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In our series Cultivating Joy in Children, I talk about Gratitude. Why is it important for us to teach our children to be grateful?
Gratitude is a JOY creator!
Why do we want to teach our children gratitude?
1. Develop a feeling of empathy.
2. Teaches them to be more generous toward others.
Why is this beneficial?
1. Less stress
2. More Positive
3. Happier and more joyful
4. They will perform better at school
5. May not be as materialistic.
6. Will be able to cope better in difficult situations which will help when they get older.
7. Focus better
8. Have fewer health problems.
How do we do this?
1. Teach our children to say "Thank You".
2. Parents model this by telling their children why they are grateful for them.
3. Talk about things you are grateful for. You can use a jar and write down gratitudes or share at the dinner table one thing you are grateful for from the day.
4. Use nature.
So start now with yourself and your children!

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Like many, this is such a special time of year for our family.
With holidays all around us, lights, family time, friend time, break from school etc., we share what we put in place to create JOY for each other and talk about what others may do if they don't celebrate the holidays. There are always ways to create JOY no matter what your beliefs are during the holiday season.
Beware: There is quite a bit of background noise from our 11 year old. :)

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This episode is a conversation with Carla White. Carla is a Spark Igniter!

She’s on a mission to empower high performing

women to heal emotional overwhelm &

exhaustion so they can finally give themselves

enthusiastic, unapologetic Permission to Play... to reignite the Spark within, find joy, and boost their energy using the power of FUN. She is a 4x international

best-selling author, including her book Reignite

Your Spark & contributor to Chicken Soup for the Soul,

The Spirit of Canada. Carla is the creator of The Connection Club and Reignite Your Spark Retreat, held annually in the Canadian Rockies. She hosts the Permission to Play Show

Another enlightening episode on how one can reignite their spark through play and find JOY once again. Carla ́s work in the world is based on the proverb, ̈The body heals with play, the mind heals with laughter and the spirit heals with JOY. ̈
She talks about how the natural state of human beings is JOY however, we have all experienced drama, trauma, and shitastrophies that if left unhealed will keep us from actually enJOYing our life adventures.
Carla shares her personal experience and how she got herself to where she is today and how she supports professional women in finding their JOY again through play.
I love her take on PLAY and how important it is for adults to still PLAY. She also shares with us her ABC ́s.
A-Allow what is coming up and let it be, don ́t judge it.
B-Breathe- This is our energy life source
C-Connect with soul, community, higher power, or support system.
She also chats with us about about the three components of PLAY:
1. Connection
2. Playfulness
3. Flow
Enjoy this episode and please let me know what you took away from this episode that can change what you are doing right now!
Please TEXT one person who you KNOW who will like this episode. Tell them that they NEED to listen to this podcast and to get back to you and tell you what they took away from it.
How to connect with Carla:

Website: https://www.carla-white.ca/
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Jennifer Faye Colombo is a watercolor artist living in Connecticut. Her intention is to give the viewer an opportunity to tune into calm, peace and joy through her various collections. Jen is super grateful to live near the water, her happy place that influences many of her paintings. In addition to painting, Jen creates journals and card decks to support others on their journey. A Pocket Full of Joy is one of her card decks created as reminders to find joy daily including the little moments.
Her Card Deck was written by accident after writing different affirmations and reminders for herself. If she needed the reminders to tap in and tune into joy daily, then others need that too. She always thought that JOY was the bigger thing in life, like our JOYFUL occasions but there are little things throughout the day that can bring us JOY and if we take a pause and start to notice them. Some examples: noticing the dew drops on the blade of grass or a delightful conversation can add up to big JOY moments!
You could just spend a few seconds to tap into JOY.
She loves sharing her paintings with others. Sharing her art with others is how she serves others in bringing JOY into their lives.
She creates general art and personal art for people. Her work has intentions behind it. Jen always asks her clients to set an intention with her of why they want her to work with them. Setting the intentions makes a deeper, more impactful feeling for those who view the art.
One general piece of art she shares with others are her ̈Joyful Bubble ̈ paintings. She receives lots of comments on how happy they make people. It brings back memories of playing with bubbles and a reminder to tune into those bubbles of joy.
She is the conduit to pass that joyful energy onto the page. Her clients and her are co-creating together even though she is the one doing the artwork.
She also creates creative exploration with others. She gets them to tap into their own creative flow. It can be artwork, or setting intentions. People find it relaxing, fun, playful and JOYFUL! Creating SHOULD be fun!
Jen always creates for herself to help her move through emotions. It is for her own pure JOY and entertainment.
How else does Jen tap into JOY when she is not in that flow?

• She pulls from her own card deck
• Painting
• Going down to the beach
• Put on music
• Dance partners

Her last piece of advice:
̈Everyday be conscious of cultivating JOY in your life. ̈
Ask the question:
What brings me JOY and can I do that today?
Such a powerful conversation with Jen!
How to connect with Jen:
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IG: www.instagram.com/jenfayeart

FB: www.facebook.com/jenniferfayecolomboart

Web: www.jencolombo.com

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Life is filled with difficult times so let's teach our children how to get through them. If they learn now they will be able to get through difficult times successfully as adults and become less anxiety ridden.
In this episode I talk about the importance of why children need to know how to do this and how we can teach them to do this.
How do we teach them?

• Respect their feelings. Don't sugar coat them. Don't tell them it's no big deal, don't tell them let it go. Instead, validate how they are feeling. You can say something like, "I can see why you are sad".
• Identify feelings.
• Allow yourself to feel them.
• Talk about feelings.
• Identify the physiological changes in your body when you have a feeling change.
• How can we feel better.
  • Make a list of what you can do to feel better.
    • Imagine your favorite place
    • Take a walk
    • Get a drink of water
    • Take deep breaths
    • Count to 50
    • Jumping Jacks
    • Stretches
    • Play a game
    • Talk with someone you trust
    • Use a fidget
    • Draw
    • Write in a journal
    • Blow bubbles
    • Read a funny book
    • Color
    • Build something
    • Listen to relaxing music
    • Take a break
    • Take a shower/bath
    • Use a calming jar
    • Gratitude
  • You can also remember these steps by using the acronym RAIN
    • Recognize what you’re feeling. Let yourself be open to your emotions of sadness, anger, or fear, and name it.
    • Allow it to be here. Let go of any agenda for it to change and, for a few moments, give it permission to be just as it is.
    • Investigate how it feels in your body on an energetic level without getting into the story behind it or trying to get rid of it. Bring a curiosity or interest that involves simply exploring the landscape of your emotion without needing to figure it out.
    • Non-identification—meaning, don’t take it personally; don’t assume the experience reflects who you are at your core. (For example, don’t say to yourself, “I’m an angry person.”) Recognize that everyone experiences emotions; they are part of the human condition. Open up to that truth and don’t let it define you.

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