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Mindful Parenting: Techniques to Calm your Child

  How to Mindfully Parent You don’t need to change your entire lifestyle to start practicing mindfulness strategies today. Open your eyes, literally and figuratively. Pay attention to your surroundings and how you feel on the inside and out. Take in things with all your senses — touch, hearing, sight, smell, and taste. Be in the moment. Resist living in the past or planning too intently for the future. Find the good in what’s happening right now, right in front of you. Practice acceptance. Try your best to accept your child’s emotions and actions, even when they frustrate you. (And extend this acceptance to yourself.) Breathe. Having a crisis moment? Focus on your breath. Take a deep breath in, filling your lungs with air and keeping your mind on your breath. Exhale and feel your breath as it enters and exits your body. Encourage your child to breathe during tough times, too. Meditate. Focusing on the breath is a big part of meditation. You only need to car...

School's Back: What About My Child?

  My child’s misbehaving in school: what can I do? Yes, homeopathy can cover ADD, too! ADD, ADHD, call it whatever you want - your child has difficulty concentrating, he's acting out in class, the teacher is worried and wants you to give him Ritalin? Fear no more!  Individualization is the key in treating any chronic condition with homeopathy, but it is particularly important in treating children with ADHD. Symptoms in these children can vary greatly: some are violent and aggressive, others are sweet, sensitive and compassionate, trying to cooperate fully with the physician although unable to concentrate in school. This diversity explains why no one medication, whether prescription or homeopathic, will work for all these children. Advantages of Homeopathy Homeopathy is a true science based on laws and principles AND the only scientific way of testing its validity: remedies tested on healthy individuals, not animals neither sick pati...