Family Gratitude Ideas: March
Looking for simple ways to cultivate gratitude with your family this March? Despite the lingering chill and unpredictable weather, this month offers plenty of opportunities to embrace small moments of joy and connection. From celebrating the first signs of spring to finding gratitude in everyday routines, this post shares meaningful ideas to help you welcome the season with warmth and intention.
Family Gratitude Ideas: Feburary
Looking for simple and meaningful ways to practice gratitude with your family this February? From creating a gratitude chain to planting seeds of appreciation, these fun activities will help you foster connection, mindfulness, and joy all month long.
Why Noticing Beauty Makes You a Better (and Happier) Parent
Parenting can feel relentless, but what if the key to more joy and less stress is already around you? Discover how noticing small moments of beauty can boost resilience, strengthen self-trust, and shift your parenting perspective.
Mindful Awareness for Parents
When we parent with gratitude, we don’t ignore the hard stuff; we simply choose to see the good alongside it. Over time, this duality creates a resilient, mindful approach to life—one where gratitude becomes a trait, not just a fleeting state.
Gratitude: The Parenting Superpower You Already Have
Practicing gratitude can transform parenting. Backed by research, this post explores how gratitude builds resilience, enhances self-worth, and creates meaning in the chaos of raising kids. Get started with actionable tips and joy to follow!
Family Gratitude Ideas: January
Instead of New Year’s Resolutions, I start out each year by making a list of how I want to feel. Try this and many other ways to plant the seeds of gratitude at home in the new year.
Family Gratitude Ideas: December
As the holiday spirit fills our homes, it's easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of festive preparations, particularly when our attention tends to center on creating magical moments for our kids. However, amid the merry mayhem, it's the perfect time to add activities that not only nurture family connection, but also cultivate gratitude.
World Gratitude Day: Family Activites
Celebrate World Gratitude Day by expressing appreciation to those who support your family. Discover why this annual tradition in September offers a perfect opportunity to thank the everyday heroes in our lives and explore kid-approved ways to infuse gratitude into your September routines!
Parenting Differently: Choosing a Grateful Life
Can we find happiness by looking within and choosing ourselves first? I share my experience of how focusing on gratitude helped me notice the good and how I use my Parenting with Gratitude™ formula to inspire my daily gratitude practice.
Gratitude Practice: Off the Hook
The cultural expectations of parenting and the impact of Intensive Parenting on Parents' Mental Health — plus a practice to help you get through!
Gratitude Practice: Savoring
What if I told you that your toddler’s crusty nose could be a great source of happiness and well-being? You would probably say gross, Stef.
Embracing Intentional Parenting
Learn how to parent with gratitude by following the simple equation of Intention + Attention + Action + Repetition = Results. Start with setting a GoodAF Mom Intention, such as being a happier and kinder person.
How Does Gratitude Improve Parenting?
Recently I decided to ask the ChatGPT AI machine the question: How does Gratitude Improve Parenting? I know from personal experience that gratitude has improved my relationship with my kids, self, and partner — but I wanted to hear what the research AI had to say.
How Can I Grow as Mother?
A fresh take on motherhood can follow these steps reflecting, remembering, and reorientating, which will lead to new growth.
Gratitude Practice: The Hot Mom Walk
I love it. It’s such a simple formula — but of course, instead of a Hot Girl Walk, I go on Hot Mom Walks. My Hot Mom Walks are filled with gratitude, and also self-confidence boosting hip swings, but also I like to reflect on my goals for my self-growth…
Burnout and the Benefits of Gratitude
According to psychologists, burnout is a physiological and psychological state we can reach when the following things go off the rails: Sleep, Healthy Choices (whatever that means to you), Resources, and Support. A state means it’s temporary - which is a good thing, right? That’s our first step out of the tunnel. Perspective to see that even though everything is a mess and so heavy and demanding, it is temporary can help.
Gratitude Will Save Your Motherhood
Inside each one of these blog posts, I do hope you find something that resonates with you and helps you to feel like a GoodAF mom - because you are! Let’s get into parenting with gratitude.
Building Blocks to Parenting with Gratitude™
These are the building blocks of what I call ‘Parenting with Gratitude’. We don’t need to clean the slate, only amplify what is already here and true, rescue our minds from habitual thoughts and reactions and connect with the humans around us.
Is it bad to compare myself to other moms?
It’s when we look outside ourselves for affirmation or confirmation that’s when we get into trouble. What can we do to quiet the comparing mind?
Gratitude feels too Awkward...
Sure, sometimes you’re just not grateful. Let’s be honest, we have all been on the receiving end of a gift we weren’t totally excited about. Maybe one that is a little bit ridiculous, like a complicated puzzle for a 2-year-old, but we want to be nice, so we fawn gratefulness - but are we grateful?