kids About Self-Care and Mental Health
Kris Louis, a regular here at The Essential Creative, shares tips and advice for talking with your kids about self-care and mental health.
How to Successfully Juggle a New Business as New Parents
Kris Louis is back with another great post, this time about business. We’ll let her tell you about it.
“Sometimes, life can be complicated with many new adventures hitting you at once. If you are starting a new business while introducing a newborn child to the home, then you know too well that this is the case. If you are in this situation then juggling will be necessary. You need to care for your baby but also make money to support the family. Here at The Essential Creative, we know how stressful it can be in the first few months, so we have tips that can help you care for your baby while you get your business off of the ground. “
A Step Ahead: Raising Financially Literate Children
Laura from Edutude.net has stopped by with another insightful post on raising financially literate children. What a time of year to start driving home lessons on good money management within our children!
Why You Should Limit Your Children’s Screen Time (And How To Do It Affordably)
Kris Louis from Parenting With Kris brings us another helpful post about excelling in family. This one focuses on how to help our kids by limiting screen time, complete with tips on ways to reduce screen time affordably.
Four Ways Parents Can Pass Healthy Habits Onto Their Children
Kristin Louis, of ParentingWithKris.com, is back to share with us four tips for passing healthy habits down to our kids. This is very timely for my family after a year of being indoors and less active that we are used to being. Stop by, read the post, and then implement the tips this month.
Practical Resources to Help Parents with Common Parenting Struggles for any Age Group
Kris, of Parenting with Kris, has shared a wonderful compilation of articles and resources to help parents through all stages of parenting. Which one did you find most helpful?
Fireside Chat with Beth Perry – Why It’s Important to Continuously Evolve
In this fireside chat with Beth Perry, we talk about the importance of allowing ourselves to evolve and change over time. It’s part of our design to improve. When we lean into that and flourish in our ability to create and adapt, inspire and grow, we will live on a new level. Listen in!
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