Recommendations Resources to Listen to, Read, and Watch—July 2021
July 2021: Cultivating Rhythms of Play
Resources to READ this month:
It’s Your Kid, Not a Gerbil: Creating a Happier and Less-Stressed Home (Dr. Kevin Leman) Do you sometimes feel like a gerbil running on a wheel inside a cage as you scurry from place to place, chauffeuring your children from one endless activity to another? What if, for one moment, you could just step off of the wheel . . . and relax? How would you feel then? And what if that single moment could stretch into an hour, or even a whole day? It’s Your Kid, Not a Gerbilwill provide practical solutions and helpful insight to get off the activity wheel so that you can put your time and energies where they really count: in establishing strong character and a love for home and family that will serve your kids well for a lifetime.
The Cure and The Cure & Parents (Trueface) There are many ways to parent...how do YOU want to parent? We can wrestle with trying to manage our children’s behavior or reflect on how God sees them...LOVED. Grace-based parenting means we parent from an identity that we are LOVED and that our children are LOVED. How do we do this? Check out Trueface’s The Cure and The Cure & Parents
Why Play Therapy? Play Therapy, Unpacked - Living Wholehearted blog (Sarah Dangaran, MA, LMFT Intern)
Resources to WATCH this month:
Grab your tweens and teens and enjoy this family friendly musical on Netflix called “A Week Away” which shares the story of a troubled teen that takes a leap of faith by attending summer camp — and unexpectedly finds love, friends and a place to belong. Your whole family will be dancing and singing to classic songs by Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, and For King and Country.
Resources to LISTEN to this month:
Episode #14 of the Living Wholehearted Podcast: Helping Our Kids (and Teens) with Their Big Emotions, Part 1 - Guests: Play Therapists Sarah Dangaran and Roshana Grile unpack avenues to help our kids share and manage their emotions with healthy coping strategies.