October 2022
Hi all,
Halloween is here which means lots of “spooky haunted house walks" around the neighborhood with my toddler. I do the in-the-trenches work so you don't have to so here's my trauma-avoiding tip of the week. Don't introduce your kid to a life-like Freddy Kreuger decoration if he's just warming up to touching a benign, cartoony inflatable dragon.
In other news, I uploaded all of my posts to Medium so follow me if you use the site (and listen to the articles instead of reading them).
Brian
New Blog Posts
Mind
Breathwork 101: What It Is & 5 Breathwork Techniques to Improve Your Health
The Ultimate Guide to Lighting: How to Improve Sleep, Productivity, and Health with Light
Body
Dad
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk: 3 Takeaways
Newborn Nights: 8 Strategies to Turn Moments of Hell into Positive Parenting
MBD Interests
Mind
"Simple mindset shifts:
- I'm not hurt, I'm healing.
- I'm not losing, I'm learning.
- I was not rejected, I was redirected.
Negative things happen. Negative mindsets make them harder."
How to mathematically win at rock, paper, scissors. (source)
Body
There's now a site called Mytavin that tells you which deficiencies you have based on medication you take.
Worried that your terrible sleep habits are going to put you in the grave early? Good news: A new study says that running for 75 minutes a week or walking for 150 minutes a week “'eliminated most of the deleterious associations of poor sleep with mortality.”
Dad
Sensory Meltdown or Tantrum: Which one is it? according to the OT Toolbox.
“The main clue that the behaviors the child is exhibiting is sensory meltdown related is that the behavior does not achieve a want, need or goal.
In the case of a sensory meltdown, having a set of strategies available through use of a sensory diet can help with sensory overload, big feelings, and reactions."
Nearing 40 years old, I'm still working on a few of these myself….
Go Phils!
