We just got back from a week at Family Camp in Colorado and the first day back from vacation may be the worst. I’d like to go back to the mountains where meals were cooked for me and counselors were always on call to entertain my kids. Where my worries seemed far away and we were [...]
My sweet husband blessed me for Mother's Day with a weekend away from the distraction and crazy of our home. He got me a hotel room for two nights, stocked me with snacks and drinks and held down the fort so I could rest and relax. I have to admit that the first night was [...]
Lack of predictability can be scary for people with trauma. It can make transitions of any kind a challenge, whether you are transitioning from playing in the park to going home for dinner or transitioning from summertime back to school. Fortunately, there are ways to help our kids better manage those transitions. Everything starts with [...]
It’s the start of a new year so we thought we’d go back and start at the very beginning, it is after all a very good place to start.I remember when we first learned about trauma and its impacts, and how that new knowledge impacted me. Learning about trauma changed me in two very important [...]
Choices I was recently thinking about some of my go-to parenting tools, you know the ones you use when the kids are struggling. One of the first tools I got to is giving my kids choices. Giving my kids choices allows us to get where we need to go while recognizing that we might need [...]
Proactive vs. Reactive Parenting One of the first changes we had to make in our parenting was moving from reactive to proactive parenting. It takes more work at first, reacting is easier and comes naturally to most of us, but it doesn't help change behavior in the long run.Watch as Kayla talks about Proactive vs. [...]
Crisis schooling has looked very different than homeschooling. I have a shortlist of school work, that rarely gets completed. I have kids who can’t sleep at night because they are afraid. I have kids who are eating way more often because they remember a time when food was scarce. I have kids who are talking […]
I was invited to keynote the Florida Foster and Adoptive Parent Association Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida a few years ago. It is always a special privilege to share with families who are in the trenches. I love meeting them, hearing their stories, and being able to share information and experiences that can help them […]
We’ve spent many years working with families in crisis and equipping ministry leaders to invest in families just like yours. We’ve created workshops for churches, schools, and parents and now we are excited to share some big news, we’ve created a 6-part online Trauma Masterclass for parents. The 6 modules will cover these topics: What […]
We all say and do things we shouldn’t. Relationships are ruptured and in need of repair. Whether this is with our spouse, our coworkers, friends, or our kids, a repair is needed and our kids look to us as the example of how to do this. They see us make mistakes and are sometimes hurt […]