gratitude
How to Practice Gratitude Year Round
How to practice gratitude is something that most of us focus on around the holidays. Thanksgiving always reminds us to count our blessings, but it can be hard to keep our eye on the thankfulness prize all year. It doesn't have to be that way however. A simple shift in our ...read more
Easy Thanksgiving Craft Gratitude Wreath
In our ever-growing consumer world, it can be tough to teach kids what it means to be grateful. With Thanksgiving coming up, we are sharing this craft to teach our kids what it means to be thankful. It's the perfect time to take on this easy Thanksgiving craft and make a ...read more
Teaching Gratitude to Kids
After a challenging year navigating the unknown, this holiday season is the perfect time to reflect on what we are thankful for. As you may know, learning about gratitude and thankfulness begins at the earliest age and serves as a powerful foundational and bonding tool between ...read more
Printable Gratitude Activities for Kids
Gratitude can be expressed in many forms. A simple thank you can go a long way as well as a note or a drawing from a loved one. Due to families being separated and school closures it's easy for kids to feel disconnected and out of sorts. I have been thinking about what I am ...read more
How to Give Back to Your Community Without Leaving Your House
This is a really strange time. I legitimately feel like we're living out a weird science fiction novel. This new normal is anything but, and I'm eagerly hoping for a happy ending (or maybe a new beginning?) to take us all by surprise. Alas, right now, we can only take one ...read more
Everyday Ways to Show Gratitude
It's the time of year when we're supposed to show grace and gratitude. But this cozy, content feeling of love and light doesn't have to be fleeting. As Thanksgiving approaches, we're sharing eight ways to embrace this self awareness every day. So grab your journal, count your ...read more
A Mom's Gratitude for NICU Nurses
Every mom has a birth story. Often they are funny or silly - each of my girls certainly love to hear the tale of the day she was born. But for many moms, the birth story involves being scared and in pain and disoriented. When your baby is born early and taken to the NICU, ...read more
Happy Thanksgiving: Our Gratitude List
Every Thanksgiving, we do the whole go-around-the-table-and-say-what-you're-grateful-for thing. The answers range from the sweet and sappy to the hilarious and far-fetched. We may make some jokes, but the real responses are pretty much the same across the board: Family. ...read more
Teaching #Gratitude with a Thank You
Gratitude isn't innate. It's taught. So is the art of the personal thank you note. Parents have to lead by example and model how to be gracious and receive with grace. A big part of that is giving thanks. Since it's the season on giving, I carve time out to teach my children ...read more
The TSM Team: What We're Grateful For...
Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you have a wonderful, warm, bright, delicious, festive, and fun holiday with family and friends. To celebrate, The Shopping Mama is sharing a few of the things we're grateful for this year (besides, you, our loyal readers, of course!). Enjoy and have a ...read more
Teach Your Kids an Attitude of Gratitude
Knowing how express thanks is an important life skill that we can start teaching our precious offspring when they're teeny tiny. In fact, we've round up some of our favorite ideas to help you teach your little ones an attitude of gratitude! Related: Thanksgiving gratitude free ...read more
Giving Tuesday Putting Joy into the Season
You've heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Even better is #GivingTuesday - a global rally for great giving today (December 2, 2014). I'm glad you all scored some great deals and we were happy to share them. But now, it's time to focus on the real meaning of the season. ...read more
Thanksgiving Gratitude Free Printables
We have been talking about about gratitude and being thankful this holiday season. One simple way that you can your kids can reflect is to have them write out what they are thankful for. So, before the rounds of endless food, print out these fun printables as you and your family ...read more
Staying Happy Through The New Year: A Happiness Calendar
Amp up the amount of happiness in your life each and every month of the year by intentionally focusing on 12 strategies that the science of happiness and well being has proven can increase your feelings of happiness and satisfaction. Even better: know that, if you add these ...read more
Start a Thanksgiving Tradition with Your Family
Yes, the highlights of Thanksgiving Day are the watching the parade (and the game) and eating turkey. But this special holiday isn't just about the entertainment and the food. This year, start a new tradition that brings out the importance and symbolism of the holiday. Related: ...read more