Did you know that science has proven that there is a very simple ingredient to having a happier and healthier brain, and as a matter of fact, this simple ingredient can even make you live longer? It is so simple, actually, that you might even doubt how incredibly important this ingredient, or should I say mindset, is... Gratitude. I live with and care for a 95 year old woman with Alzheimer's …
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A Story of Hope and Healing
Happy Friday Foundations Families and Friends! In place of our usual "Growth Mindset Friday" discussion, I would like to share with you a story of hope and healing. I recently received the following email from the parent of a Foundations "graduate" who is now attending 8th grade at a local public school: Hi Mrs. C.How are you doing? We sure do miss you guys. I wanted to reach out and send …
Growth Mindset Friday – You Are Special!
This week's Growth Mindset classroom discussions were on the truth about how incredibly special and unique we all are. One of my very favorite books - for people of ALL ages - is called "You Are Special" by Max Lucado. The book tells the story about a young man named Punchinello. In the town where he lives, all of the people carry around boxes of star stickers and gray dot stickers. When …
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Growth Mindset Friday – Surviving the Dip
This week's Growth Mindset classroom discussion was about surviving "the dip." How many times in life have you gotten all excited about a new goal you have set for yourself - to lose weight, learn how to play an instrument or sport, learn a new language, to exercise more, to change a bad habit - only to find that a few days, weeks, or months into the process, you get so discouraged that you …
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Growth Mindset Friday – The Importance of Sleep
This week's Growth Mindset Discussion is about the importance of sleep to our brain and body. Did you know that, on average, we forget 40% of what we learn within the first 20 minutes of learning it? Yikes! But it doesn't have to be this way! A good night's sleep can change that. Though many of us think of sleep as wasted time that we cannot use to do all the things we need to get done, sleep is …
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