Parenting is the toughest job you’ll ever have. No words ring truer, than for those who know the experience. If it were any other job, you would quit. Yet, in parenting, you are expected to handle what you are dealt, without question, with little thanks, at any hour of the day (or night), and essentially […]
Cultivating Empathy
Empathy is both an important trait and a skill that can be cultivated. Growing up as a little girl in North Carolina, I was often told that I needed to be nice. Let me be honest, that didn’t always come easy for me. Now as a parent and staff for the CSU Routt County 4-H […]
Give Your Mind a Break! Try a Little Mindfulness
Mindfulness can be described as awareness that happens by paying attention. Mindfulness is purposeful, in the present moment and non-judgmental. We can bring this present-moment awareness to any activity such as playing with our kids, weeding our garden, or washing the dishes. But we don’t often slow down enough to pay close attention in this […]
