Got grumpy kids?

Hello, Happy Humans!

We're here with our weekly 3 things...

1️⃣ A question from our community

2️⃣ Our actionable tip of the week

3️⃣ A resource from our toolkit

1. The question

“My daughter wakes up grumpy and gets so upset over the smallest things. What can I do to support her?”

2. Our actionable tip

We know this one all too well!

Our youngest literally wakes up sometimes yelling, “It’s too bright!” He may be part vampire, but we’ll save that conversation for Halloween. 🤣

It’s SO tough when all you want is for your kids to start their day off happy, but then they seem to wake up on the ‘wrong side of the bed.’

However, we’ve found that even the smallest adjustments to the morning routine (along with some consistency) will definitely help. So our tip this week…

✅ Add a morning ‘check-in’ to your morning routine.

We’ll go into their room, climb into bed, and ask them how they’re feeling.

The idea is we bring to the surface their emotional state, or what we like to call, taking their "emotional temperature." 

With WHATEVER they share, we start by acknowledging and validating their feelings. We’ll say something like…

"It's okay to feel grumpy in the morning. I do too sometimes." 

By validating their emotions, we help them feel seen and understood (instead of isolated and dismissed).

To level this up, it’d be ideal to teach them coping strategies OUTSIDE of these tough morning moments. Later on in the day, you could say something like…

"What do you think we can do to help our bodies and brains feel better if we wake up grumpy tomorrow morning?”

This will empower them to think about solutions that you can help them leverage the next time that morning grumpiness settles in.

3. From our toolkit

You can also introduce positive affirmations as a part of your daily morning routine!

Our family loves to leave affirmations on sticky notes around the house, or, we’ll even write them on the bathroom mirror to make it easy for everyone to see and start their day off right. 

You can learn more about this practice in our upcoming workshop, ‘57+ Ways to Chill the Eff Out.’ 

This 10-module workshop has an entire module focused on the power of our voice. 

We’ll walk you through creating positive, individualized, and goal-oriented affirmations for your kids (AND you!) with easy-to-follow steps and downloadable resources.

We just finished recording and editing Module 1 and will be releasing it within The Happy Human Collective (our education and support community) on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. 

You can join us in The Collective FREE for one week using this link.

You’ll be able to grab our ‘Chill’ workshop as a standalone activity once we’ve finished recording and editing the other 9 modules, so if joining us in The Collective isn’t your kind of thing, don’t worry, the full workshop will be ready for you soon!

But if you’re eager to get started, join us in The Collective and dig in with us! 

We’re going to spend two weeks moving through each Module, so if you’re ready to develop a personalized toolkit of strategies to help you and your family find your calm…

Use this link to join us in The Collective to access Module 1 next week.

We hope to see you in there! 🙂

❤️ Jenilee & Greg

P.S. Our '3 Steps to Repair' workshop will be on sale for 25% off until our 'Chill' workshop launches!

We'll teach you what exactly to say and do to repair your past mistakes, but we’ll help you create a repair action plan to help you overcome your triggers and not repeat the same mistakes again.

✅ Rebuild trust
✅ Release guilt and shame
✅ Heal the damage 
✅ Break generational cycles 
✅ Prevent lasting trauma
 

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"I’ve grown so much and it's all thanks to you! Your repair process is actionable and easy to follow. I’m already feeing so much weight lifted. Thank you!" – Lilly

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"The content, organization, and flow of the modules (along with the printables) is unparalleled! I've taken a lot of online workshops, but none compare to yours. Thank you!" – Ashley

We all make mistakes. We’re human. They're GOING to happen. It’s all about what comes AFTER our mistakes that matters most.

You can use this link to get ‘3 Steps to Repair’ while it’s on sale for 25% off… or…

Join us in The Happy Human Collective to access ALL of our workshops, biweekly live virtual meetups, and more! Use this link to learn more about joining us. 🙂

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