I’m a mom, stepmom, and theatre educator helping exhausted parents access their inner creative playfulness for more connection and joy. No messy crafts, complicated setups, or sensory bins here! Just simple, silly moments that bring your family back together through laughter. My short weekly emails share reflections from real life and a simple invitation you can try for yourself or with your kids.
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I was telling my therapist yesterday how TIRED I’ve been. Yes, I have a teething 1yo and a 4yo who occasionally karate-kicks in our one big family bed. But overall I actually sleep pretty decently compared to many moms I know… So of course my inner critic jumps in with “Why are you so tired? You shouldn’t be. You’re not healthy enough. Not active enough. Not drinking enough water. You’re lazy.” That’s all normal negative self talk, right? But here’s the weird thing. THEN, I have a critical voice above that one that goes “Why can’t you talk kinder to yourself? You know that’s not helpful.” 🤣🫠 My therapist said something that made SO much sense, and I haven’t heard anyone say this before: “I vividly remember having a 1 and 4yo. You know what I didn’t have much access to back then? My kind inner voice.” YES. 🤯!!! We hear so much about self-kindness… but we don’t talk about how not being kind to ourselves can feel like yet another personal failure. So here’s my little invitation for you this week We can’t care for everyone and also maintain a perfectly compassionate inner voice at all times. Cheering you on always, Mia Updates! 1- FREE Thanksgiving Resource: If you haven’t grabbed my free Turkey Day Play resource yet, here you go. Perfect for Thursday and a fun sampler of the advent calendar and apps: Turkey Day Play.pdf 2- Laughing All the Way Advent Calendar 3- Gift a little Playful Heart Spirit: 4- Activate Play Mode 15% off: |
Playful Heart Parenting
I’m a mom, stepmom, and theatre educator helping exhausted parents access their inner creative playfulness for more connection and joy. No messy crafts, complicated setups, or sensory bins here! Just simple, silly moments that bring your family back together through laughter. My short weekly emails share reflections from real life and a simple invitation you can try for yourself or with your kids.
The other day we were alllll grumpy. My husband and I were just kind of missing each other communication-wise, nothing big or bad happened, and nothing was even really "wrong..." but we were just off. The kids' energy was off, too. Things just felt kind of tense. You might be thinking... "Yeah, yeah, I know where this email's goin. Mia used some kind of playfulness or silly game to save the day and bust them all out of the funk..." Noooope! I literally had the conversation in my own mind of...
I posted a video on Instagram before I went to bed Sunday night and woke up to THOUSANDS of comments on it… As I briefly skimmed through, I started laughing so hard (but trying to stifle the laughter because all the kids — yes, ALL — were in our bed) I nudged Steve and pointed for him to read some too and we were both giggling so hard. The video was my stepdaughter and me playing one of our favorite games where we tell a story one word at a time (trading off each word) but we were making up a...
this is what me dropping the ball looks like today: Yep. Snuggling the kiddos who didn’t sleep well. Normally I work late at night when they’re asleep (and in any nook and cranny of the day I get) But baby girl couldn’t settle last night. So I planned for early this morning. I’d get up before everyone else, write this week’s email, edit and post content for the day to Instagram, and we’d be good! but nope! This morning, everyone is still on top me me. and I realize: it is a HUGE privilege to...